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 #76: Jeff Mann reading at Bear Week, August 23, 2010 in Bear Soup&Events
- Bear Soup #75: Doug Langway interview, July 28, 2010 in Bear Soup
- Review of “Queering the Text” @ Out in Print, July 24, 2010 in Blog&Books&Shorts
- Bear Soup #74: Orlovsky poem; “Does ‘D’ Mean Four Ways?” cont’d; HAIR intro, June 28, 2010 in Blog
- Bear Soup #73: Bear City premiere, Lewis Tice interview; “Does D Mean Four Ways”, story, part 1, June 14, 2010 in Bear Soup
- LitBEARary events, July 16-17, Ptown, June 9, 2010 in Blog&Events
- HAIR reviewed on Amazon, June 8, 2010 in Blog&Books&News


