Dec 20th, 2005
Guests on Fresh Fruit, 2002
Abigail Garner joined Fresh Fruit on KFAI in October 2000, first as a regular guest, then as a rotating host in the Fresh Fruit collective. Below are the guests who joined her on air in 2002.
January 31, 2002
Kirk Read, author of How I Learned to Snap, a humorous memoir about growing up gay in the Bible Belt (Hill Street Press, 2001). This interview was edited and aired on “This Way Out,” the international gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine on May 13, 2002. (Archive can be downloaded directly via RealOne Player by clicking here.)
February 28, 2002
Monica Meyer, Public Policy Director at OutFront Minnesota talks about LGBT Lobby Day and the most pressing current issues for equality.
March 28, 2002
Stephanie Brill, co-author of The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth with Kim Toevs (Alyson, 2002).
May 2, 2002
Noelle Howey, author of Dress Codes, a memoir about growing up with a transgender father (St. Martin’s, 2002).
May 23, 2002
Beth Teper, program associate at COLAGE.
June 27, 2002
Brian Malloy, author of The Year of Ice, a novel set in 1978 about a teen boy who “likes guys.” Now in its fourth printing! (St. Martins, 2002).
July 25, 2002
Dorian Solot, Executive Director of The Alternatives to Marriage Project, a nonprofit organization for people who cannot or do not want to marry.
August 22, 2002
Eric Marcus, author of Making Gay History (HarperCollins, 2002).
September 26, 2002
Melissa Hart, author of Long Way Home, a memoir about the custody battle between her lesbian mother and homophobic father. Her book has since been re-written and re-titled, The Assault of Laughter.
October 24, 2002
Jack Baker, candidate for Minnesota Supreme Court and long time gay rights activist.
December 26, 2002
Bruce Shenitz, executive editor of OUT Magazine and editor of The Man I Might Become: Gay Men Write About Their Fathers (Marlowe & Company, 2002). This interview was edited and aired on “This Way Out,” the international gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine on February 3, 2003. (Archive can be downloaded directly via RealOne Player by clicking here.)
In-studio reading and interview with Brian Malloy, a Minneapolis author who contributed to the anthology.