Nonfiction Archives

October 12, 2016 3 min read

Sharpe faces, straight on, the social normativity around pre-mature Black death, how it is a product of political norms, and since created, it becomes expected Read More

‘The Art of History’ by Christopher Bram

Frank Pizzoli

Nonfiction Reviews

October 11, 2016 2 min read

Bram’s The Art of History, Unlocking the Past in Fiction & Nonfiction is a brisk and entertaining jog through 29 great books and how authors grappled with history in their writing Read More

‘You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death, and Transition’ by Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom

Theodore Kerr

Nonfiction Reviews

October 4, 2016 4 min read

Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom write on life, death, gender, and HIV/AIDS. At the core of the book is a pair of men narrating their own lives as a means of witnessing and inquiring about the other Read More

‘Proxies’ by Brian Blanchfield

July Westhale

Nonfiction Reviews

September 22, 2016 1 min read

The subtitle to the book, aptly named, is “Essays Near Knowing.” Not essays of expertise. Not even essays of critical analysis—essays in the proximity of understanding (bodily, mentally, philosophically). Read More

‘Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality’ by Katherine Franke

Sarah Sarai

Nonfiction Reviews

September 20, 2016 3 min read

Katherine Franke unpacks and investigates the “perils” by researching two groups which have not been shoo-ins for official acknowledgement—Black Americans, from newly freed slaves on; and queerfolk in this and the previous century Read More

‘Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983’ by Tim Lawrence

Tom Cardamone

Nonfiction Reviews

September 18, 2016 3 min read

While unearthing the cultural crossroads that formed the foundation of so many vital venues, Tim Lawrence absolutely nails what early the 80s New York City club scene was all about Read More

‘Tom House: Tom of Finland in Los Angeles’ Edited by Michael Reynolds

Michael Valinsky

Nonfiction Reviews

August 2, 2016 3 min read

In the early 80s, Tom Finland and his protégé Dirk Dehner founded a sanctuary for men who wanted to live out their fantasies freely Read More

‘Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World’ by Gregory Woods

Dave White

Nonfiction Reviews

July 16, 2016 3 min read

British poet and scholar Gregory Woods has gathered the often overlooked or underappreciated stories of over a century of gay men and women from around the world and woven a remarkably cohesive narrative Read More

‘Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis’ by Kevin J. Mumford

Charles Stephens

Nonfiction

July 3, 2016 3 min read

The book is deeply engaged in answering the question, not posed in the title, but hinted at, “What does it mean for a group of people with neither white, masculine, nor heterosexual privilege to find a political voice?” Read More

‘Lesbian Decadence: Representations in Art and Literature in Fin-De-Siecle France’ by Nicole G. Albert

Rachel Wexelbaum

Nonfiction Reviews

June 30, 2016 3 min read

Albert’s book is a treat for American LGBT Studies researchers. She provides us with a treasure trove of paintings, drawings, and cartoons that depict the French lesbian at the turn of the century Read More

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

‘In The Wake: On Blackness and Being’ by Christina Sharpe

‘The Art of History’ by Christopher Bram

‘You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death, and Transition’ by Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom

‘Proxies’ by Brian Blanchfield

‘Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality’ by Katherine Franke

‘Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983’ by Tim Lawrence

‘Tom House: Tom of Finland in Los Angeles’ Edited by Michael Reynolds

‘Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World’ by Gregory Woods

‘Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis’ by Kevin J. Mumford

‘Lesbian Decadence: Representations in Art and Literature in Fin-De-Siecle France’ by Nicole G. Albert

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