Bio/Memoir Archives

October 19, 2016 2 min read

A Body Undone is an unflinching memoir of struggle and community detailing the author's recovery from a disastrous spinal cord injury Read More

‘The Clancys of Queens’ by Tara Clancy

Heather Seggel

Bio/Memoir Reviews

October 2, 2016 2 min read

The Clancys of Queens is a family story that takes an unfiltered look at class differences. It’s also hilarious, inspiring, and that rarest of animals--a memoir full of honest good cheer. Read More

‘Darling Days’ by iO Tillett Wright

Sarah Fonseca

Bio/Memoir Reviews

September 4, 2016 3 min read

Darling Days spans from iO being placed in his mother’s arms to him leaving her for the promising embraces of a new lover and a different NYC borough. Read More

‘Boy Erased’ by Garrard Conley

Bryan.Borland

Bio/Memoir Reviews

August 10, 2016 5 min read

In Boy Erased, there’s just the uneasy co-existence between a cultural geography Conley has been conditioned to accept that doesn’t—and won’t—accept him back. Read More

‘Marlene’ by C. W. Gortner

Walter Holland

Bio/Memoir Fiction

July 27, 2016 3 min read

C. W. Gortner’s novelization of the life of Marlene Dietrich, the German stage and film actress who became a legend in American cinema, is a rollicking good read filled with intimate details of her tempestuous life Read More

‘Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs’ by Dave Holmes

Alex Tunney

Bio/Memoir Reviews

July 10, 2016 5 min read

The greatest strength of Holmes’ book is its specificity. He has a very keen ability to slow moments down and examine them to expose a nugget of truth Read More

‘Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann’ by Frederic Spotts

Walter Holland

Bio/Memoir Reviews

June 12, 2016 4 min read

Klaus Mann, son of Thomas Mann, author of Mephisto, was one of the first writers in Germany to author gay novels and plays Read More

‘Infringe’ by Sarah B. Burghauser

July Westhale

Bio/Memoir Reviews

May 31, 2016 1 min read

In Infringe, the reader is taken through the journey of a girl who has been raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, whose faith and sense of identity is fractured by trauma Read More

‘True Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight to Hell’ by William E. Jones

Walter Holland

Bio/Memoir Nonfiction

April 27, 2016 3 min read

McDonald was one of the literate stars of the 1970s underground. Known for his homoerotic series of chapbooks, Straight to Hell, beginning in 1973, he published the true stories of men who had sex with other men Read More

‘Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and Ideas’ by Betsy Warland

Julie R. Enszer

Bio/Memoir Reviews

March 29, 2016 14 min read

I. Betsy Warland’s new book Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and Ideas travels seven years, multiple countries, and...

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

The Queerness of Robots

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

‘A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain’ by Christina Crosby

‘The Clancys of Queens’ by Tara Clancy

‘Darling Days’ by iO Tillett Wright

‘Boy Erased’ by Garrard Conley

‘Marlene’ by C. W. Gortner

‘Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs’ by Dave Holmes

‘Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann’ by Frederic Spotts

‘Infringe’ by Sarah B. Burghauser

‘True Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight to Hell’ by William E. Jones

‘Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and Ideas’ by Betsy Warland

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