A Fan Letter from Brighton, UK
You'd think during a pandemic, cloistered for nearly six months, writing would be easy. It's not so easy. I often feel like I'm running...
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Haskell Himself is an LGBTQ coming-of-age novel written by Gary Seigel. It was 1966, and Haskell considered his life to be as optimal as...
What We Can Learn from the 1968 Election
All right. Last night was terrible. I woke up this morning and thought how can we even justify having a person like this--truly a...
Haskell is now available on Audible.com
Meet the inimitable tarot card reader herself-- Madame Scheherazade-- available now for the first time on Audible.com. I hope you’ll fall...
Haskell and the April Fool's Prank--April 1, 1966
https://medium.com/@garyseigel/haskell-and-the-april-fools-prank-april-1-1966-3e98c01c59d2
Haskell Takes a Big Leap
https://medium.com/@garyseigel/haskell-takes-a-big-leap-60b3f0b765dc
George Washington Didn't Really Sleep Here
An exclusive excerpt from Haskell's journal, only available on medium. com. https://medium.com/@garyseigel/haskell-celebrates-george-wash...
A Very Haskell Valentine's Day
On Valentine’s Day last Sunday, Mom strutted into the house singing, whistling and snapping her fingers. Unusual behavior after a day of...
A Stunning Defeat: Haskell and the Academy Awards of 1967
[An exclusive excerpt from the Journals of Haskell Hodge] Tonight’s the night. The 39th Annual Academy Awards, and though my aunt and...
Haskell and the Chinese New Year
I met Adam Lewe on September 9, 1963, the day he introduced himself to our first period 8th grade history class. Speaking in a British...
Haskell Watches Martin Luther King Jr. on the David Suskind Show
(November 1966 — My social studies teacher asked us to write about an historical event that had an impact on us. I chose the interview...
Haskell and the Academy Awards of 1967
Coming soon -- Haskell makes an effort to see the film version of this play, only to encounter major difficulties.
A Very Haskell New Year's
[An exclusive excerpt from the Journals of Haskell Hodge--January 1, 1965] Last night my mom blew her stack. “What is wrong with you?”...
Haskell and the Golden Globe Award 1966
[An exclusive excerpt from the Journals of Haskell Hodge] My biological father invited me to see the premiere of Dr. Zhivago at the...
A Haskell Christmas
December 25, 1967 (This exclusive entry from Haskell’s Journal, dated 12/25/67, is only available in this blog. If you’d like to read...
A Haskell Hanukkah
from Haskell’s journal—December 26, 1965, 8th night of Hanukkah Debra is the only other Jewish kid in my class at Bonvadine Academy....
The Man Who Talked Too Much At Thanksgiving by Haskell Hodge
(Today's blog from Haskell’s Journal, dated November 24, 1966, shares his feelings about politics at the dinner table.) At Thanksgiving...
Haskell and the Homeless Kid
(From Haskell’s Journal dated April 17, 1964--this blog honors Cyndi Lauper's work with the LGBTQ community and homelessness.) When my...
The King--a 15th century coming of age tale
Though The King is a re-telling of Shakespeare’s Henry plays (IV and V), it’s also a coming of age tale about a lazy, lusty prince who...
Becoming Sixteen Again
I often wondered how authors wrote stories from the perspective of a much younger narrative voice and made that voice sound real and...