Reviews Archives

January 6, 2015 3 min read

Sly, subversive and as funny as the early work of David Sedaris, it is also a joyful slice of Cuban-American life, as well as a poetic, profound and profoundly beautiful coming-of-age story of a boy raised in Florida in the '70s and '80s. Read More

‘Carry the Sky’ by Kate Gray

Stephanie Glazier

Fiction Reviews

January 4, 2015 2 min read

Kate Gray has written a stunning book, a blazingly necessary work of fiction for a wounded world. Read More

‘The Erotic Postulate’ by Matthew Hittinger

Tony Leuzzi

Poetry Reviews

January 1, 2015 4 min read

Throughout The Erotic Postulate, the politics of “coming together” are explored with a ruthless clarity that is neither cynical nor sentimental. Read More

‘Sweet, Sweet Wine’ by Jaime Clevenger

Anna Furtado

Reviews Romance

December 31, 2014 2 min read

In the opening paragraphs of Sweet, Sweet Wine, Riley Robinson and Ana Potrero meet in the Rocky Mountain town of...

‘Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague’ by Joyce Brabner and Illustrated by Mark Zingarelli

Cathy Camper

Comics Illustrated

December 30, 2014 2 min read

"In her new graphic novel, Joyce Brabner continues writing in the vein of the American Splendor comics she co-wrote with her husband Harvey Pekar, discovering stories, heroes and suspense in the daily activities of herself and her friends." Read More

‘Trespass’ by Thomas Dooley

Jerome Murphy

Poetry Reviews

December 22, 2014 3 min read

Dooley has a particular heartbreaking family story to relate, of children abused, of the traumatized adults who find themselves in closets both metaphorical and literal Read More

‘Bitter Waters’ by Chaz Brenchley

Keith Glaeske

Reviews Speculative Fiction

December 21, 2014 2 min read

This small collection provides an excellent representation of Brenchley's wide-ranging output. Read More

‘The Thousand-Petaled Lotus: Growing up Gay in the Southern Baptist Church’ & ‘Queer Clergy’

Thom Nickels

Opinion Religion

December 20, 2014 7 min read

I’ve noticed that many people—mainly, those who say they are “spiritual” but don’t subscribe to a specific belief—tend to call...

‘Bad Feminist: Essays’ by Roxane Gay

Heather Seggel

Nonfiction Reviews

December 19, 2014 3 min read

Bad Feminist feels in some ways like a book of the summer. The essays are academic—author Roxane Gay has a...

‘Primary Stein: Returning to the Writing of Gertrude Stein’ Edited by Janet Boyd and Sharon J. Kirsch

Marcie Bianco

Nonfiction

December 17, 2014 2 min read

With this collection of essays Boyd and Kirsch remind us about the scope and sophistication — as well as the playfulness and sensuality — of Stein’s writing. 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

‘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

‘The Prince of Los Cocuyos’ by Richard Blanco

‘Carry the Sky’ by Kate Gray

‘The Erotic Postulate’ by Matthew Hittinger

‘Sweet, Sweet Wine’ by Jaime Clevenger

‘Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague’ by Joyce Brabner and Illustrated by Mark Zingarelli

‘Trespass’ by Thomas Dooley

‘Bitter Waters’ by Chaz Brenchley

‘The Thousand-Petaled Lotus: Growing up Gay in the Southern Baptist Church’ & ‘Queer Clergy’

‘Bad Feminist: Essays’ by Roxane Gay

‘Primary Stein: Returning to the Writing of Gertrude Stein’ Edited by Janet Boyd and Sharon J. Kirsch

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