William Johnson, Author at Lambda Literary Review

April 10, 2015 10 min read

"I have to give myself permission to turn my brain off and relax when I can, which usually translates to me eating gummy bears and re-watching Buffy episodes while live-tweeting about the outfits." Read More

Read an Excerpt from Larry Kramer’s ‘American People: Volume I’

William Johnson

Features Excerpts News

April 7, 2015 15 min read

This month, Farrar, Straus and Giroux is releasing the long-awaited new novel from author Larry Kramer, The American People: Volume 1: Search for My Heart: A Novel. Read More

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author Ayana Mathis

William Johnson

Features Opinion

March 28, 2015 4 min read

"What is the best way to handle being a new slightly lonely lesbian in the big city?" Read More

The Banal and the Profane: Frederick Smith

William Johnson

Features Opinion The Banal & the Profane

February 24, 2015 13 min read

"Writing a book takes time and money. I’d like consumers—whether they’re friends, family or otherwise—to treat writers with the same respect as other workers and artists who produce a product." Read More

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author Chavisa Woods

William Johnson

Features Opinion

January 21, 2015 10 min read

"How long does it take to recover from a breakup?" Read More

Read Dennis Cooper’s New Novel Composed of Animated GIFs

William Johnson

News

January 16, 2015 1 min read

Zac’s Haunted House is a visual novel; it is a tale told through animated pictures. Read More

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author Alexander Chee

William Johnson

Opinion

November 29, 2014 14 min read

"My partner broke up with me and left me completely shattered. Any book recommendations to get me through it?" Read More

The Banal and the Profane: Justin Allen

William Johnson

The Banal & the Profane

November 23, 2014 8 min read

"The best artists explore form’s elasticity, sensitive to how far they can stretch it before the work fails." Read More

Saeed Jones: On His New Poetry Collection ‘Prelude to Bruise,’ Art vs. Rhetoric, and Camp Aesthetics

William Johnson

Features Interviews

September 30, 2014 8 min read

"[ ...] I’ve always been intrigued by protagonists who have access to a lot of information but perhaps not as much wisdom, who feel deeply but struggle to understand the logic of those feelings." Read More

Read Peter Cameron’s Afterword for the Novel ‘Totempole’

William Johnson

Features Excerpts

September 23, 2014 1 min read

This month, NYRB Classics is re-releasing Sanford Friedman’s 1965 novel Totempole. The novel details the romantic relationship between its protagonist...

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 Banal and the Profane: Nick Sumida

Read an Excerpt from Larry Kramer’s ‘American People: Volume I’

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author Ayana Mathis

The Banal and the Profane: Frederick Smith

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author Chavisa Woods

Read Dennis Cooper’s New Novel Composed of Animated GIFs

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author Alexander Chee

The Banal and the Profane: Justin Allen

Saeed Jones: On His New Poetry Collection ‘Prelude to Bruise,’ Art vs. Rhetoric, and Camp Aesthetics

Read Peter Cameron’s Afterword for the Novel ‘Totempole’

Reviews

Random

Features

Interviews

Excerpts

Author William Johnson