Interviews Archives

October 7, 2017 7 min read

"More often than not, I discover while writing about the shame-inducing events I’ve experienced that the personal inadequacies I have are more universal than I originally realized." Read More

Andrew Durbin on His Novel ‘MacArthur Park’ and the Instability of Utopias

Osman Can Yerebakan

Interviews

October 4, 2017 6 min read

"The cults and intentional communities with a strong utopian streak often find that the effort leads to a highly unstable, virtually impossible way of living [...]" Read More

Adam McOmber on Astonishment and the Queer Imagination

Brian Leung

Interviews

September 20, 2017 7 min read

"Comfortable, rational, naturalistic stories that fit into what heterosexual people assume is the queer experience should not be the only things that are published." Read More

Eileen Myles on Writing a Memoir and Blending Fact and Memory

Alyssa Greene

Interviews

September 7, 2017 3 min read

"So much of my writing is self-amusement. I’m writing what makes me laugh." Read More

Performer and Author Justin Sayre on Writing His YA Novels

Thomas March

Interviews

August 10, 2017 18 min read

"I think in some ways the message of the books is to have enormous empathy because you don’t know what someone else is going through." Read More

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich on Writing Her True Crime Novel

Sarah Fonseca

Interviews

July 26, 2017 12 min read

"There is a tendency to simplify things [....] The truth is in the contradiction and juxtaposition." Read More

Eric Kostiuk Williams on Fighting Gentrification and Finding Joy in Comics

Cathy Camper

Interviews

July 17, 2017 7 min read

"We deserve joy and pleasure, and though there's much hard work to be done, we have to make sure we're still making space for those good feelings." Read More

Anne-christine d’Adesky on ACT UP and Lesbian Romping

Frank Pizzoli

Interviews

July 4, 2017 5 min read

"Nothing wrong with assimilation, but it leaves behind the rest of us who maybe don’t want to be like everyone else. The fight isn’t over." Read More

Jordan Rice on Her Newest Poetry Collection and Her Writing Process

Michael Valinsky

Interviews

June 27, 2017 3 min read

"The book took on many shapes and forms centered on the urgency of being and presence." Read More

Roxane Gay on Hunger, Trauma, and the Unruly Body

Liz von Klemperer

Interviews

June 17, 2017 6 min read

"I’m at a point in my life where I’m very comfortable with my identity as a bisexual woman and I’m very proud of my identity, and I’m very open about it, and I think that being open is a real pleasure and a real privilege..." 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

‘Gaylord Phoenix’ by Edie Fake

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

Playwright Kati Schwartz on the Power of Laughing at Her Own Misery

Andrew Durbin on His Novel ‘MacArthur Park’ and the Instability of Utopias

Adam McOmber on Astonishment and the Queer Imagination

Eileen Myles on Writing a Memoir and Blending Fact and Memory

Performer and Author Justin Sayre on Writing His YA Novels

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich on Writing Her True Crime Novel

Eric Kostiuk Williams on Fighting Gentrification and Finding Joy in Comics

Anne-christine d’Adesky on ACT UP and Lesbian Romping

Jordan Rice on Her Newest Poetry Collection and Her Writing Process

Roxane Gay on Hunger, Trauma, and the Unruly Body

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