We walked around the elementary school playfield calling one another “Queer Bait”, with most of us having next to zero idea what it implied. We blame it on Art Shaw that we came to know such tasteless terminology at such a young age. We certainly didn’t get any of that s*** from our parents.

…. Years earlier, we sat in the school library reading: “The Five Chinese Brothers” (only if we didn’t buy it for ourselves from the “Weekly Reader”)

*** why is it only now that the name “Weekly Reader” is clear to understand???