the only hank in l.a.

writer propagator fabulist seeker homo about town, lover of men, curator of the lgbtq reading series homo-centric in l.a.

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“If a lady were to ask me I’d say love dwells in memory, moves in memory, is formed by memory, just as the evening light was formed in the curtains that screened it—but no lady asks.” Nocturnes for the King of Naples, Edmund White (born January13) cover art by Mel Odom.

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January 13, 1940 - June 3, 2025

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Summertime.  (photo of Stephen Madsen by Jake Weisz)

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Notturno Con Calzino - Gonzalo Orquín 

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The Poet - Robert Motherwell, 1947

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Summer vibes.  Jean Jullien’s work makes me want to skip work & head for the sand.  

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Be free.

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reading is sexy.

Thai personal trainer and model Jirawat Jemansutikun has posted 2,286 photos on Instagram without incident.  This photo of Jirawat has been flagged as porn by tumblr, one of my original posts.

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Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem - Ramon Casas, 1897

From the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya: “An unusual and emblematic painting from Catalan Modernisme depicting Ramon Casas himself and Pere Romeu, the barman at the famous beer-hall Els Quatre Gats, pedalling on a tandem with the Barcelona skyline in the distance. The canvas decorated the beer-hall, which became a meeting-place for the artists and intellectuals who had started the movement, as well as for members of the younger generation, such as Picasso, Mir and Nonell.

This painting flagged as porn by tumblr was originally posted by @timbertent

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David Hockney by Duane Michals, 1975.  Q&A with Michals at the New Yorker.  A story about my favorite Michals here.  

(original flagged post at @emigrejukebox)

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Who’s your Daddy?

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World AIDS Day 2018 - poster by fierce pussy for Visual AIDS, 2013

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reading is sexy.

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Postcard - Hank Henderson

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“You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.” ― James Baldwin

Photo of James Baldwin by Sedat Pakay. More Baldwin posts here & here & here.

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Figure by Window - Paul Wonner, 1962

There’s a fascinating 1994 interview with Wonner at the GLBT History archives.

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