Press Kit for Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight, A Psychiatrist’s Own Story

Agent: Linda Konner Literary Agency

Publisher: Anthony DiFiore, inGroup Press

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About the Author

Loren A. Olson MD, DLFAPA is a board certified psychiatrist who has been engaged in the clinical practice of psychiatry for over 35 years. He has been recognized for his achievements by his peers as a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and by patients and their families as a recipient of the “Exemplary Psychiatrist Award” from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Read more…

Finally Out Press Release

Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight
I’m just your average gay, close-to-retirement psychiatrist, living with my husband on a farm in rural Iowa declares Loren A. Olson in his introduction.

Average … he’s not. Not only did Olson complete medical school, serve four years as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, and embark upon a successful career as a psychiatrist; he also had a compatible eighteen year marriage and raised two daughters with his attorney wife, Lynn, before facing up to a difficult truth about himself: he is gay. Full Finally Out Press Release

Cultural Data

Charles Darwin wrote of his belief that sexuality was biologically determined in The Descent of Man, published in 1871. Read more Finally Out Cultural Data…

Finally Out Q & A

Des Moines Register

Take a look at Reid Forgraves’ article about Dr. Olson in the Des Moines Register:
“Gay seniors face futures that include discrimination.”

PRINT & ONLINE:

ABCNews.com: “Gray and Gay: Closeted Psychiatrist Comes Out After 40 Years” interview with Susan James, June 30, 2011

CBSNews.Com: Author interviewed about the myths about men who have sex with men. Post-date, TBA.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY.COM  Author is a regular monthly blogger with his blog, Finally Out. 

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM, Author is a regular featured blogger

EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. Author interview with Kilian Melloy; April 14, 2011.

THE BILERICO PROJECT “Men with Rounded Corners: The Loren Olson Story,” May, 2011.

SOCIAL WORK TODAY  Web exclusive “Infidelity and Forgiveness: The Complexities of Coming Out in a Straight Relationship,” May 16, 2011.

SOUTH FLORIDA GAY NEWS: Interview and book review with Tony Adams, “Men with Rounded Corners: The Loren Olson Story,” May 4, 2011.

GRAND MAGAZINE: “The big reveal: how to come out to your grandchildren.”

GRANDPARENTS.COM: “Will there be cake?” June 1, 2011.

FAMILY THERAPY MAGAZINE (American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy): Author contributed by line article on forgiveness. March/April 2011.

EQUALLYWED.COM  “Grandpa is marrying a man, “April 2011.

ECHELON MAGAZINE Book summary , April/May 2011.  

PSYCHCENTRAL.COM: “Concealed sexual orientation is like an abscess,” April 2011.

OUTMATURITY.COM Author contributed guest blog with excerpt from the book; April 2011.

OUT MAGAZINE: Author interviewed, TBA

“BETWEEN THE LINES” WABE RADIO ATLANTA (wabe.org/btl): Book is included on the website’s reading list, to which all listeners are referred at the end of each show.

RADIO/TV/PODCASTS:

AARP “PRIME TIME” RADIO: Interview with host Mike Cuthbert;  June 29, 2010.  

 “TALK OF IOWA” – IOWA PUBLIC RADIO: Author and his ex-wife interview with Charity Nebbe, May 18, 2011

“MODERN LOVE WITH DR. ERIC”  “Challenging the conventional and discovering what love is really all about,” July 18, 2011.

WINDY CITY TIMES QUEERCAST  Podcast interview, June 2011  

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION PODCAST: Interview available to ACA members only

“ON THE COUCH WITH DR. MICHELLE” – LA TALK RADIO Live interview with Dr. Michelle Cohen; May 20, 2011. 

“THE BOOK BIZ WITH DREW NEDERPELT” Live interview on memoir writing, May 3rd

 “A TOUCH OF GREY: THE TALK SHOW FOR GROWNUPS Recorded interview with co-host Richard Neer, May 12th, air-date TBA.

WISECOUNCILPODCAST.COM,  May 9, 2011; post-date TBA.

HEALTHYPLACE.COM Interview via Skype, May 11, 2011. 

“STRAIGHT WIVES” – BLOGTALK RADIO: One-hour live radio interview with listener callins, May 15, 2011.

“THE FALLON FORUM” – Live interview with Ed Fallon, May 25, 2011.

REVIEWS:

LIBRARY JOURNAL, April 1, 2011.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY May 2011.

FOREWORD REVIEWS ONLINE by Elizabeth; March 2011.

READER VIEWS: Review by Carol Hoyer, PhD , May 11, 2011. 

NAMI ADVOCATE , May 26, 2011.

STRAIGHTSPOUSECONNECTION.COM: By blogger Carol Grever, June 13, 2011.

SAGE (Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders): Book review in newsletter; June 2011.

OMAHA WORLD HERALD Carol Bicak listed in “10 to try: Kick back and dig into these titles,” April 3, 2011.

JOURNAL OF GAY AND LESBIAN MENTAL HEALTH Book review by J. Michael Bostwick, TBA

DALLAS VOICE “Beach reads: Looking for good summer books with a gay twist? We’ve got you covered,” by Mikey Rox; June 17, 2011.  

INSIDEOUT “Beach reads: Looking for good summer books with a gay twist? We’ve got you covered,” TBA.

GRAB MAGAZINE, TBA 

 FRONTIERS  TBA

 HOTSPOTS! MAGAZINE TBA 

 JOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY (American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy): Book review by Andres Nazario; TBA.

EXCERPTS: 

KEVINMD.COM “Doctor, Meet My Friend;” April 21, 2011.

GOODMENPROJECT.COM  “It’s a Wrap;” June 2011

DMS MAGAZINE: “Till Death Do Us Part,” April 2011.