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The BB&B battle continues

Two articles came out over the weekend about BB&B.
1. Author Accuses New London Festival of Bias, By Stephen Chupaska, New London Times, 8/26/2005
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/suresha/message/62
2. Given Cold Shoulder By City Festival, Author Plans His Own Book Reading, By Jonathan O'Connell, The Day, 8/28/2005
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/suresha/message/63

Finally yesterday got a letter from the mayor. She just reiterated the same crap as before – saying that Bears on Bears was deemed inappropriate for a “family event.”

Rocco contacted state senator Andrea Stillman yesterday. She seemed sympathetic, and asked him to have me email her with the information. Stayed up until 11:30 finishing the letter. She asked for my phone number – presumably to call and speak with me about it today.

I invited her to the alternate event we've planned, New London Voices, has 12 authors lined up, and is going to be great.

This pic is from New Orleans.

Published by Ron Suresha

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). His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.