Bears on Bears

Interviews and Discussions
edited by Ron Jackson Suresha
Alyson Publications, 2002

“Bearness’s Big Blank:
Tracing the Genome of Ursomasculinity“

also available as PDF
An interview with Jack Fritscher

Bears on Bears
Edited by Ron Jackson Suresha
Alyson Publications 2002
ISBN 1-55583-578-3

PART ONE: BEAR PHILOSOPHY AND IDENTITY

• “Bears as Subculture Subversives” an interview with Eric Rofes
• “Big B Bears and Little B Bears” a discussion with Wayne Hoffman, Chris Wittke, and Rex Wockner
• “You Can Lead a Bear to Culture But…” a discussion with David Berman and Michael Bronski
• “Bear Essentials: Bear Spirit in Community” a discussion with Al Cotton, Alex Damman, and Jim Mitulski
  

PART TWO: BEAR HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

• “The Birth of Girth & Mirth” an interview with Reed Wilgoren
• “Bearness’s Big Blank: Tracing the Genome of Ursomasculinity” an interview with Jack Fritscher
• “The Rainbow MC and the Old Lone Star” a discussion with Pete Vafiades
• “From Cult to Subculture to Couture: Evolving Bear Community” a discussion with Les Wright
  

PART THREE: BEAR ICONS AND CELEB-BEAR-TIES

• “What Makes a Bear Porn Legend” an interview with Jack Radcliffe
  
• “Let the Laughing Bear Lead” an interview with Rick Trombly
  
• “Surviving as a Fat Naked Fag” an interview with Rich Hatch of TV’s “Survivor”
  
• “Portrait of the Cartoonist as a Middle-Aged Bear” an interview with Tim Barela
  
• “Hoping for Something Bigger” an interview with Bruce Vilanch
  

PART FOUR: BEAR SEX AND STYLES

• “Weight and Fat as Masculine Drag” a discussion with Dr. Lawrence Mass
  
• “Bear Beauty and the Affirmation of Bear Contests” a discussion with Craig Byrnes, Gene Landry, and Michael Patterson
  
• “Bearotica and the Selling of Bear Sex” a discussion with Richard Labonte and Tim Martin
  
• “Circuit Bears and the Bear Circus” a discussion with Lou Dattilo, Frank Perricone, Adam Steg, and Danny Williams
  

PART FIVE: BEAR AGES AND STAGES

• “Bear Maturity, Bear Masculinity” a discussion with Arnie Kantrowitz and Mark Thompson
  
• “Tourist in Bearland: Nonbearish Bear Lovers” a discussion with Manny Lin and Kirk Read
  
• “Ethnic Bears and Bears of Color” a discussion with David Gerard, Ali Lopez, and George Varas
  
• “From Boomer Bears to Gen-X Bears to Bear Youth” a discussion with Terry Jamro, Brian Kearns, and Heath McKay
  

PART SIX: BEARS AND BEYOND

• “Lesbears and Transbears: Dykes and FTMs as Bears” a discussion with Sharon Jill Bear Bergman, Drew Campbell, Michael “Mike” Hernandez, and Matt Rice
• “Technobears and Cybearspace” a discussion with Steve Dyer, Jeff Glover, Mike Ramsey, and Alex Schell
  
• “A Space Beyond Beardom: Postbears and Ex-Bears” a discussion with Van Buckley, Steven Evans, and Tim Morrison
  
• “International Bear Brotherhood” a discussion with Eduardo Chavez, Seumas Hyslop, Xavier Navarro, Marcelo Perales, Glen Purdon, Mali Sahin, Woody Shimko, and Justin Spooner