Features Archives

September 8, 2010 6 min read

September signals the start of the official fall book season, one of the busiest times of the year for publishers...

Brent Goodman, “Attack of the Handsome Bad Guys”

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

September 2, 2010 1 min read

For today’s inaugural post, two new poems by 2010 Lammy finalist Brent Goodman....

Most Anticipated LGBT (Relevant) Books of Fall 2010

Antonio Gonzalez Cerna

Opinion

September 1, 2010 5 min read

UPDATE 9/13/10: Fall 2010 signals the publication of several high-profile books, including one we’ve been waiting for since February. From...

Book Buzz: September 2010

John Morgan Wilson

Book Buzz

September 1, 2010 10 min read

JM Redman has been honored with the New Orleans Gay Achievement Awards Lifetime Achievement Award for both her full-time work...

Review, Reconsidered

Julie R. Enszer

YAWP

August 31, 2010 9 min read

In Denver, at the annual conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) in April, I had the...

Top 10 Most Memorable LGBT Teen Fiction Characters According to Brent

Brent Taylor

Features

August 24, 2010 5 min read

With every book I read, I connect with each character in a unique way. I take something different from each...

Feminist Classic Goosebumps in P-town

Kate Clinton

Dispatches

August 23, 2010 1 min read

This morning in Ptown, I actually had goose bumps. The days are cooler; sunsets are earlier. What can you do?...

Recap: Emerging Voices Writers’ Retreat

Nicola Griffith

Dispatches

August 22, 2010 7 min read

Fire in their bellies and mouths filled with light I promised to tell the story of the LLF Emerging Voices Writers’...

The Fetishizing of Queer Sexuality: A Response.

Victoria Brownworth

Opinion

August 19, 2010 5 min read

As a lesbian, I came of age having my sexuality co-opted for the titillation of straight men and even women....

Can M/M Romance Challenge the Definition of LGBT Lit?

Lizzy Shramko

Opinion

August 18, 2010 4 min read

In a world where Lisbeth Salander is tearing up the bestseller list with her clunky motorcycle boots and her refusal...

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

Real Lesbian Sex, ‘American Psycho: The Musical,’ the Miley Cyrus Apocalypse, and other LGBT News

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

New in September

Brent Goodman, “Attack of the Handsome Bad Guys”

Most Anticipated LGBT (Relevant) Books of Fall 2010

Book Buzz: September 2010

Review, Reconsidered

Top 10 Most Memorable LGBT Teen Fiction Characters According to Brent

Feminist Classic Goosebumps in P-town

Recap: Emerging Voices Writers’ Retreat

The Fetishizing of Queer Sexuality: A Response.

Can M/M Romance Challenge the Definition of LGBT Lit?

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

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta