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Ink from the Pen: A Prison Memoir

Ink from the Pen: A Prison Memoir

Ink from the Pen: A Prison Memoir is the story of a gay, educated, HIV+ writer’s nine months behind bars in California.

2017

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Stories

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Aug 5, 2025

It’s not the Israel You Still Have in Your Head

A pleas to Jewish Americans still on the fence about Gaza

It’s not the Israel You Still Have in Your Head

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Jul 25, 2025

Letting Them Have It

Wading into the alligator-infested waters of Pro-Israel Commenters

Letting Them Have It

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May 28, 2025

“I want you to want me again”

From the archives of the Trashwhisperer blog

“I want you to want me again”

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Apr 18, 2025

Still Hope

Still Hope

Still Hope

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Mar 21, 2025

The One Meme of Mine I Always Felt Should Go Viral

Maybe it was too soon. It’s not anymore.

The One Meme of Mine I Always Felt Should Go Viral

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Dec 24, 2024

Who is Harry Bap, and Why is He the Key to Transforming Trump?

A (not so) Modest Proposal

Who is Harry Bap, and Why is He the Key to Transforming Trump?

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Dec 6, 2024

Let me thank you profoundly.

One would think this approach might immunize you from the kinds of frantic denunciations you are getting in the comments, but helas, no. I…

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Nov 19, 2024

The Disorientation of Survival

Three Episodes of a Podcast

The Disorientation of Survival

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Nov 3, 2024

One Last Closing Argument

My pitch for a final pitch

One Last Closing Argument

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Sep 28, 2024

The Necessity of Empathy Now

It’s as Essential as it is Elusive

The Necessity of Empathy Now

Mark Olmsted

Mark Olmsted

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Author, "Ink from the Pen: A Prison Memoir" about my time behind bars. See GQ dot com “Curious Cons of the Man Who Wouldn’t Die” for story of how I got there.

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