One morning, a 17-year-old girl opens her high school English textbook to “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and...
“Everyone wants music that transports them,” writes the speaker in Julia Bloch’s new book of prose poetry, Letters to Kelly Clarkson. While one need not possess a discerning ear for musical talent to appreciate the cultural meaning of a pop star like Clarkson, Bloch’s collection of poetic epistles pricks the barrier between the actual and the illusory. Read More
In their collaborative, experimental poetry collection, Sinéad O’Connor and Her Coat of a Thousand Bluebirds (Firewheel Editions ), Neil de...
“I love writing sex. And I love talking sex. A lot of writers feel stymied or scared of writing sex...
While the book begins as a passionate tale from the lush landscape of Paris in the 1920s, livened by entrancing sex scenes and seductive exchanges, the story takes a turn toward the fast-paced—morphing into a plot-driven whodunit... Read More
“I look in the paper and see how feminism is discussed in either this really elitist dilettante sectarian way, or...
Bluestockings Books hosts a reading across genres featuring Lambda Literary Award winners and featured writers: Ellis Avery Ellis Avery is...
Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender (Beacon) is the memoir of one San Francisco queer, Nick Krieger, who...
Ivan and Misha stories by Michael Alenyikov (TriQuarterly Books) won the 2011 Northern California Book Award for Fiction and is...
Pioneering The Trans-Masc Art Scene When you hold an Original Plumbing zine in your hands, it’s easy to feel the...


