Tomorrow is Mouse Day in San Francisco

The City by the Bay celebrates my fictional avatar tomorrow, June 12; San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has declared it "Michael Tolliver Day", celebrating, among other things, Armistead Maupin's newest novel, Michael Tolliver Lives. Therein, we find Mouse a little older, perhaps a little wiser and still living in the San Francisco wonderland.

Of the new book, Maupin says:

"I wanted to illuminate the process of growing older as a gay man, and make it easier for people who think life is over," he says. "Gay men who are growing old are incredibly lucky to be here."

Maupin's life hasn't been untouched by AIDS; like so many, he lost a loved one. The optimistic outlook he has today has been hard won.

"But if I'd known that 63 was going to feel this good, I would have been a lot more cheerful along the way," says Maupin.

Posted by Brad on June 11, 2007 at 3:18 PM |
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