SQN - Sine Qua Non - Issue Two - Journal - Page 28
SINE QUA NON
Fathers, Sons, and the Art of Honest Storytelling
Interview conducted and edited by Janelle Gray and Heidi Sawitzke
Salsa music was a warning sign.
Acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Franky Gonzalez learned, at a very early age,
to recognize the sounds that predicted his father9s alcoholism turning violent. His defenses
would nare, and he9d seek a closet to hide in. To drown out his parents arguing, he9d play
music through a Walkman.
