Death of an American Character: A Tribute to Gore Vidal Victoria Brownworth Remembrances August 2, 2012 45
1996 Allows Readers to Consider Key Moments from the 1990s Theodore Kerr Reviews November 24, 2020 4 min read1996 is a book, an art object, and a 24 year old time capsule, allowing readers in 2020 and beyond...
Wagnerism Grapples with Richard Wagner’s Complex Legacy Sophie Strohmeier Reviews November 24, 2020 9 min read“Are you peculiarly fond of Wagner?” — a query from a 1908 public questionnaire by gay writer Xavier Mayne, in...
No Modernism Without Lesbians Centers Lesbian Life in the Cultural Landscape of Modernism Anne Charles Reviews November 15, 2020 4 min readDiana Souhami’s deliberately provocative title points to the nature of her project: to place lesbian life and work prominently in...
The Fabulous Ekphrastic Fantastic Offers a Feast of Memories and Lessons Michael Graves Reviews August 24, 2020 4 min readIs Miah Jeffra a philosopher? Is he, perhaps, a prophet? Is Miah Jeffra, author of The Fabulous Ekphrastic Fantastic, a...
Film Critic Robin Wood Found the Horror Lurking in a Judy Garland Classic Hanna Schoenbaum Film August 18, 2020 5 min readSome people enjoy the thrill of a roller coaster teetering towards the inevitable drop. The sensation creeps in your gut...
In Figure it Out, Wayne Koestenbaum Offers a Queer Call to Action Alex Tunney Reviews July 30, 2020 2 min readFigure It Out is a collection of essays by Wayne Koestenbaum, with a “loopily expansive” cover designed by Michael Salu,...
Reading Samantha Irby is Like Hanging with Your Funniest Friend Molly Thornton Reviews June 8, 2020 3 min readHaphazard and aimless as she claims to be, Samantha Irby’s Wow, No Thank You is purposefully hilarious, real, and full...
For Gay Parents, the Familial and the Political are Inextricably Linked Ken Harvey Nonfiction May 28, 2020 3 min readThere’s a brief section in Richie Jackson’s Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son (Harper) that moved me...
Glitter Up the Dark Maps the Queer in Pop Dale Corvino Reviews May 23, 2020 4 min readGlitter Up the Dark, Sasha Geffen’s ambitious first book, presses the case that music invites the listener to identify across...
These Fevered Days Vividly Recreates the Texture of Emily Dickinson’s World Blaire Baily Reviews May 17, 2020 3 min read“Life is a spell so exquisite,” Emily Dickinson wrote, “that everything conspires to break it.” Martha Ackmann’s new book, These...
