Tonight's Poet Corner: Not Another Gay Novel
Not Another Gay Novel by Belinda Roddie It's one of those nights when I've arrived at my parents' house for dinner. My sister and brother are there, too, and somehow, the old mutt who's been the darling of my family for over a decade still has the energy and posture to beg for any food remnants that tumble from the table. We eat ravenously, talking in between chews, while I ignore the occasional political quip from my brother as he tries to push my father's buttons on healthcare - a rather hot button at that, one that will burn your fingers. And then, when I've found the chicken less interesting than the words bubbling in my brain, I announce, "So, I'm planning on writing another novel." My parents look up from their plates with an aura of slight interest. My sister already knows, and my brother has always seemed apathetic about my writing. I already pumped out a book a year prior, the ideas once wiggling in my cereb