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Owen Levy

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Born in post-war Harlem, raised in white-flight Brooklyn, educated publicly, East Village pioneer, Berlin expatriate as refugee from First Bush-era, Harlem gentrifier, Mohawk Valley settler.

The middle of two brothers, the elder France-based jazz artist, younger, seaman and runner, now deceased. Mother second generation Portuguese, Father born in Deep South descendant of African slaves.

As a young man economically unable to write full time I enjoyed several years as a Broadway and entertainment publicist, then several more as a stringer and trade journalist based in Berlin.

Now able to devote more time to writing and editing more work is soon to be introduced.

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My blogging history has been somewhat spotty. Originally inspired by the egregious illegal behavior of New York City police during the 2007 Republican National Party Nomination Convention where hundreds of protesters were illegally and cruelly detained for the length of the GOP invasion. Next I presented portraits of interesting gay men I knew who died too young and not all HIV related causes. Eac Read more of this blog post »
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