Interviews Archives

June 8, 2011 6 min read

“In a curious way, we are what we read, much more than we are what we eat.” Scottish author Jackie...

Nick Burd: Making Cool Books for the Kids

Brandon Will

Features Interviews

June 6, 2011 7 min read

“…I think that’s important, to show young people that you can be gay and have a cool life…” With his...

Val McDermid: Pioneer Award Spotlight

Sinclair Sexsmith

Features Interviews

June 2, 2011 3 min read

“I had a desire to make sure that the generations of women coming after me would not have to endure...

Brian Teare: Poet of the Edenic, Erotic, and Elegiac

Stephen Motika

Interviews

May 19, 2011 21 min read

“….poetry’s role in my life is simple…” Poet Stephen Motika interviews current Lambda Literary Award finalist Brian Teare about his...

Glen Retief: Coming of Age in South Africa

Edit Team

Features Interviews

May 13, 2011 7 min read

“I don’t trust things that appear well ordered.” Glen Retief is an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at...

Malinda Lo Likes a Challenge

Diana Denza

Interviews

May 5, 2011 5 min read

“I’ve never felt pressure to write things that are less queer.” Malinda Lo, author of Lambda Award Finalist Ash, gives...

Paul Lisicky’s Primal Search for Shelter

Susan Stinson

Features Interviews

April 27, 2011 4 min read

“He has his feelers out. His antennae are raw.” Paul Lisicky is the author of Lawnboy,a novel, and Famous Builder,...

Håkan Lindquist: Boy in Translation

Drewey Wayne Gunn

Interviews

April 21, 2011 3 min read

“I needed to deal with all the sorrow I felt.” The author alternates between homes in Stockholm and in Berlin....

Michael Klein: Still Living

Tony Leuzzi

Interviews

April 7, 2011 13 min read

“…. Writing should never be mawkish or sentimental! Why bother?” Poet Tony Leuzzi interviews current Lambda Literary Award finalist Michael...

Confessions of a Librarian: Dr. Christine A. Jenkins

Rachel Wexelbaum

Interviews

March 30, 2011 5 min read

Dr. Christine A. Jenkins is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University...

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

‘Nothing Pink’ by Mark Hardy

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

Jackie Kay: Living Inside a Story

Nick Burd: Making Cool Books for the Kids

Val McDermid: Pioneer Award Spotlight

Brian Teare: Poet of the Edenic, Erotic, and Elegiac

Glen Retief: Coming of Age in South Africa

Malinda Lo Likes a Challenge

Paul Lisicky’s Primal Search for Shelter

Håkan Lindquist: Boy in Translation

Michael Klein: Still Living

Confessions of a Librarian: Dr. Christine A. Jenkins

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