Poetry Archives

January 13, 2014 3 min read

There are ways in which this collection of poems (by turns light and searing) doesn’t necessarily want the reader to get too comfortable. Read More

‘Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin’ by Patrick Donnelly

Jory Mickelson

Poetry Reviews

January 8, 2014 2 min read

This book’s title simultaneously draws one with its high diction and keeps one at bay and the first poem, “When...

‘Autogeography’ by Reginald Harris

Sarah Sarai

Poetry Reviews

December 22, 2013 3 min read

There’s much connection and love in these poems, albeit love on the road, rear view mirror-love. Read More

‘The Late Parade ‘ by Adam Fitzgerald

Jeffery Berg

Poetry Reviews

December 9, 2013 5 min read

There’s a new luxury condo building coming to Tribeca—a glass 60 foot skyscraper, with a Jenga-like design that the architect’s...

‘Sisterhood’ by Julie R. Enszer

Courtney Gillette

Poetry Reviews

December 7, 2013 1 min read

There are primary and secondary definitions of sisterhood: one relating to blood sisters, and one relating to any community of women. In her second collection of poems, Julie R. Enszer holds both definitions close with evocative results. Read More

‘Collateral Light’ by Julia Cohen

Julie Marie Wade

Poetry Reviews

December 4, 2013 4 min read

A confession: I like to read the endings first. Not for novels or narrative memoirs, but always for a collection...

‘Silverchest’ by Carl Phillips

Philip F. Clark

Poetry Reviews

November 24, 2013 3 min read

The poems of Carl Phillips are not an easy read; that is their innate pleasure. Over time, they become, to...

‘What the Night Demands’ by Miles Walser

July Westhale

Poetry Reviews

November 21, 2013 3 min read

“If I were a postcard, she could hide me in her pocket / if I were clay / she could...

‘Tour of the Breath Gallery’ by Sarah Pemberton Strong

ArielleYarwood

Poetry Reviews

November 6, 2013 3 min read

Tour of the Breath Gallery may speak quietly, but nonetheless leaves an indelible trace. Read More

“Yes, I Really Am This Vulnerable”: ‘Unthinkable Creatures’ has Heart

M./Maybe Henry Milks

Poetry Reviews

October 13, 2013 3 min read

The first line of the first chapbook in the Unthinkable Creatures catalog declares, “THERE IS NOTHING CREEPY ABOUT HAVING FEELINGS”—a fitting entrance for a chapbook press that prizes the raw heart above all. 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

Matthew Gallaway: On His New Novel and Finding a Different Kind of Faith

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

‘Straight Razor’ by Randall Mann

‘Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin’ by Patrick Donnelly

‘Autogeography’ by Reginald Harris

‘The Late Parade ‘ by Adam Fitzgerald

‘Sisterhood’ by Julie R. Enszer

‘Collateral Light’ by Julia Cohen

‘Silverchest’ by Carl Phillips

‘What the Night Demands’ by Miles Walser

‘Tour of the Breath Gallery’ by Sarah Pemberton Strong

“Yes, I Really Am This Vulnerable”: ‘Unthinkable Creatures’ has Heart

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