Michael Jensen & Brent Hartinger
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My mom’s gay best friend was a boisterous, chain-smoking alcoholic. He taught me so much.
There are almost eight billion people on the planet — and there are exactly that many different ways to live.
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It’s really hard to be healthy in America
I hadn’t eaten a donut in years, but in America, I was twice confronted with huge boxes of truly amazing-looking ones.
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The outrageous tale of the night my husband & I almost blinded our friends’ dog
The neighbor looked at us like she couldn’t believe James and Marcy had trusted two such utter fools with the precious life force of their beloved dog.
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Everyone thought my gay teen novel would flop when it was released 20 years ago. They were wrong.
When it comes to LGBTQ+ acceptance, the world has changed so much since 2003. By publishing “Geography Club,” I do think I played some small role.
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My late father was the best person I knew & I’ll forever cherish what he did when I came out
It’s not what you’d expect from a guy born in small town South Dakota in 1929.
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I actually love getting older, thank you very much
Yes, my body is less forgiving now, but here are all the good parts of aging that no one ever tells you about…
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Michael Jensen & the Temple of Darkness
Ever since we’d arrived in Bangkok, I’d wanted to visit Arun Wat. Now that we had come, I couldn’t have cared less. Why?
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Does one night in Bangkok really make a hard man humble?
Did it humble me? Did I tumble? And which did I feel more of: despair or ecstasy?
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“We Asians aren’t taught to think for ourselves”
After living in more than twenty countries over six years, I’ve seen enough to know that stereotypes are usually laughably inaccurate.
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Sleeping with the enemy: My struggle with insomnia
Getting into bed literally felt like sleeping with the enemy.