Bio/Memoir Archives

April 21, 2010 4 min read

Lambda Literary Award Finalist In July 1967, 20-year-old teachers college dropout Patti Smith got off a bus from Philadelphia in...

‘A Hundred Or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli’ By Mark Griffin

Randall Ivey

Bio/Memoir

April 14, 2010 4 min read

Even before he ever assumed the director’s chair, Vincente Minnelli proved himself a master of the illusory. To begin with,...

‘Advocate Days & Other Stories’ By Mark Thompson

Charles Green

Bio/Memoir

April 13, 2010 2 min read

Mark Thompson has lived in exciting times. Growing up in northern California in the 60s with a passion for journalism...

‘Map’ by Audrey Beth Stein

Sheela Lambert

Bio/Memoir

April 7, 2010 3 min read

Lambda Award Finalist Map is a memoir about first same-sex love that reads like a page-turning novel. Audrey is a...

‘The Pure Lover’ by David Plante

Nels P. Highberg

Bio/Memoir

April 1, 2010 2 min read

Lambda Award Finalist Before he begins the story itself, David Plante quotes a line from the journals of his partner,...

‘Mornings with Mailer: A Recollection of Friendship’ by Dwayne Raymond

Charles Casillo

Bio/Memoir

March 24, 2010 3 min read

Here we have a literary memoir without a supporting cast of glitzy celebrities, no salacious gossip, and not a hint...

‘Party Animals: A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll Starring the Fabulous Allan Carr’ by Robert Hofler

Gena Hymowech

Bio/Memoir

March 17, 2010 2 min read

Party Animals focuses on the glamorous social life and dramatic career of late gay producer, screenwriter, promoter, and manager Allan...

‘Hammer!’ by Barbara Hammer

Julie R. Enszer

Bio/Memoir

March 10, 2010 2 min read

“A film rests in a can until it’s screened but a book can be opened at any time by anyone...

‘The Talented Miss Highsmith’ by Joan Schenkar

Charles Green

Bio/Memoir Nonfiction

March 3, 2010 2 min read

Patricia Highsmith was a creative, prolific novelist, but a complicated, secretive person, with a tumultuous personal life. This revealing biography...

‘The Other Side of Paradise’ by Staceyann Chin

Rigoberto Gonzalez

Bio/Memoir

February 1, 2010 2 min read

Spoken word artist and political activist Staceyann Chin lowers her voice a few decibels to deliver a surprisingly quiet 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

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

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

‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

‘A Hundred Or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli’ By Mark Griffin

‘Advocate Days & Other Stories’ By Mark Thompson

‘Map’ by Audrey Beth Stein

‘The Pure Lover’ by David Plante

‘Mornings with Mailer: A Recollection of Friendship’ by Dwayne Raymond

‘Party Animals: A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll Starring the Fabulous Allan Carr’ by Robert Hofler

‘Hammer!’ by Barbara Hammer

‘The Talented Miss Highsmith’ by Joan Schenkar

‘The Other Side of Paradise’ by Staceyann Chin

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