Author's Spotlight: rjs
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Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality. For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party. Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor).
Posts by rjs:
- Bear Soup #65: The big bad bear porno show, February 1, 2010 in Bear Soup
- Bear Soup #64: J. Mann poem, L. Mass interview, January 18, 2010 in Bear Soup
- Bear Soup #63: “Best of Whatevah”: “Husbandry” in The Masculine Mystique, January 4, 2010 in Bear Soup
- Bear Soup #62: Ahmet Yıldız update; Jeff Mann story, December 28, 2009 in Bear Soup
- Bear Soup #61: The Bear Clan; “Bears on Film”; BOY 2008/9, December 21, 2009 in Bear Soup
- Bear Soup #60: “Fur-runners”, December 14, 2009 in Bear Soup
- Bi Perspectives on Kinsey, in hardcover — now in print!, December 8, 2009 in Blog& Books& News


