Ken Harvey, Author at Lambda Literary Review

February 24, 2021 4 min read

I suppose it makes sense that when I sat at my desk to write about Pretend It’s a City, Martin...

For Gay Parents, the Familial and the Political are Inextricably Linked

Ken Harvey

Nonfiction

May 28, 2020 3 min read

There’s a brief section in Richie Jackson’s Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son (Harper) that moved me...

‘The History of Living Forever’ by Jake Wolff

Ken Harvey

Reviews

September 11, 2019 3 min read

Jake Wolff’s debut is a science fiction story, a gay romance, and a Hardy Boys mystery all rolled into one Read More

‘Tin Man’ by Sarah Winman

Ken Harvey

Reviews

September 12, 2018 4 min read

Sarah Winman’s third novel, Tin Man (Putnam), is only about two hundred pages long, but it covers a great deal...

‘Logical Family’ by Armistead Maupin

Ken Harvey

Bio/Memoir

October 1, 2017 4 min read

The personal stories in Armistead Maupin's new memoir, especially those about growing up in a racist, segregated South, could not have come out at a more relevant time Read More

‘After the Blue Hour’ by John Rechy

Ken Harvey

Fiction

February 12, 2017 2 min read

After the Blue Hour is a clever psychodrama that blurs the line between fiction and non-fiction Read More

‘Love Slaves of Helen Hadley Hall’ by James Magruder

Ken Harvey

Fiction Reviews

July 24, 2016 3 min read

This sparkling novel owes much of its success to Magruder’s remarkable ability to manipulate words to get to the heart of all matters, especially matters of the heart Read More

‘A Poet of the Invisible World’ by Michael Golding

Ken Harvey

Fiction Reviews

November 11, 2015 3 min read

In A Poet of the Invisible World, we’re asked to consider the curative role of art and how experience--often painful--can bring us to a deeper understanding of life Read More

‘Delicious Foods’ by James Hannaham

Ken Harvey

Fiction Reviews

April 12, 2015 3 min read

To describe Hannaham’s novel by referencing other writers would be too easy, and perhaps unfair. With Delicious Foods, James Hannaham has himself become a reference point. Read More

‘I Left It on the Mountain’ by Kevin Sessums

Ken Harvey

Bio/Memoir Reviews

March 26, 2015 4 min read

I Left It On the Mountain is a spiritual page-turner. Read More

Reviews

On Becoming an HIV Pharmacist

December’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature

Becoming Malleable: A Review of Dream of Xibalba by Stephanie Adams-Santos

Random

‘Homeschooling’ by Carol Guess

Features

On Becoming an HIV Pharmacist

December’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature

Call for In Remembrance for LGBTQIAP+ Authors

Interviews

Where are the Ancestors: Stephen Patrick Bell in Conversation with Justin Torres on Blackouts

A Conversation with Poet, Essayist, and Critic Matt Mitchell

With a Love Letter to Queer Black Folx, Dior Stephens Draws a Velvet Rope Around the Table They Set for Their Community

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

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

In Bed with Joan Nestle

Fran Lebowitz: Professional New Yorker

For Gay Parents, the Familial and the Political are Inextricably Linked

‘The History of Living Forever’ by Jake Wolff

‘Tin Man’ by Sarah Winman

‘Logical Family’ by Armistead Maupin

‘After the Blue Hour’ by John Rechy

‘Love Slaves of Helen Hadley Hall’ by James Magruder

‘A Poet of the Invisible World’ by Michael Golding

‘Delicious Foods’ by James Hannaham

‘I Left It on the Mountain’ by Kevin Sessums

Reviews

Random

Features

Interviews

Excerpts

Author Ken Harvey