Michael Gold
MICHAEL GOLD
Too Close for Comfort – The Great Gay American Novel

I am a great cork-popper. Now what on earth could that mean? Do we take the literal definition, that is, I am great at popping […]

February 12, 2007

MICHAEL GOLD
God, the Devil and Richard Dawkins

The author Salman Rushdie once said, “We’re all living under a fatwa now,” referring to the practice of condemning to death those accused of besmirching […]

December 8, 2006

MICHAEL GOLD
Black Belt

I am lying in bed, half-naked, half-asleep, dead tired, and full of fear. I am only 10, so my small hands can’t grip the mattress […]

October 27, 2006

MICHAEL GOLD
Elis experience weightlessness in NASA research program

They say space is the final frontier, and in the imagination of the average person — even the average Yalie — it is a destination […]

September 18, 2006

MICHAEL GOLD
At Yale, inequality has no room at the table

My palms sweated as I inched closer to the doorway. It’s just another meal, I thought, calm down! But at the Berkeley dining hall, it’s […]

March 30, 2005