From Son: Birth of the Poet
By Sharon Doubiago
Thursday, October 17, 1974, Greenwood Pier Café, Elk
From Son: Counterculture Feminist Poet Mom Raises Football Player
By Sharon Doubiago
Tuesday, April 19, 1976 Albion
…Son: Counterculture Feminist Poet Raises Football Player
By Sharon Doubiago
October 1, 1976
Officials at Emery High School in Emeryville,
California, were surprised when a popular female
gym teacher showed up with a beard. Doris Richards,
in a yearbook photo eating a banana, described by a
former superintendent of schools as “the sweetest girl
I’ve ever known,” spent a six-month sick leave under-
going a sex change operation. The teacher, who now
wants to be known as Steve Dain, informed the school
he wants to stay on the job.
The San Francisco Chronicle
When Elvis Came To San Diego
By Sharon Doubiago
Hey Jess, me and you
We’ll swallow the light on the stairs
I’ll fix up my hair, we’ll sleep unaware
Hey Elvis, it’s lonely, come home.