Enjoying Detroit, local politics, good film, even better books, conversation, people, travel (especially to the East Coast and sub-Sahara Africa), justice for queer people. I do some writing of poetry and spoken word.
People, nice ones preferably. Anyone who likes to talk about the spiritual and Godly, or the city, or the countryside, or good books, or good film, or ?????
Fill in the blank with about anything, and I will probably like it. Special weakness for Jill Scott, Norah Jones, Mary J, Nicole Nordeman and Mahalia Jackson. Jazz and blues turn me on.
Chocolat, Crash, Trick, Hotel Rwanda, Birdcage, Bowling for Columbine, Power of One, and lots more.
Don't watch much. CNN, Comedy Central, and of course Law and Order on TNT are about the only channels I watch. Call me an informed Queer. Def poetry lately.
Anything by Octavia Butler (Incredible stuff!), Michael Eric Dyson, David Sedaris, Jimmy Carter, Mark Twain, Barbara Kingsolver, Al Franken, Truman Capote, Toni Morrison, anything with queer theory or theology. "The Origins of the Urban Crisis," by Thomas Sugrue is NECESSARY for anyone new to this area who wants to understand Detroit.
My grandmothers, Bayard Rustin, Barbara Lundblad, Delores Williams, Mahatma Ghandi, Jesus of Nazareth, my queer mentors, anyone working for justice and making sacrifices to do it.