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Latest blog posts
Still Guilty As Charged
03 Aug, 2026
August has arrived, and the cricket song at night is getting stronger. This past week has been ...
All That Glitters Ain’t Gold
02 Aug, 2026
We resume this Solid Gold Summer with a return to sparkle and sequins and superficial glamour, and ...
Oh look – someone signed my name in the cement! Just kidding – if anyone ever called me ...
About Alan Ilagan
Alan Bennett Ilagan is a blogger who resides in upstate New York. A graduate of Brandeis University, Ilagan has been published in Instinct, xy magazine, Windy City Times, Q Northeast, Metroland, commUNITY, and ‘The Project for a New Mythology.’ He has been profiled in Unzipped, Genre, Diversity Rules! Magazine, and Upstate Magazine. From 2008 to 2012 he served as manager of the Romaine Brooks Gallery at the Pride Center of the Capital Region. He and his husband Andy were married in 2010 and remain happily unburdened by children. His website has been up since 2003, making it one of the longest running personal blogs.

