Over The Bar and The Pacific Monthly

Letter To The Governor of Oregon

Dear Governor Kotek;

President Biden will be in Japan this weekend attending the G-7 Summit. Japan is un-willing to accept the rights of LGBTQ people. The History of Oregon and Oakland California can contribute to the solution and enhancement of the American-Japanese Culture. Joaquin Mill and his brother George lived in Coburg. Joaquin had a Bohemian retreat in the Oakland Hills where I was born. Miller befriended several Japanese Poets. One came t dwell in Carmel that was founded by George Sterling, Jack London, and Charles Stoddard – who was openly gay. It is alleged he quit the Catholic church because of their intolerant stance against LGBTQ people. Charles had a famous affairs with the Japanese poet Yoni Noguchi who lived with Joaquin Miller.

George Miller married Elizabeth Maude “Lischen” or “Lizzie” Cogswell who was the foremost literary woman in Oregon. On Feb. 6…