Ask Dominick

Brooklyn-born Italian Dominick spent his twenties as the kept boy to an aristocratic British decorator of some renown. In the wake of his Sugar Daddy's alcohol-related death, he was left a modest fortune that fueled his own addiction. In recovery, he embarked on a career as a full-time escort, an effort to redeem his kept boy past. After a busy three years, he retired from escorting to take a management position in real estate, where the art of the sell is supreme. He wrote the ‘Ask Dominick’ posts for rentboy.com's blog (now seized by the feds) for their audience of 30,000 subscribers, offering escorts and clients alike advice drawn from the diary he kept while escorting. He was a frequent presence at the Dean Johnson literary salon Reading for Filth and at Red Umbrella Diaries, a live reading series from people who have tangled with the sex industry. Dominick has appeared on Dan Savage's podcast and is a guest contributor to Savage's beloved 'Savage Love' column. His writing appears in the Prose & Lore Anthology, and the 2013 Soft Skull Press Anthology Johns, Marks, Tricks and Chickenhawks, edited by David Henry Sterry.