Gary SeigelOct 14, 2020A 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...
Gary SeigelOct 14, 2020Reader's Favorite Review *****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...
Gary SeigelOct 14, 2020What We Can Learn from the 1968 ElectionAll right. Last night was terrible. I woke up this morning and thought how can we even justify having a person like this--truly a...
Gary SeigelJun 9, 2020Haskell is now available on Audible.comMeet the inimitable tarot card reader herself-- Madame Scheherazade-- available now for the first time on Audible.com. I hope you’ll fall...
Gary SeigelApr 2, 2020Haskell and the April Fool's Prank--April 1, 1966https://medium.com/@garyseigel/haskell-and-the-april-fools-prank-april-1-1966-3e98c01c59d2
Gary SeigelFeb 28, 2020Haskell Takes a Big Leaphttps://medium.com/@garyseigel/haskell-takes-a-big-leap-60b3f0b765dc
Gary SeigelFeb 16, 2020George Washington Didn't Really Sleep HereAn exclusive excerpt from Haskell's journal, only available on medium. com. https://medium.com/@garyseigel/haskell-celebrates-george-wash...
Gary SeigelFeb 11, 2020A Very Haskell Valentine's DayOn Valentine’s Day last Sunday, Mom strutted into the house singing, whistling and snapping her fingers. Unusual behavior after a day of...
Gary SeigelFeb 6, 2020A 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...
Gary SeigelJan 28, 2020Haskell 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...
Gary SeigelJan 19, 2020Haskell 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...
Gary SeigelJan 6, 2020Haskell and the Academy Awards of 1967Coming soon -- Haskell makes an effort to see the film version of this play, only to encounter major difficulties.
Gary SeigelJan 6, 2020A 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?”...
Gary SeigelJan 4, 2020Haskell 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...
Gary SeigelDec 26, 2019A 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...
Gary SeigelDec 19, 2019 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....
Gary SeigelDec 16, 2019The 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...
Gary SeigelDec 16, 2019Haskell 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...
Gary SeigelNov 2, 2019The King--a 15th century coming of age taleThough 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...
Gary SeigelSep 14, 2019Becoming Sixteen AgainI often wondered how authors wrote stories from the perspective of a much younger narrative voice and made that voice sound real and...
