Böcker av Mark Abramson

Mark Abramson writes: "I suspect that we might not always recognize when we're living in an historic time. The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown provided ample opportunity to contemplate my surroundings and life in America in 2020. I have often kept a journal for many years, so when the coronavirus forced us to quarantine at home, I used the method I know best to try to make sense of the situation by starting a new diary." Join Mark and his diary for Sex! Gossip! YouTube! Gay history! Pets! Laughs! Death! Neighbors! San Francisco! Television! Netflix! Jokes! Movies! Stories! Life! Google! Culture! Zoom! Celebrities! Ghosts! Sex! Love! Politics! Books! Death! Music! Scandal! Dreams! Ideas! Surprises!

Mark Abramson, a Minnesota farm boy, moved to San Francisco from Minneapolis in 1975 and dived right into the debauchery of gay life in that pre-AIDS world, including many day trips and overnight stays at the Russian River, ninety miles north of the city. In 1981 he decided to join a group of friends in fixing up an old house south of Guerneville, California. He soon found a job at the legendary Hexagon House/Woods Resort, where he got to meet a plethora of boyfriends, tricks, and celebrities including Divine, Charles Pierce, Sylvester, and Etta James. This is his story of those magical years before the plague.