White Crane - Gay Culture & Wisdomtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-4863372010-01-04T13:00:01-05:00White Crane is a gay journal magazine dedicated to exploring Gay wisdom, culture & spirituality. Reader written gay perspective on writing, film, media, spirituality and religion. Founded in 1989 it remains one of the oldest publication dedicated to Gay thought and experience.TypePadWC81 - Bob Barzan on Leaving the Priesthoodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20120a7a339b0970b2010-01-04T13:00:01-05:002010-01-06T20:04:21-05:00Leaving the Priesthood Practical Advice for Roman Catholic Priests and Religious Men Selections from the sadly departed www.Leavingthepriesthood.com website By Bob Barzan For our 20th Anniversary we've decided to to share from the treasures of our past, by choosing a...EditorsWC81 - 20th Anniversary Issuetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20120a7a2fdab970b2010-01-04T12:02:16-05:002010-01-06T20:03:40-05:00Issue #81 White Crane's 20th Anniversary Issue Hi Friends! Below are excerpts from our latest issue! Please understand that we rely on the support of subscribers to keep going. So, subscribe today and keep the conversation going! Consider giving a...EditorsWC81 - Thompson & Kilhefner on 1st Radical Faerie Gatheringtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2012876a56e16970c2010-01-04T11:46:38-05:002010-01-06T20:04:02-05:00Mark Thompson & Don Kilhefner On the 30th Anniversary of the First Radical Faerie Gathering Authors and community elders, Mark Thompson and Don Kilhefner have been collecting memories from radical faeries around the country to celebrate the 30th anniversary of...EditorsWC81 - Josh Adler's Gandalf the Gaytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2012876a55ff8970c2010-01-04T11:32:49-05:002010-01-06T20:05:09-05:00Gandalf the Gay By Josh AdlerFor our 20th Anniversary Issue we've decided to to share from the treasures of our past, by choosing a number of pieces from our 80 issues. This piece was originally published in Issue #60 of...EditorsWC81 - Bryn Marlow's Call Me Ennis Del Marlowtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20120a7a2d2c7970b2010-01-04T11:22:53-05:002010-01-06T20:05:57-05:00Call Me Ennis Del Marlow By Bryn Marlow For our 20th Anniversary Issue we've decided to to share from the treasures of our past, by choosing a number of pieces from our 80 issues. This piece was originally published in...EditorsWC81 - Toby Johnson on Gay Intuitiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20120a7a2c966970b2010-01-04T11:14:49-05:002010-01-06T20:06:08-05:00Gay Intuition By Toby JohnsonFor our 20th Anniversary Issue we've decided to to share from the treasures of our past, by choosing a number of pieces from our 80 issues. This piece was originally published in Issue #58 of White...EditorsWC81 - Review of Lydia Nibley's Two Spiritstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2012876a53f60970c2010-01-04T11:03:39-05:002010-01-06T20:06:18-05:00TWO SPIRITS Directed by Lydia Nibley Say Yes Quickly Productions Running time: 64 minutes. Reviewed by Bo Young A long time ago, in a universe far away, I sat with politico David Mixner, after we had won the No On...EditorsWC81 - Joel Anastasi's The Second Comingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2012876a53818970c2010-01-04T10:55:59-05:002010-01-06T20:07:08-05:00The Second Coming: The Archangel Gabriel Proclaims a New Age By Joel D. Anastasi iUniverse, 340 pages. $20.95. ISBN 978-0-595-49405-7 Reviewed by Toby Johnson What the Christian, long-anticipated “Second Coming of Christ” really refers to is not a return of...EditorsWC81 - Review of Vladimir's Vladmastertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20120a7a2b0e9970b2010-01-04T10:51:41-05:002010-01-06T20:07:20-05:00VLADMASTER By Vladimir www.vladmaster.com Reviewed by Bo Young There aren’t many artists working in the View-Master™ medium, but Vladimir does. As it happens, I visited the Museum of Jurassic Technology last time I was in Los Angeles. Well worth a...EditorsWC81 - Andrew Ramer's PRAXIStag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2012876a51fd4970c2010-01-04T10:35:27-05:002010-01-06T20:07:44-05:00The Big Two-Oh by Andrew Ramer Recently, at a queer gathering I attended, we were asked, “What’s your favorite number?” As a retired bodyworker I’ve always been fond of the number twenty. Not that everyone comes this way, but of...EditorsWC81 - Editor's Notetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2012876a50eaa970c2010-01-04T10:21:11-05:002010-01-06T20:08:25-05:00Watch This Space By Bo Young Twenty years. Eighty-one issues. There was a time when I had an actual page count as we were starting to look into transitioning our archives on to DVD technology (more on that later.) I...EditorsWC80 Music & Poetry Issuetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2011572444654970b2009-07-29T02:03:50-04:002009-07-29T02:10:11-04:00White Crane Issue #80 Music & Poetry Hi Friends! Below are excerpts from our latest issue! Please understand that we rely on the support of subscribers to keep going. So, subscribe today and keep the conversation going! Consider giving a...EditorsWC80 - Editor's Notetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20115724441d7970b2009-07-29T01:31:29-04:002010-01-06T20:08:42-05:00By Dan Vera It’s hard not to take a defensive crouch when writing an introductory essay to a special issue on poetry and music. Truth be told, the defensiveness has more to do with the poetry than the music. Music...EditorsWC80 - James White Poetry Prize - Finalisttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2011572443dd5970b2009-07-29T01:18:25-04:002010-01-06T20:08:53-05:00James Najarian Finalist for the 2009 White Crane / James White Poetry Prize Travelogue by James Najarian Our travel papers are seldom in order. We lack a visa, or the proper stamps. More often than not, we're stopped at the...EditorsWC80 - James White Poetry Prize - Winnertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20115714fdad4970c2009-07-29T01:18:18-04:002010-01-06T20:09:53-05:00James Nawrocki Winner of the 2009 White Crane / James White Poetry Prize His winning manuscript House Fire will be published by White Crane Books. House Fire by James Nawrocki It seems too staged, too weirdly poetic this way, the...EditorsWC80 - James White Poetry Prize - Finalisttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20115714fdaa4970c2009-07-29T01:17:37-04:002009-07-29T01:18:22-04:00Jeremy Halinen Finalist for the 2009 White Crane / James White Poetry Prize Afternoons Above I-5 by Jeremy Halinen We used to drop acid and sit on the overpass to watch the dragon faces the cars would make at us...EditorsWC90 - Arthur Evans - Come, Creator Spirittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e20115714fd2b6970c2009-07-29T01:00:15-04:002009-07-29T01:00:15-04:00Come, Creator Spirit By Rabanus Maurus, Translation from the Latin by Arthur Evans Come, Creator Spirit, Visit the minds of your people. Fill with grace from above The hearts that you have made. You, who are called the Inspirer, Gift...EditorsWC80 - Arthur Evans on The Creative Universetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2011572443258970b2009-07-29T00:57:06-04:002009-07-29T00:57:06-04:00The Creative Universe by Arthur Evans IN THE 9TH CENTURY, a learned Benedictine abbot of Fulda, in what is today called Germany, wrote a memorable hymn in Latin. It has inspired many subsequent thinkers and artists, including Mozart and Mahler....EditorsWC80 - David Del Tredici Interviewedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2011572442ded970b2009-07-29T00:48:54-04:002010-01-06T20:11:30-05:00A White Crane Conversation Gay Orpheus Ray Warman Speaks with David Del Tredici Generally recognized as the father of the Neo-Romantic movement in music, David Del Tredici – over a compositional career spanning five decades and (stronger than ever!) still...EditorsWC80 - Cleo Creech - Poem for Jaheem Herreratag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345161a069e2011572442988970b2009-07-29T00:41:05-04:002010-01-06T20:10:03-05:00A Poem for Jaheem Herrera The Peace of Gentle Waves By Cleo Creech This is our child, if not by blood then by heart and spirit. We hold him close as we must all children as we must hold all...Editors