Writing Samples
Excerpts from Expletives Not Deleted (2023)
Selections from my collection of essays on pop culture & current events, available in paperback & e-book
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An honest appreciation of Netflix's icky pseudo-biography of
Marilyn Monroe.
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An Essential Film Guide for Young Gay Males
A list of must-see movies from last century for gay men born this century.
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Why is America so divided? It's Obama 's fault ... sort of.
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The Far Right just hates it when the Left uses their tactics
against them.
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Like Leslie Jordan said, happiness requires hard work.
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Unsolicited Parenting Advice from a Childless Know-It-All
You should be your kid's boss and benefactor, not their best bud!
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Visit SHOP to buy a copy!
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Excerpts from SUB-LEBRITY (2020)
A few chapters from my tongue-in-cheek "Hollywood memoir by a non-famous actor," available in paperback & e-book.
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Everything I Know, I Learned from TV
The origins of my love affair with television.
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A gay son & his mother bond over another family's tragedy at Christmas in the 1980s.
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Foolish Mistakes & Healthy Doses of Rejection
Every actor makes them...
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Some of my gossip-free encounters with celebs and stars.
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Click HERE to read what critics said about SUB-LEBRITY
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Click HERE to buy a copy
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Other Select Writings
from here & there...
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Huffington Post blogs (2016-2017)
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"Quentin Crisp: Indomitable Humanist" The Human Prospect
(Autumn 2016, Vol. 5, No. 3)
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"Becoming Quentin Crisp" Crisperanto.org (2005)
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... and read more on my BLOG
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All Contents Copyright 2023 by Leon Acord
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