Reviews Archives

October 4, 2014 3 min read

"Though full of juicy Hollywood-style plot, Everything Leads to You is less about building relationships and falling in love, than it is about how to set the stage for something amazing to happen." Read More

‘Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir’ by Liz Prince

Cathy Camper

Illustrated Reviews

October 1, 2014 2 min read

At the beginning of Liz Prince’s memoir she describes the problematic situation she faced as a kid: According to the...

‘Law and the Gay Rights Story: The Long Search for Equal Justice in a Divided Democracy’ by Walter Frank

Nathan Tipton

Nonfiction

September 29, 2014 3 min read

Law and the Gay Rights Story provides an illuminating overview of the often-contentious intersection between American jurisprudence and the gay rights movement. Read More

‘A Gathering Storm’ by Jameson Currier

Keith Glaeske

Fiction Reviews

September 27, 2014 2 min read

"Currier's novel is a grim one, but it is not purely a story of human cruelty. Currier weaves throughout strands of outrage, courage, uncertainty, denial, doubt—all typical human responses to tragedy." Read More

‘A Cup of Water Under My Bed’ by Daisy Hernández

Julie R. Enszer

Bio/Memoir Reviews

September 27, 2014 3 min read

"[...] Hernández’s A Cup of Water Under My Bed explores race, gender, and sexuality with beauty and grace." Read More

‘A Several World’ by Brian Blanchfield

Tony Leuzzi

Poetry Reviews

September 23, 2014 4 min read

"Unlike many master verse stylists, Blanchfield is bursting with things to say, and in ways that have not been said before. As a result, A Several World is a challenging, baffling, wonderful book." Read More

‘Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives’ by Nia King

Cathy Camper

Nonfiction

September 22, 2014 3 min read

In my former review of Nia King’s work, I mentioned her media presence, via her website, tumblr, and her podcasts...

‘Travels with Casey’ by Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Gena Hymowech

Bio/Memoir Reviews

September 21, 2014 3 min read

It’s a strange thing. We never really know what our pets are feeling, and yet we’re so often convinced they...

‘Barracuda’ by Christos Tsiolkas

Ken Harvey

Fiction Reviews

September 19, 2014 3 min read

"Danny Kelley is born into an Australian working class family from which he longs to escape. It is his need to make something of himself that propels much of the novel, which follows him for about two decades, from 1993 to 2010." Read More

‘Kicker’s Journey’ by Lois Cloarec Hart

TheBookgeek

Reviews Romance

September 18, 2014 2 min read

Canadian author Lois Cloarec Hart claims to be an accidental author. But her latest rich, opulent period piece set in Victorian...

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

‘Everything Leads to You’ by Nina LaCour

‘Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir’ by Liz Prince

‘Law and the Gay Rights Story: The Long Search for Equal Justice in a Divided Democracy’ by Walter Frank

‘A Gathering Storm’ by Jameson Currier

‘A Cup of Water Under My Bed’ by Daisy Hernández

‘A Several World’ by Brian Blanchfield

‘Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives’ by Nia King

‘Travels with Casey’ by Benoit Denizet-Lewis

‘Barracuda’ by Christos Tsiolkas

‘Kicker’s Journey’ by Lois Cloarec Hart

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