It's the turbulent sixties and young Nate Rubin has problems. For one thing he's a virgin, and for another he's a drunk, and for still another he's in love with forbidden fruit. All of which makes you wonder: Will he ever get laid? Will he ever get sober? Will he ever get the girl? Also, will he ever write that damn novel, the one about a Jewish shikker in love with a black shikseh?

I was born and raised in Detroit and have lived in southern, central and northern California. I currently reside in northern Arizona with my wife Patty and two dogs and a cat (Freddie, Sadie and Sammy, respectively). I've worked on corporate and business publications as an editor and reporter and am now writing fiction and essays. I follow politics reluctantly and cinema enthusiastically.