ladyjayne

ladyjayne

My name is Jayne Lyn Stahl. I'm a widely published poet, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter; Huffington Post blogger, whose articles have also appeared on AlterNet, OpEd News, Atlantic Free Press, Yahoo News. I'm a member of PEN American Center, and the American Civil Liberties Union.

 
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activity // ladyjayne

  • "Victoria Day"

    "Victoria Day"

    From Markham Street Films-- an important new drama that opens on Friday in Canada. Please see trailer at link. For those lucky enough to be in Canada, so you can see it, please do so, and for...  more
  • Tonight on the Curtis Sliwa Show

    Tonight on the Curtis Sliwa Show

    Jayne Lyn Stahl will be interviewed by Curtis Sliwa, on the radio, tonight at 9:20 p.m. (PST). This is a ten minute segment. The Curtis Sliwa Show is nationally syndicated talk radio, so pls....  more
  • An Insult to Service

    An Insult to Service

    VA tries to put obstacles in the path of those veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD.  more
  • An Insult to Service

    An Insult to Service

    There are 145,000 veterans who live on our nation's streets, 97% of whom are male, 56% of whom are men of color. A vet. who applies for disability waits, on average, 5 years before he...  more
  • 6th grader's Harvey Milk project blocked by school

    6th grader's Harvey Milk project blocked by school

    Natalie Jones, a 6th grader, was told by her principle that she would be unable to present her presentation on Harvey Milk because of the "sensitive matter". The ACLU is calling this...  more

    I lived in the Castro before Harvey was elected supervisor, and used to frequent his camera shop on Castro Street. He was an amazing man, a real human being, who...  more
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  • Obama weighing indefinite detention

    Obama weighing indefinite detention

    for Gitmo detainees  more
  • Walt Whitman's Fly

    Walt Whitman's Fly

    erotic fantasy -- poem -- written to commemorate Walt Whitman's birthday on May 31  more
  • An Insult to Service

    An Insult to Service

    If we really want to honor our veterans, we need to address the problem of homelessness, and instead of spending $80 million on a new supermax prison to house former Gitmo detainees, we should...  more
  • Nostradamus nails it... - video

    Nostradamus nails it...

    video tells of Nostradamus prophecy.  more
  • Martin Scorsese

    Martin Scorsese

    Director Martin Scorsese's next project: a biopic about Frank Sinatra.  more
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details // ladyjayne

What I would Change About the World:
I would make it a more open place
Current Gig:
Adjunct Instructor of English at Diablo Valley College
Current Project:
developing "Shakespeare & Company," my screenplay about Sylvia Beach's struggle to publish James Joyce's "Ulysses."
Influences/Heroes:
James Dean, Jimi Hendrix, Arthur Rimbaud, Joan of Arc, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan
Location:
Northern California
Organizations:
PEN American Center, PEN Center USA, A.C.L.U.
Political Bent:
left of center
Favorite Bands:
The Rolling Stones
Favorite Directors:
Federico Fellini, Francois Truffault, Jean Cocteau, Elia Kazan, oooh too many...
Favorite Movies:
"La Dolce Vita;" "Les Enfants du Paradis," "Rebel Without A Cause."
Favorite TV Shows:
"Sex and the City"
Favorite Track:
"Wild Horses"
Celebrity Crush:
Mick Jagger
URL:
http://ladyjaynestahl.blogspot.com
AIM:
http://twitter.com/jaynelynstahl

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