A salute to Rosette Royale: Writer, editor and general beacon of love and light
Ten years is time enough for a place to become part of who you are, and time enough for you to leave something indelible behind. Especially when love is involved. And wherever Rosette Royale goes, love is somewhere in the mix.
Rosette came to us late in 2004. He went by Timothy XX Burton then. His resume included a creative writing degree from Colby College in Maine and graduate work in fiction at Boston University. He’d grown up bright, gay and black in Washington, D.C., and had spent the last seven years in Provincetown as a marginally employed literary beach bum. ...