His work has appeared in/on ION TV Presents PoetsJazzHouse, Myne Mic Radio Show, Sequoia Magazine, DownSideUp, In The Meantime “Statements of Pride Issue†GentleChaos, and ThirdThursdayLA. Read his music articles “Eargasms†at www.gbmnews.com
He is the author of the chapbook “Sacred Sensual Secretsâ€. Look for his upcoming book, “Touch: Poems and Other Writings of Love, Erotica, and Sensuality†and spoken word CD, “Confessions of a Literary Masturbator,,â€
He has appeared at/or coordinated for numerous festivals and spoken events including QBall-National Queer Arts Festival 10th Anniversary Celebration, “Is Gay Male Culture Dead?†with GuyWriters SF, The African Marketplace & Cultural Faire, Pan African Film Festival, Sabor Con Fusion, Carlotta’s Fine Art, Soulful Salon ATB Event, Los Angeles Black Book Expo, Panelist-West Hollywood Book Fair, The Love Movement, Abbot’s Habit, UnUrban’s “ReallyBigShow†5th Street Dick’s, and many others.
While at Unity Fellowship Church in Los Angeles he was founder and coordinator of the Lorde-Baldwin Learning Tree, Co-Facilitator with Frankie Lennon of “The Talking Drum†creative writing workshop, and curator of the annual “In the Beginning Was The Word†spoken word event. He is also part of the spoken word/vocal duo BettaWayz with vocalist Regi Perry and moderator of the WoubiYossi Collective http://woubiyossi.tribe.net/ an on line forum for Same Gender Loving Men of African descent and their supporters.
You can connect to him on MySpace www.myspace.com/theliterarymasturbator and read his thoughts at http://theliterarymasturbator.blogspot.com/
Jair is son to Flora and John, step son to Rev. Arthur Fudge, brother to 9 siblings, uncle and great uncle to many nieces and nephews, cousin to too many folks to even try and count spread out in California, Chicago, Detroit, and Arkansas. He is a Libra and an avid fan of the Los Angeles Lakers blah blah blah blah blah blah blah a bunch of other stuff to make you like him.
Contact him at [email protected]
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