Since the nineteenth century, New York City has provided inspiration, sanctuary, and community for millions of LGBTA Americans and immigrants...
Because of the central premise of this collection, we are primed to discover what each is a story that goes beyond binary. We know before we begin that these stories will challenge us to recognize difference. We can reassure ourselves that we won’t be surprised by anything, because we are expecting it—whatever it turns out to be... Read More
Beyond the sharp humor, a variety of identities are spoken to in Trans/Love, including those that frequently go unacknowledged. Read More
Collected from across a continua of class, age, race, gender, sex, and geography, these academics and activists, professionals and students--for whom the personal is political and vice versa--raise their voices in complicated and varied attempts to problematize and deconstruct the assorted issues related to homophobia (externalized and internalized). Read More
Collections such as this also invariably bring up the question, “What is a ‘gay story,’ anyway?” Is it simply a story that a gay person has written? Something that features gay characters prominently? How much focus needs to be on the uniqueness of gay life, or can the protagonist be someone who “just happens to be gay?” Does the author have to be gay—or male—to do it justice? Read More
The breadth of this collection is undoubtedly its biggest strength and we have Bergquist to thank. From the queer theoretical treatise on Chicago gentrification by Yasmin Nair to the gorgeous impressionistic poetry of Carina Gia Ferraro, this volume delivers top-notch pieces across the board. Read More
One thing is certain: no one likes a bad review. Critics take no pleasure in writing them and authors do...
‘My West: Personal Writings on the American West — Past, Present and Future’ by Patricia Nell Warren
I am delighted to say I thoroughly enjoyed Patricia Nell Warren’s My West (Wild Cat Press), a collection of previously...
What War Diaries (AIDS Project Los Angeles & the Global Forum on MSM and HIV), edited by Tisa Bryant and...
Flash fiction. Like lightning, it’s a brief illumination, the sky of your mind brightened with an image that, at its...
