Michael Kaler, Author at Lambda Literary Review

Claude McKay’s Romance in Marseille Charts the Misadventures of an Eclectic Bunch of Social Outcasts

Michael Kaler

Fiction

March 15, 2020 3 min read

Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille charts the misadventures of an eclectic bunch of social outcasts. Read More

‘Black Light’ by Kimberly King Parsons

Michael Kaler

Fiction

October 20, 2019 2 min read

Black Light takes an unflinching look at the various ways girls and young women adroitly navigate a culture determined to demean them Read More

‘I’m Open to Anything’ by William E. Jones

Michael Kaler

Fiction

May 30, 2019 3 min read

Compelling and perverse, I’m Open to Anything queers the conventions of the Midwestern bildungsroman Read More

‘Lie With Me’ by Philippe Besson, Translated by Molly Ringwald

Michael Kaler

Reviews

May 1, 2019 4 min read

Lie With Me is an absorbing story about passionate love thwarted by class differences and homophobia Read More

‘The Light Years’ by Chris Rush

Michael Kaler

Reviews

April 15, 2019 3 min read

Light Years is a fast-paced coming-of-age tale about growing up gay during the sixties and seventies Read More

‘Lot’ by Bryan Washington

Michael Kaler

Fiction

April 1, 2019 3 min read

Introspective and understated, Lot gives voice to the silenced pain of Houston’s Black and Latinx working class Read More

‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ by Marlon James

Michael Kaler

Reviews

March 2, 2019 4 min read

Full of violence and mystery, Black Leopard, Red Wolf is a daring exploration of what it means to find love and a sense of purpose in an unstable world Read More

‘Oranges’ by Gary Eldon Peter

Michael Kaler

Fiction

January 3, 2019 3 min read

Oranges is a gentle look at what it means to come of age and grow older as a gay man in the Midwest. 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

‘The Halo’ by C. Dale Young

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

In Bed with Joan Nestle

Claude McKay’s Romance in Marseille Charts the Misadventures of an Eclectic Bunch of Social Outcasts

‘Black Light’ by Kimberly King Parsons

‘I’m Open to Anything’ by William E. Jones

‘Lie With Me’ by Philippe Besson, Translated by Molly Ringwald

‘The Light Years’ by Chris Rush

‘Lot’ by Bryan Washington

‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ by Marlon James

‘Oranges’ by Gary Eldon Peter

Reviews

Random

Features

Interviews

Excerpts

Author Michael Kaler