Mattilda and I share a deep commitment to many things: AIDS, writing, walking, phones, protests. I met her in person last year when she was on tour in NY for… Read More »Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore watches at home, then gives me a call
Please Hold premiered at the Parkside Lounge on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 2, 2025 (more images here). The bar is a focus of hope and memory… Read More »Parkside Premier: CHRISTEENE sings
The beautiful and loving online premier featured conversation among amazing AIDS workers, all writers for the anthology AIDS and the Distribution of Crises (Duke 2022). My co-editors, Dr. Jih Fei… Read More »Online Premier: Alex Fialho walks and talks
I screened Please Hold on Zoom to a small documentary class at Williams College taught by Cecilia Aldarondo on March 3, 2025. We talked about their responses to the video… Read More »Williams College Doc Class: 2 students write back
On April 21, 2025 we screened Please Hold at Positive Exposure uptown in Manhattan for a room of Juanita’s family and friends (see more images here). This complemented a performance… Read More »Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski Family Screening: art, love, and posters