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Michael Levy

Michael Levy

The Pandemic and Me: “Survivors Guilt” and Grossly Atypical Behavior

America and Americans are suffering. At this time, more than 52,000 people have died of Covid-19, and there have been more than 900,000…

Apr 25, 2020

The Pandemic and Me: “Survivors Guilt” and Grossly Atypical Behavior

Apr 25, 2020

Michael Levy

The One Who Wasn’t

I’ve been fairly lucky in life. I had parents who loved me. I had opportunities growing up billions never had. I’ve only been laid off from…

Jan 21, 2019

Jan 21, 2019

Michael Levy

My Inauthentically Authentic Self, at 35,000 Feet

I’m not quite sure if this is a rewrite of the Love, Simon script or where fiction ends and reality begins. Or vice versa.

Aug 14, 2018

My Inauthentically Authentic Self, at 35,000 Feet

Aug 14, 2018

Michael Levy

“At Least He’s Not Marrying an Ārab,” or the Hierarchy of Hate

Back in 2000, my boyfriend and I were thoroughly in love and decided to memorialize our commitment in a romantic ceremony on a boat on Lake…

Sep 6, 2017

Sep 6, 2017

Michael Levy

Happy Birthday—and, Goodbye—Dad

As my dad approached his 75th birthday in March 2005, I wrote to thank him for being my father and friend. It was my first letter to my…

Aug 30, 2017

Aug 30, 2017

Michael Levy

When Happy Birthday Isn’t

The answering machine light was blinking when I came back to my cubicle. Being my (36th) birthday, I suspected it was either my sister or…

Aug 27, 2017

When Happy Birthday Isn’t

Aug 27, 2017

Michael Levy

“Just Because You’re Going to Hell Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Be Friends”

My parents made me do the whole Hebrew school thing, and I got bar mitzvahed, but I was never a believer. Nor was I a disbeliever. I just…

Aug 25, 2017

Aug 25, 2017

Michael Levy

Dear Mom and Dad: I’m Gay and Pat Robertson’s an Asshole

My father didn’t “do” verbal feelings, instead bottling up every pain and agitation until it would volcanically explode in a rage of…

Aug 23, 2017

Dear Mom and Dad: I’m Gay and Pat Robertson’s an Asshole

Aug 23, 2017

Michael Levy

“We Always Expected This, But Not From You”

It was December 1992, and my father had me fuming mad and in fight mode. By the end of the call, my father would be oblivious, my mother…

Aug 21, 2017

Aug 21, 2017

Michael Levy

It’s Not My Fault, They Tell Me

His name was Derek, and he was my first love. And, for the last 11 years I’ve blamed myself for his suicide.

Aug 19, 2017

It’s Not My Fault, They Tell Me

Aug 19, 2017

Michael Levy

Michael Levy

Sometime writer. Full-time Chicago Cubs fan. Extremely amateur soccer player. Coachella Valley, CA resident. I don’t write fiction. Everything is true. Mostly.

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