Richard Grayson in Richard Kostelanetz's THE OLD FICTIONS AND THE NEW

Richard Kostelanetz's The Old Fictions and the New (McFarland, 1987) has an article about the fiction of Richard Grayson on pages 180-181.

Richard Grayson story in Between C and D: Post-Pop Lower East Side Fiction Magazine

Richard Grayson's story "I Saw Mommy Kissing Citicorp" appears in the Fall 1987 issue of Between C and D: Post-Pop Lower East Side Fiction Magazine (Volume 3, Number 3), edited by Joel Rose:

Printed single-side only on 50 consecutive sheets of dot- matrix paper (complete with the perforated edges), plus 'rear cover' loose as issued. Color drawing by Scott Nealy pasted to the first page. Includes stories by Tama Janowitz, Patrick McGrath, Lisa Blaushild, Catherine Texier, Roberta Allen, Peter Cherches, John Farris, Richard Grayson, James Luczak. Rare Alphabet City zine. 

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler: "Why a Visa Is a Passport to the Poorhouse"

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today Saturday, September 19, 1987) explains "Why a Visa Is a Passport to the Poorhouse."

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler reports on advertisers' boycott of Florida

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, August 29, 1987) reports that Florida's new tax on advertising has spurred a boycott that yields an unintended benefit for Sunshine State residents.

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler warns: "Florida, Don't Be Surprised to Be Sued for Your Sunshine"

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, August 15, 1987) warns: "Florida, Don't Be Surprised to Be Sued for Your Sunshine."

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler on his campaign to give horses in Davie, Florida, the right to vote

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, August 15, 1987) discusses his campaign to give horses in Davie, Florida, the right to vote.

Richard Grayson letter in The New York Times: "She Took the AIDS Test"

Richard Grayson has a letter in the New York Times Magazine today (August 2, 1987), "She Took the AIDS Test":


Dena Kleiman may have understated how the possibility of a false positive result may affect a person who was not counseled to the extent that she was. A friend of mine, someone, like Ms. Kleiman, who had no reason to think she had been infected, was plunged into a profound depression when her first test result came back positive and she was warned never to have children and to inform previous sexual partners of the result.

Dena Kleiman may have understated how the possibility of a false positive result may affect a person who was not counseled to the extent that she was. A friend of mine, someone, like Ms. Kleiman, who had no reason to think she had been infected, was plunged into a profound depression when her first test result came back positive and she was warned never to have children and to inform previous sexual partners of the result. My friend didn't dare believe the second AIDS test result, which was negative. She has taken the AIDS test a third and fourth time (with both results negative) yet has become convinced - neurotically, she admits, but also helplessly - that she still may be infected with the virus.

If this can be the outcome of a false positive result, it's obvious that those who truly test positive for AIDS need the kind of counseling programs the Reagan Administration, in its zeal to introduce mandatory antibody testing, seems unwilling to provide. Four suicides in the Miami area have been linked to positive results for the AIDS antibody test in recent months, and I wonder how many others are suffering the same kind of emotional agony.

RICHARD GRAYSON
New York, N.Y.

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler: "The Puzzling Case of the Maltese FICA"

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, July 18, 1987) puts a South Florida private eye on "The Puzzling Case of the Maltese FICA."

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler reports on an epidemic of humorlessness

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, July 4, 1987) reports on an epidemic of humorlessness.

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler imagines a new Miami theme park

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, June 6, 1987) imagines a new Miami theme park.

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler creates a South Florida-based SAT

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, May 29, 1987) creates a South Florida-based SAT.

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler imagines a South Florida Ibsen Festival

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (May 23, 1987) imagines a South Florida Ibsen Festival.

Graduate Coursework in Education at Florida International University

Richard Grayson completed 28 graduate credits in computer education and higher education at Florida International University from spring 1984 to spring 1987.

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler takes on bluenoses

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, April 25, 1987) takes on bluenoses.

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler reports on a new fan magazine for teens

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, April 11, 1987) reports on a new fan magazine for teens.

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler meets a frog and alligator on the Florida state payroll

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, March 28, 1987) goes to a bar and meets government mascots Cecil B. Sawgrass (the Sawgrass Expressway) and Freddy Gator (the South Florida Water Management District).

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler satirizes the English-only campaign

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (February 14, 1987) satirizes the English-only campaign and suggests changing Boca Raton's name to Rat Mouth.

Richard Grayson column in Hollywood Sun-Tattler: "Teachers Fill in the Very Blank"

Richard Grayson's column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, January 17, 1987) is titled "Teachers Fill in the Very Blank."

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler on Global Warming

Richard Grayson's Funhouse column in the Hollywood Sun-Tattler today (Saturday, January 3, 1987) discusses climate change and global warming, suggesting South Florida will be improved by being underwater.