Melody

Jun 6

18 min read

Ode to Floyd Salas, Writer, Teacher, and Mentor Who Inspired Me to Write

Memorial for Floyd Salas — May 15, 2022, and his Life

Photo Credit: Geoff Leobbert. With Claire and Floyd after their reading at the Bird and Beckett Bookstore in the Glen Park Area of San Francisco, Sunday, April 13, 2014
Me and Claire Ortalda In front of the Bird and Beckett Book Store in San Francisco (same place as above) on Sunday, May 15, 2022 for Floyd Salas’ memorial. (Photo taken by a random person I handed my iPhone to)

Floyd Salas (1/24/31–10/17/21) was a novelist, social activist, boxer and boxing…

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