Interviews Archives

Blue book cover with sunrise over a tent in the woods. Title says Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World. By Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Benjamin Alire Sáenz: “I am the luckiest.” On Writing Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

November 15, 2021 11 min read

An Interview with Bejamin Alire Sáenz on his Ari and Dante sequel, Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World. Read More

May We Present… Nefertiti Asanti’s fist of wind

Willem Finn Harling

Interviews

November 5, 2021 6 min read

Welcome to May We Present…, a column from Lambda Literary that highlights authors with recent or forthcoming publications. This November, we’re...

“Let it bother me? Not so’s you’d notice.” Three Queer Women of Color Writers Talk Crime Fiction

John Copenhaver

author interviews

August 10, 2021 14 min read

As with the transgender crime writers who featured recently in a roundtable, queer women of color are strikingly underrepresented in...

Nancy Agabian Wins 2021 Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction

L D Lewis

Past Winners & Finalists

August 2, 2021 2 min read

Lambda Literary is pleased to announce that Nancy Agabian has been named the winner of the 2021 Jeanne Córdova Prize...

May We Present… Alejandro Heredia’s You’re The Only Friend I Need

Willem Finn Harling

Reviews

July 29, 2021 8 min read

Welcome to May We Present…, a column from Lambda Literary that highlights authors with recent or forthcoming publications. This July,...

Three Trans Crime Writers Talk Thrills and Challenges of Writing in the Genre

John Copenhaver

author interviews

July 8, 2021 16 min read

Transgender writers are underrepresented in the crime writing world. Historically, crime fiction has taken up transgender characters as subject matter,...

May We Present… Leah Johnson’s Rise to the Sun

Willem Finn Harling

Interviews

June 29, 2021 6 min read

Welcome to May We Present…, a column from Lambda Literary that highlights authors with recent or forthcoming publications. June’s feature...

Yang Huang on My Good Son and Responsibly Taking Risks in Fiction

Lucy Jane Bledsoe

author interviews

June 10, 2021 8 min read

Yang Huang is the author of three books of fiction. Her debut novel, Living Treasures, won the Nautilus Book Award...

May We Present… Muriel Leung’s Imagine Us, The Swarm

Willem Finn Harling

Interviews

May 29, 2021 7 min read

Welcome to May We Present…, a column from Lambda Literary that highlights authors with recent or forthcoming publications. This May,...

Minnie Bruce Pratt on Magnified, Making A Home We Can All Be Safe In

Hooper Schultz

author interviews

May 7, 2021 10 min read

I first met Minnie Bruce Pratt, a lesbian-feminist activist and writer originally from Alabama, who came out as a lesbian...

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

How The Dead Teach the Living: A Dying Reader’s Guide

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

Benjamin Alire Sáenz: “I am the luckiest.” On Writing Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

May We Present… Nefertiti Asanti’s fist of wind

“Let it bother me? Not so’s you’d notice.” Three Queer Women of Color Writers Talk Crime Fiction

Nancy Agabian Wins 2021 Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction

May We Present… Alejandro Heredia’s You’re The Only Friend I Need

Three Trans Crime Writers Talk Thrills and Challenges of Writing in the Genre

May We Present… Leah Johnson’s Rise to the Sun

Yang Huang on My Good Son and Responsibly Taking Risks in Fiction

May We Present… Muriel Leung’s Imagine Us, The Swarm

Minnie Bruce Pratt on Magnified, Making A Home We Can All Be Safe In

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