Brooks Kolb reflects on how the AIDS crisis affected his pursuit of gay freedom in San Francisco, explores the invisibleimpediments people face when coming out, and shares why perseverance matters for new writers.


Brooks Kolb was educated at the American College in Paris, University College London, and the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn he trained under Ian McHarg, famed author of DesignWith Nature, and with Laurie Olin, subject of the 2024 documentary Sitting Still. After coming out of the closet, he moved to San Francisco, where he witnessed two key periods of gay history: the post-Stonewall era of sexual liberation and the tragic AIDS epoch. The principal of Brooks Kolb LLC Landscape Architecture and an avid swimmer, Brooks lives inSeattle with his husband, Dennis, and their dog, Stella.


In this episode, Brooks reads from Landscape in Lavender.


Book link: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Landscape-In-Lavender/Brooks-Kolb/9798896363804


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