Ruthlessly Corporeal, Fearlessly Beautiful: K-Ming Chang’s Bestiary Sarah Neilson Reviews March 23, 2021 2 min readReading poet (and Lambda Literary Award finalist) K-Ming Chang’s debut novel, Bestiary (One World, 2020), is a visceral experience. Its...
Fiebre Tropical is a Vivid Portrait of Queer Longing Sarah Neilson Reviews January 7, 2021 2 min readDespite the devastation 2020 has wrought, one bright spot is the publication of some stellar queer literature. And “stellar” is...
The Death of Vivek Oji is a Mosaic of Love, Pain, Community, and Beauty Sarah Neilson Reviews August 19, 2020 2 min readThe title of Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel, The Death of Vivek Oji (Riverhead), gives away its ending before the book...
Pizza Girl is a Tale of Pickle Pizzas, Queerness, and Growing up Sarah Neilson Reviews August 1, 2020 3 min readThe unnamed protagonist in Jean Kyoung Frazier’s debut novel, Pizza Girl (Doubleday, 2020), receives an unexpected respite from her grief...
A Soaring Queer Campus Novel: Brandon Taylor’s Real Life Sarah Neilson Reviews February 25, 2020 3 min readReal Life is one of those novels that perfectly captures a moment in time while also being timeless Read More
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland Sarah Neilson Bio/Memoir February 5, 2020 3 min readMy Autobiography of Carson McCullers is an exquisitely rendered map of discovery--of an icon, and of a self. Read More
Homie by Danez Smith Sarah Neilson Poetry January 15, 2020 4 min readHomie is expansive, big enough to hold a vast mosaic of emotion and style Read More
