Sara Rauch, Author at Lambda Literary Review

April 14, 2016 2 min read

Sarah Schulman has given us a finely tuned, clever, and remarkably contemporary historical novel Read More

‘Heiresses of Russ 2015’ Edited by Jean Roberta and Steve Berman

February 14, 2016 2 min read

Ranging from alternative histories to reexamined myths, reimagined fairy tales to futuristic societies and space exploration, Heiresses of Russ 2015 runs the gamut of imagination. Read More

‘Vienna’ by William S. Kirby

Sara Rauch

Mystery Reviews

October 18, 2015 2 min read

Vienna brings together the crime and intelligence of a Holmes story but with a twist: “Sherlock” and “Watson” appear as women—Vienna and Justine, respectively—and to further twist the usual, the unlikely duo are lovers Read More

‘Love Not Given Lightly: Profiles from the Edge of Sex’ by Tina Horn

Sara Rauch

Nonfiction Reviews

September 3, 2015 2 min read

Love Not Given Lightly is compelling and oh-so-readable. Whether you know of and partake of this world or not, Horn’s portraits are deeply moving in their tender look at human sexuality and connection. Read More

Author Quintan Ana Wikswo on the Limitations and Power of Labels

Sara Rauch

Features Interviews

August 12, 2015 19 min read

"Primarily, I wanted to see if I could write a book in which issues of love, erotics, desire, and sex could be momentarily liberated from conventional categorizations of gender identity." Read More

‘Sphinx’ by Anne Garréta

Sara Rauch

Fiction Reviews

June 20, 2015 3 min read

Sphinx, on the surface, is a standard story of love and loss. But that’s about all that’s standard here. You won’t get past the first page without asking questions, and by the time you turn the last one, you’ll be no closer to an answer Read More

‘The Hope of Floating Has Carried Us This Far’ by Quintan Ana Wikswo

Sara Rauch

Fiction Reviews

June 2, 2015 2 min read

The stories here beg borders. They are amorphous and esoteric. Many of them feel like shortwave radio dispatches from another Universe where the edges that separate us are constantly blurring and shifting. Read More

Kirsty Logan: On Moving Through Grief by Writing, the Art of Worldbuilding, and Her New Novel ‘The Gracekeepers’

Sara Rauch

Features Interviews

May 12, 2015 11 min read

"I think that the world of The Gracekeepers is as accepting and as intolerant as our own world--that is to say, some people are incredibly tolerant of difference, and others just shriek about burning the witch (whoever and whatever the witch may be)." Read More

‘Apocalypse Baby’ by Virginie Despentes

Sara Rauch

Fiction Reviews

April 13, 2015 2 min read

Apocalypse Baby, in the end, is a demanding read; Despentes’ words, plot, and ideas are contentious, confrontational, and very purposefully so. Read More

‘The Gracekeepers’ by Kirsty Logan

Sara Rauch

Reviews Speculative Fiction

April 1, 2015 2 min read

It’s easy to lose yourself in The Gracekeepers. Logan’s rich tapestry of characters and storylines, her deft language and her exquisitely built world add up to a deep, intriguing, and accessible novel. 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

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

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

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

‘The Cosmopolitans’ by Sarah Schulman

‘Heiresses of Russ 2015’ Edited by Jean Roberta and Steve Berman

‘Vienna’ by William S. Kirby

‘Love Not Given Lightly: Profiles from the Edge of Sex’ by Tina Horn

Author Quintan Ana Wikswo on the Limitations and Power of Labels

‘Sphinx’ by Anne Garréta

‘The Hope of Floating Has Carried Us This Far’ by Quintan Ana Wikswo

Kirsty Logan: On Moving Through Grief by Writing, the Art of Worldbuilding, and Her New Novel ‘The Gracekeepers’

‘Apocalypse Baby’ by Virginie Despentes

‘The Gracekeepers’ by Kirsty Logan

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Random

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Author Sara Rauch