Category Archives: Personal

‘This Is How You Write About Someone You Love?’

In 1998, I met a woman at synagogue. We started talking. I found her attractive, smart and accomplished. She had a PhD. She’d dated this rabbi I admired. I started going out with this woman. After a few dates, I … Continue reading

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Running Across The Six Lanes Of I-80

We lived a mile from Auburn, CA, when I went to Placer High School (10-12th grade). I liked to shorten my journey home by running across the six lanes of Interstate 80 through the middle of town. When my father … Continue reading

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Let’s Talk About Suicide

From New Times Los Angeles January 28, 1999: “You need to understand Luke’s background to understand the foolish things that he’s doing,” offers Dr. Ford. “He was separated from his mother when she was declared to be a terminal patient … Continue reading

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Luke Ford and Success

Lewis Fein posts to FB: I ran a Google Image Search for “Luke Ford and Success,” and found this. For real. Your honor, the State rests.

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My One And Only

I used to talk a big game when I lived at Rieber Hall at UCLA in 1988-89. I was on a special self-selected quiet floor for serious students. I was working on this explicit novel. I met a Chinese girl … Continue reading

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