Alfred P Doblin
@apdoblin.bsky.social
Former NY-NJ journalist, communications specialist, and author of “Tales of the Lavender Twilight.”
It's another Pride month, but things are different. Times are changing and not for the better for the LGBTQ+ community. My cautionary blog for Pride. 🏳️🌈💙
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Another Pride, another June, another sunny… — Alfred P. Doblin
The thing is, to borrow from Sally Fields, “You don’t like me.” Well, maybe not me personally, but the concept of me and other queer people, still bothers a good many Americans.
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June 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It's another Pride month, but things are different. Times are changing and not for the better for the LGBTQ+ community. My cautionary blog for Pride. 🏳️🌈💙
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An incredibly flattering review of my new book, "Sailing Beyond the Sunset," came out this morning: 💙
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Sailing Beyond the Sunset – Alfred P. Doblin (Rattling Good Yarns Press)
Buy from: Rattling Good Yarns Press Sailing Beyond The Sunset by Alfred P. Doblin is a brilliantly woven tapestry of themes illustrated with the ten stories it contains. The first theme we encounte…
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May 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
An incredibly flattering review of my new book, "Sailing Beyond the Sunset," came out this morning: 💙
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My new book is out! 💙 www.amazon.com/Sailing-Beyo...
Sailing Beyond the Sunset
Amazon.com: Sailing Beyond the Sunset: 9781968983000: Doblin, Alfred P.: Books
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April 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
My new book is out! 💙 www.amazon.com/Sailing-Beyo...
The trailer for my second book, "Sailing Beyond the Sunset," is officially out. The book will be available in print on May 5th. 💙
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Sailing Beyond the Sunset | Official Book Trailer
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April 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The trailer for my second book, "Sailing Beyond the Sunset," is officially out. The book will be available in print on May 5th. 💙
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Seeing them side by side makes me feel like they went on gay dating app for books! Reading from the new book at #SASFest later today. 💙 #rattlinggoodyarnspress
March 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Seeing them side by side makes me feel like they went on gay dating app for books! Reading from the new book at #SASFest later today. 💙 #rattlinggoodyarnspress
It’s been a minute. I posted a new blog. 💙https://tinyurl.com/5b9wkj3z
Apparently, Timothée Chalamet really is Marty Mauser — Alfred P. Doblin
There’s a lot happening in the world right now and what one young, privileged, and I will acknowledge gifted, actor says is not of great consequence, in of itself. But the thing is the performing arts...
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March 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
It’s been a minute. I posted a new blog. 💙https://tinyurl.com/5b9wkj3z
It's probably just me, as a gay writer, but wouldn't it have been great if after the U.S. hockey team won the gold in the Olympics --which is AMAZING -- they had shouted, "We're going to the cottage!" 💙🏳️🌈
February 23, 2026 at 12:56 AM
It's probably just me, as a gay writer, but wouldn't it have been great if after the U.S. hockey team won the gold in the Olympics --which is AMAZING -- they had shouted, "We're going to the cottage!" 💙🏳️🌈
My second book is coming out this spring! 💙
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 PM
My second book is coming out this spring! 💙
Taking down the #Pride flag is petty and ugly, but we, in the LGBTQ community, are broader than any flag. We are the flag, and we will continue to stand -- and fly -- at #Stonewall. 🏳️🌈💙
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Even without a flag, Pride will fly at Stonewall — Alfred P. Doblin
We define us. We are broader than a flag. We cannot be raised and lowered at the whim of anyone.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Taking down the #Pride flag is petty and ugly, but we, in the LGBTQ community, are broader than any flag. We are the flag, and we will continue to stand -- and fly -- at #Stonewall. 🏳️🌈💙
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I've waited to collect my thoughts about the death of #ReneeGood. Allegory? Fable? Parable? My latest blog:
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Is Renee Good an allegory, fable, or parable? — Alfred P. Doblin
America, at this moment in time, is not the “shining city on a hill.” We are lit not with joy and righteousness, but with hate and retribution.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I've waited to collect my thoughts about the death of #ReneeGood. Allegory? Fable? Parable? My latest blog:
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My debut book “Tales of the Lavender Twilight” doesn’t have gay hockey players, but it does have a sexy bartender, a gay dog lusting for a hot gay owner, & an entire Catskill town populated by out-of-work actors. It’s a collection of short stories with heart & hope 💙
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Tales of the Lavender Twilight
Amazon.com: Tales of the Lavender Twilight: 9781955826815: Doblin, Alfred P.: Books
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January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
My debut book “Tales of the Lavender Twilight” doesn’t have gay hockey players, but it does have a sexy bartender, a gay dog lusting for a hot gay owner, & an entire Catskill town populated by out-of-work actors. It’s a collection of short stories with heart & hope 💙
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A thought for Christmas:
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Come all ye faithful, with or without documentation — Alfred P. Doblin
Agree or disagree. Believe or do not believe. But we can be better versions of who we are – at Christmas and in the days that follow.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A thought for Christmas:
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A simple nativity set connects me to past Christmases, but also to the real message of Christmas. It's easy to forget now that Jan. 6th is not known for that Epiphany. Magi have been replaced by MAGA, who had a different "come to Jesus" moment. 💙
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The Three Kings always needed directions — Alfred P. Doblin
Santa may still be suspect. January 6 th is no longer first spoken as a day of joy, at least in many parts of America. But The Three Kings, splotched by glued, and Jesus, Mary, and St. Joseph with hi...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A simple nativity set connects me to past Christmases, but also to the real message of Christmas. It's easy to forget now that Jan. 6th is not known for that Epiphany. Magi have been replaced by MAGA, who had a different "come to Jesus" moment. 💙
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#WickedForGood is a wonderful experience, but what about Boq? Does no one care what happens to Boq? #Wicked #EthanSlater 💙 My blog:
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Boq to basics on the Yellow Brick Road — Alfred P. Doblin
Wicked: For Good sets up the trio—Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion with backstories. I get why Dorothy remains in the background; I’ve seen Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead . But wouldn’t ...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#WickedForGood is a wonderful experience, but what about Boq? Does no one care what happens to Boq? #Wicked #EthanSlater 💙 My blog:
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Today, is #WorldAIDSDay2025, regardless of whether our federal government acknowledges it or not. To be charitable, this decision is tone deaf and callous. To be honest, it is cruel, petty, and carries a whiff of 1980’s homophobia. My latest blog: 💙
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America bleeds on this World AIDS Day — Alfred P. Doblin
An awareness day may not be a strategy at the State Department, but it is hard to believe that eliminating AIDS Awareness Day is not a strategy.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today, is #WorldAIDSDay2025, regardless of whether our federal government acknowledges it or not. To be charitable, this decision is tone deaf and callous. To be honest, it is cruel, petty, and carries a whiff of 1980’s homophobia. My latest blog: 💙
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The #MajorieTaylorGreene story has me thinking about Madame Defarge. 💙
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tale of two MAGAs — Alfred P. Doblin
America today offers the fallen, discarded, and/or the disgraced a second and even a third act. Greene could get a podcast. A gig on television. She could tour with George Santos in a revival of Noel ...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The #MajorieTaylorGreene story has me thinking about Madame Defarge. 💙
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I spent a decade of my life running Catholic newspapers, so this blog on immigration and the USCCB's "Special Message" is a bit of returning to my roots on Catholic social teaching.
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Immigrants are in the spaces between the details — Alfred P. Doblin
Liberty’s torch was the beacon from a lighthouse that guided millions of people to safe harbor. Somehow, over the years, we allowed someone to put a dimmer switch on her torch. It burns still, but not...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I spent a decade of my life running Catholic newspapers, so this blog on immigration and the USCCB's "Special Message" is a bit of returning to my roots on Catholic social teaching.
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My blog for Election Day -- waxing more poetic than political.
"The promise of democracy is never so bright as it is before the results come streaming in." 💙
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"The promise of democracy is never so bright as it is before the results come streaming in." 💙
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Election Day, pizza, and the green light at the end of the dock — Alfred P. Doblin
The promise of democracy is never so bright as it is before the results come streaming in.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My blog for Election Day -- waxing more poetic than political.
"The promise of democracy is never so bright as it is before the results come streaming in." 💙
tinyurl.com/ycxe6nb2
"The promise of democracy is never so bright as it is before the results come streaming in." 💙
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I jump into the #KissoftheSpiderWoman in my blog. I wanted more edge and less gloss. Love is the Technicolor. 💙
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A kiss and a miss for this ‘Spider Woman’ — Alfred P. Doblin
The story is about accepting who you are, having the courage to die for who you are and what you believe to be true, and most important, to acknowledge the importance of love in all of this. Love is t...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I jump into the #KissoftheSpiderWoman in my blog. I wanted more edge and less gloss. Love is the Technicolor. 💙
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