Following is the conclusion to the taped interview with Padric McGarry made in New York City in 1977 also a stock photo of Veronica Lake from the 40s, a prototype, like Dorothy Lamour or Lauren Bacall whom Padric resembled when I first knew him in that long-ago time. Padric,(…)
When I met Padric McGarry in 1976 he looked like a tall, henna-haired Dorothy Lamore from long-ago Hollywood; shoulder length, thick hair, winged shoulder blades, poised with a straight back. His alert, hazel eyes didn’t miss a thing that went on around him. He described himself as “flaming, not nelly with a skinny, fruit body.” We(…)
“Sex was always instant and quick – you were ever-ready. I knew that the best way to a man’s heart in prison was through his prick or asshole, and learned quickly to have at least five husbands. It was smart to have a man in the kitchen because the(…)
In our interview, Padric continued speaking “Immediately I had ‘Homosexual, Degenerate, Cock Sucker’ stamped on my records so I was rarely in population with the rest of the men. I was kept in segregation with junkie queens, wino queens, booster queens, prick peddlers, drag queens and some men who just preferred to(…)
“I was 16 when I was arrested for corrupting the morals of soldiers and sailors, blocking a public doorway, and disturbing the peace. In prison I began to grow up and learn. I learned how to pick pockets, how to open five kinds of safes, how to forge checks, how to work(…)
The new TMI’s reissues are: Two novels: 1. The Devil’s Mistress The story of the woman who lived and died with Hitler — Eva Braun. (The soup) 2. Clairvoyant, The Imagined Life of Lucia Joyce The story of James Joyce’s daughter who she was diagnosed as schizophrenic and spent over 40 years in mental hospitals though her(…)
Back from California and Arizona, all four planned reissues — THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS, CLAIRVOYANT, FIET’S VASE, A SPECIAL FATE — two literary novels, two nonfiction books, one for young people — are now LIVE on Amazon as Books and as Kindles. All looking, feeling, smelling and tasting great with New Author’s Notes to keep things current.(…)
Just released by TMI Publishing, Alison Leslie Gold’s inspirational book about Chiune Sugihara. The book is available as paperback (under $10) and Kindle (5.99) on Amazon.com
Just released by TMI Publishing, Alison Leslie Gold’s acclaimed book depicting stories of courage and survival during the holocaust, is now available as paperback (under $10) and Kindle (5.99) — Fiet’s Vase and Other Stories of Survival, Europe 1939-1945
