Fiction Archives

July 13, 2011 1 min read

Jane Doe (Bold Strokes Books) is Lisa Girolami’s fourth book. Girolami introduces Royal Wooten, Las Vegas pawn shop owner. As...

‘The VIPs’ by Scott Poulson-Bryant

Curt Weber

Fiction Reviews

July 12, 2011 1 min read

The VIPs (Broadway Books/Random House), Scott Poulson-Bryant’s first novel, is no let-down. The author must have spent many a night...

‘Black Fire: Gay African-American Erotica’ edited by Shane Allison

Frederick McKindra

Erotica Fiction Reviews

July 11, 2011 2 min read

When Marvin Richmond’s dreadlocked bottom boy Calvin kneels to the hand at his shoulder in “Twas the Night Before Christmas,”...

‘Leche’ by R. Zamora Linmark

Nicholas Boggs

Fiction

July 4, 2011 2 min read

In the opening pages of R. Zamora Linmark’s sprawling new novel, Leche (Coffee House Press), a young gay Filipino-born American,...

‘Breaker’s Passion’ by Julie Cannon

Pamela Bigelow

Fiction Reviews Romance

July 3, 2011 1 min read

This is Julie Cannon’s 8th novel. Here, she introduces the reader to Elizabeth Collins and Colby “Breaker” Taylor. Elizabeth is...

‘Remembrance of Things I Forgot’ by Bob Smith

Christopher Verleger

Fiction Reviews

June 29, 2011 2 min read

At one time or another, we’ve all said, “If only I had known then what I know now”, or “If...

‘Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing’ edited by Lázaro Lima and Felice Picano

Dan Lopez

Anthology Fiction Reviews

June 27, 2011 2 min read

In his introduction to Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing (University of Wisconsin Press), co-editor Lázaro Lima defines this slim volume’s...

‘The Empty Family’ by Colm Tóibín

Viet Dinh

Fiction Reviews

June 22, 2011 3 min read

It should come as no surprise that Colm Tóibín admires Henry James; Tóibín, after all, wrote a novelization of James’...

‘The Intimates’ by Ralph Sassone

Desiree Diaz

Fiction Reviews

June 15, 2011 2 min read

With Ralph Sassone’s first novel, the story attempts to show the delicate intricacies between friendship and romance between a gay...

‘Just a Little Romance’ by Mary Jane Russell

Pamela Bigelow

Fiction Reviews Romance

June 9, 2011 1 min read

Mary Jane Russell’s new novel introduces Samantha Moyer, who is successful in her professional life. She is, however, much less...

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

Teen Witches on the Move! Read Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers

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

‘Jane Doe’ by Lisa Girolami

‘The VIPs’ by Scott Poulson-Bryant

‘Black Fire: Gay African-American Erotica’ edited by Shane Allison

‘Leche’ by R. Zamora Linmark

‘Breaker’s Passion’ by Julie Cannon

‘Remembrance of Things I Forgot’ by Bob Smith

‘Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing’ edited by Lázaro Lima and Felice Picano

‘The Empty Family’ by Colm Tóibín

‘The Intimates’ by Ralph Sassone

‘Just a Little Romance’ by Mary Jane Russell

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