Born in post-war Harlem, raised in white-flight Brooklyn, educated publicly, East Village pioneer, Berlin expatriate as refugee from First Bush-era, Harlem gentrifier, Mohawk Valley settler. The middle of two brothers, the elder France-based jazz artist, younger, seaman and runner, now deceased. Mother second generation Portuguese, Father born in Deep South descendant of African slaves. As a young man economically unable to write full time I enjoyed several years as a Broadway and entertainment publicist, then several more as a stringer and trade journalist based in Berlin. Now able to devote more time to writing and editing more work is soon to be introduced.