No "Hard" events coming up, but here are a few other projects that might be of interest:   A PLACE AT THE TABLE Wayne published a story (written with his mother) called "A Place at the Table" several years ago, in an anthology called "Mama's Boy." It's about his experiences coming out to his mother, told across several Passovers. This story has now been adapted as a radio play by the cute bears behind The Cubby House, a podcast based in Melbourne, Australia. To hear "A Place at the Table," visit http://thecubbyhouse.net.au/Home.php, and look for Episode 21 in the Archives.    BALL ONE Wayne has an essay about his childhood obsession with baseball player Jim Palmer's Jockey shorts, called "Ball One, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Baseball," which was published in the new anthology "I Like It Like That," edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel.   SUCKER Wayne also published a short story called "Sucker," which is an excerpt from "Hard." This story was published in the anthology "Fresh Men 2." You can read it by clicking on the Synopsis link on your left, and reading the excerpt that's linked to that page. Film director Peter Pizzi has now made a short film of "Sucker," based on an adapted screenplay written by Wayne. The film is making the rounds of gay film festivals. To see the film's trailer, and to find out where it's playing, visit www.magicclubfilms.com/sucker.htm

Reading at A Different Light in West Hollywood, June 2006