Alan Chin, Author at Lambda Literary Review

October 5, 2011 3 min read

In 1967, Captain Harding is working his way up the promotion ladder within the U.S. Air Force. He’s a go-getter...

‘Moffie’ by Andre Carl van der Merwe

Alan Chin

Fiction Reviews

August 30, 2011 3 min read

Like every gay boy in 1970s South Africa, Nicholas van der Swart must hide that part of himself that is...

‘The Last Deployment: How a Gay, Hammer-Swinging Twentysomething Survived a Year in Iraq’ by Bronson Lemer

Alan Chin

Bio/Memoir Reviews

July 4, 2011 2 min read

Bronson Lemer joined the National Guard during his senior year of high school as a way to help pay for...

‘The River in Winter’ by Matt Dean

Alan Chin

Fiction Reviews

May 16, 2011 1 min read

2010 Lambda Literary Award Finalist Jonah Murray is a seeker. He lives a comfortable life — good job, nice home,...

‘The Lavender Locker Room’ by Patricia Nell Warren

Alan Chin

Nonfiction

July 28, 2010 1 min read

This wonderful book is a collection of nineteen essays highlighting gay pioneers in athletics. Originally written for Outsports.com, this book...

‘The Golden Age of Gay Fiction’ Edited by Drewey Wayne Gunn

Alan Chin

Nonfiction

June 14, 2010 2 min read

Lambda Award Finalist The first gay novel I read, The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren, was published in 1975....

‘Native’ by William Haywood Henderson

Alan Chin

Fiction

June 3, 2010 2 min read

Blue Parker, the twenty-three-year-old foreman of a Wyoming ranch, has a secret crush on his ranch hand, Sam. The two...

‘The Moonlit Earth’ by Christopher Rice

Alan Chin

Fiction

April 6, 2010 2 min read

At thirty years old, Megan Reynolds is an outsider in her affluent hometown of Cathedral Beach, California. She has recently...

Interviewing Patricia Nell Warren: The Pioneer

Alan Chin

Interviews

March 22, 2010 9 min read

Patricia Nell Warren is as captivating in person as her answers to my questions suggests Read More

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

Teen Witches on the Move! Read Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

‘Captain Harding’s Six-Day War’ by Elliott Mackle

‘Moffie’ by Andre Carl van der Merwe

‘The Last Deployment: How a Gay, Hammer-Swinging Twentysomething Survived a Year in Iraq’ by Bronson Lemer

‘The River in Winter’ by Matt Dean

‘The Lavender Locker Room’ by Patricia Nell Warren

‘The Golden Age of Gay Fiction’ Edited by Drewey Wayne Gunn

‘Native’ by William Haywood Henderson

‘The Moonlit Earth’ by Christopher Rice

Interviewing Patricia Nell Warren: The Pioneer

Reviews

Random

Features

Interviews

Excerpts

Author Alan Chin