Author Reginald Harris

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Poetry in The Branches Coordinator and Information Technology Director for Poets House in New York City, Reginald Harris won the 2012 Cave Canem /Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize for Autogeography. A Pushcart Prize Nominee, recipient of Individual Artist Awards for both poetry and fiction from the Maryland State Arts Council, and Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and the ForeWord Book of the Year for 10 Tongues: Poems (2001), his work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies, and other publications.

What Could Possibly Stop Us? An Interview with Cary Alan Johnson

Reginald Harris

Interviews

February 13, 2023 10 min read

Author Sarah Shulman has called Cary Alan Johnson’s debut novel Desire Lines, “a gripping, moving story of a vulnerable young black...

‘The Complete Works of Pat Parker’ Edited by Julie R. Enszer

Reginald Harris

Poetry

January 12, 2017 2 min read

“…my closet door has no key; it’s impossible for me to go lock myself in it.” –Pat Parker...

‘Another Brooklyn’ by Jacqueline Woodson

Reginald Harris

Fiction Reviews

August 14, 2016 1 min read

Another Brooklyn is an absorbing, lyrical, beautifully written novel, which quietly draws the reader into its story of four friends “sharing the weight of growing up girl in Brooklyn” in the 1970s Read More

‘Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl’ by Rashod Ollison

Reginald Harris

Bio/Memoir Reviews

January 24, 2016 4 min read

Soul Serenade is best when talking about the role of music in the lives of everyday music lovers, as both a consolation and a vision of a possible different future Read More

John Keene: On Hidden Histories and Why Writing Against Official Narratives is Queer

Reginald Harris

Interviews

June 3, 2015 7 min read

John Keene spoke with The Lambda Literary Review about his new book,Counternarratives, hidden histories, and merging fiction with reality Read More

‘The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled Into the Spotlight and Made History’ by Robin Givhan

Reginald Harris

Nonfiction Reviews

June 3, 2015 4 min read

The changes wrought by the designers and American fashion industry since Versailles make the reader realize, contrary to frequent accusations of frivolity, how serious the world of fashion can be. Read More

‘Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the ’70s and the ’80s’ by Brad Gooch

Reginald Harris

Bio/Memoir Reviews

May 3, 2015 3 min read

In his new memoir Smash Cut, novelist and biographer Brad Gooch recounts his experiences in New York City during the turbulent '70s and '80s Read More

Brad Gooch: On Remembering the 1970s and 1980s and Writing His New Memoir ‘Smash Cut’

Reginald Harris

Interviews

April 16, 2015 5 min read

"I had not really revisited these memories deeply since I shut the door on them over two decades ago. I discovered that I had intact, vivid memories, as if on a dolly track, reliving walking the halls of the AIDS wards of St. Vincent’s Hospital." Read More

‘Icon’ Edited by Amy Scholder

Reginald Harris

Anthology Nonfiction

December 16, 2014 3 min read

"[...] it is striking how many of the authors in Icon were imprinted by their subjects in their teens or other formative moments in their lives, while working out who they were, and who they were not." Read More

‘Belle City’ by Penny Mickelbury

Reginald Harris

Fiction Reviews

September 1, 2014 3 min read

"[...] much has been written recently about America’s tangled multiracial family tree. Penny Mickelbury, one of the founders of black LGBTQ fiction, joins that group with her new novel Belle City." Read More

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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

Yang Huang on My Good Son and Responsibly Taking Risks in Fiction

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

What Could Possibly Stop Us? An Interview with Cary Alan Johnson

‘The Complete Works of Pat Parker’ Edited by Julie R. Enszer

‘Another Brooklyn’ by Jacqueline Woodson

‘Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl’ by Rashod Ollison

John Keene: On Hidden Histories and Why Writing Against Official Narratives is Queer

‘The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled Into the Spotlight and Made History’ by Robin Givhan

‘Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the ’70s and the ’80s’ by Brad Gooch

Brad Gooch: On Remembering the 1970s and 1980s and Writing His New Memoir ‘Smash Cut’

‘Icon’ Edited by Amy Scholder

‘Belle City’ by Penny Mickelbury