Renato Barucco

Renato Barucco, author of “Landing Lights”, is a writer and psychologist based in Brooklyn, NY. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Louisville Review, Longleaf Review, Fiction International, Not One of Us, and many other literary magazines. His nonfiction has appeared in The Daily Beast, The Huff Post, and The New York Times. ***** The man had eyes only for the whiskey in his lowball glass. Not his first drink, from the look of it.

Searching for a way to memorably demonstrate against gun violence, Gays Against Guns chose to design and sell T-shirts and accessories to promote activism. On the evening of June 17, 2016, a group of a hundred concerned folks gathered at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center in Manhattan. Only five days earlier, Omar Mateen had murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others inside Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

Twins Scout and Gus are 10-year-old New Yorkers, and their schedule is no joke. Up at 6 a.m., they get ready for school with one parent while the other squeezes in a workout at the gym. Twins Scout and Gus are ten-year-old New Yorkers, and their schedule is no joke. Up at six a.m., they get ready for school with one parent while the other squeezes in a workout at the gym. They are out of the door by eight a.m. and walk to 490 Hudson where they attend PS3 Charrette School.