Why the Hell Did I Write This
There's a lot of great writing out there, most of which you'll never know exists. I find fabulous writing with a compelling back story and the writer reads 2-5 minutes of their work. We discuss the why the hell they wrote it (which is as fascinating as the writing itself), and I add my own thoughts at the end because I always think I have something insightful to say. (Psst... it can be any type of writing - horror, fiction, comedy, TV pilot, etc. - and any kind of writer. One never knows when genius will strike.)
Why the Hell Did I Write This
Jocks: True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes, by Dan Woog
High school soccer coach and writer Dan Woog reads from, Jocks, his pioneering book about gay high school athletes published in 1997.
A closeted gay male for most of his life, Woog wrote this bestseller during a turbulent and often dangerous era for homosexual men, giving voice to a population unapologetically expected to be straight.
After, we discuss the dramatic impact Jocks had on athletes, and the difficulty an administration had in trying to embrace its acceptance of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Woog_(writer)
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