Last year was big one for self-publishing. E.L. James (who famously got her start self-publishing) won Publishers Weekly’s author of...
This week, The Lambda Literary Review interviews the people behind Topside Press, a publishing house focusing on authentic transgender narratives. Read More
"A librarian who read the book recently contacted me and said, 'I loved your book, I just wish there had been more gay content in it.' Of course my response was, 'Me TOO!' I wish I had been able to knock down the closet door at 16 and take the world by storm."
Aaron Harzler explores sexuality and religion in his young adult memoir Rapture Practice, published this month by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Read More
"Where will queers and artists live in this day and age? I felt driven to try and capture a bit of these places before they were gentrified and unaffordable."
Ali Liebegott talked with the Lambda Literary Review about her new novel, Cha-Ching!, her work with Sister Spit, and some exciting forthcoming projects. Read More
Authors Edmund White, Felice Picano, and Andrew Holleran reflect on their years together as the Violet Quill and publishing today, AIDS literature, Queer Theory, and writing gay characters. Read More
"Murder is the complete annihilation of another person. Not to be simplistic or flip, but it’s the ultimate way of saying 'I want to be alone!'"
David McConnell's new book, American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men (Akashic Books), ostensibly about men who kill gay men, contains insight after insight into the culture of masculine identity.
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Poets Mark Wunderlich and Alex Dimitrov have an in-depth conversation about their new books, marriage, Madonna, and queer culture. Mark...
Since the major religious festivals of the Spring Equinox cycle are underway I thought I’d take a look at two...
"Reading is a very private experience, so private it can seem solipsistic at times. It's necessary to talk about books now and then, just to get out of our heads and into the world."
Author Christopher Bram talked with the Lambda Literary Review about his work, his support of the LGBT community, and his participation in the LGBT Writers in Schools program. Read More
"Poetry serves as a place for us to renew our relationship with language, and as such, it’s always going to feel a little esoteric, a little outside of the norm in terms of what gets valued in our culture."
Poet D.A. Powell took some time to talk with Lambda Literary about his new book, Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys, and his thoughts about contemporary poetry. Read More
