Terms of Use

Every story, essay, photograph, and piece of writing on this site is the original work of J.R. Giuliano and is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved.

You are welcome to read, share links to, and quote brief passages for personal, non-commercial purposes — provided you credit J.R. Giuliano and link back to jrgiuliano.com. You may not reproduce full stories, publish them elsewhere, or use them for commercial purposes without written permission. To ask, write to jr@jrgiuliano.com.

This site is here for reading, reflection, and the occasional newsletter signup. You may browse freely, share stories with friends, and return as often as you like.

You may not use this site to scrape content, run automated bots, attempt to access systems you are not authorised to access, or do anything that would interfere with other readers' experience. Common sense and common decency apply.

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We will never sell your email address or use it for anything other than the newsletter you signed up for.

Some stories reference or link to external websites — a record label, a historical archive, a place JR once worked. We include these links in good faith, but we have no control over those sites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, or practices.

Clicking an external link means you are leaving jrgiuliano.com. Their rules apply from that point on.

This is a memoir site. We do our best to keep it accurate, available, and enjoyable. But we make no warranties — express or implied — about the completeness, reliability, or fitness of the content for any particular purpose.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, J.R. Giuliano and jrgiuliano.com shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of — or inability to use — this site.

These are true stories drawn from memory. Memory is imperfect. Names have occasionally been changed or omitted to protect the privacy of people who never asked to be characters in anyone's memoir. JR has done his best to be accurate and fair, but these are his recollections — not sworn testimony.

If we update these Terms of Use, we will post the revised version here with a new 'Last Updated' date. Continued use of the site after any changes means you accept the updated terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States. Any disputes arising from your use of this site shall be resolved in the appropriate courts of that jurisdiction.

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