Poet Richard Blanco (Looking for the Gulf Motel) has been chosen to be the nation’s fifth inaugural poet. The Presidential Inaugural Committee made the official announcement Wednesday morning. Blanco is the youngest poet "— as well as the first Latino — to take part in an inaugural ceremony." Read More
Patti Smith is already planning the sequel to her 2010 memoir Just Kids, a New York Times best-seller, Lambda Literary Award finalist, and National Book Award-winner for Nonfiction. Read More
A scholarly discussion on the films of Tyler Perry, Eloise Klein Healy is chosen as the first poet laureate of LA, and other LGBT literary news. Read More
