African American Archives

February 9, 2015 7 min read

"'Death and Two Maidens' was my response to my research on African-descended Victorians. I wanted to write a penny dreadful story that went beyond the usual (pale-skinned) cast." Read More

‘Jam on the Vine’ by LaShonda Katrice Barnett

Mel Morrow

Fiction Reviews

February 8, 2015 3 min read

Jam on the Vine will resonate with many kinds of readers in myriad ways. Not only is it a well-researched and historically accurate account of southern African American survival, northern migration, and identity formation, it is an arresting real-world allegory. Read More

Danez Smith: On His New Poetry Collection, Writing About Gay Sex, and the Power of Blackness

Candice Iloh

Features Interviews

January 26, 2015 6 min read

"Today, being black and gay is an armor, a gospel I love dearly. I love black queers. I love who and how we are. It’s taught me a lot of love; how it can surprise you with its leaps and failures." Read More

“What if I risk/Taking the head of death/Here in the dark, far/And deep”: Jericho Brown Adds Risky, Prophetic Poems to His Evolving, Elegiac Canon

Julie Marie Wade

Poetry Reviews

December 3, 2014 7 min read

Julie Marie Wade on Jericho Brown's latest poetry collection The New Testament Read More

The Banal and the Profane: Justin Allen

William Johnson

The Banal & the Profane

November 23, 2014 8 min read

"The best artists explore form’s elasticity, sensitive to how far they can stretch it before the work fails." Read More

Scholar and Archivist Thomas H. Wirth, 76, has Died

Edit Team

Remembrances

October 25, 2014 1 min read

Thomas H. Wirth, a noted gay scholar and archivist, has died. Wirth, 76, died of respiratory failure on October 10,...

Charles Stephens & Steven G. Fullwood: On Joseph Beam and ‘In the Life’

Steven G. Fullwood

Features

October 21, 2014 9 min read

"Our anthology Black Gay Genius: Answering Joseph Beam’s Call (Vintage Entity Press) was born out of a series of conversations, panel discussions, debates, and dinners with friends, colleagues and comrades over the years, assessing the impact and legacy of Joseph Beam." Read More

Brontez Purnell: On His New Book ‘The Cruising Diaries,’ Silencing the Critics, and the Joys of Writing About Sex

Kenyon Farrow

Features Interviews

October 11, 2014 5 min read

"I like writing in a way that can sometimes be dark yet still be generous to the human condition..." Read More

Jonathan Lethem: On Summoning the Black Academic Queer in His Novel ‘Dissident Gardens’

Frederick McKindra

Interviews

October 4, 2014 18 min read

"I’ll name Baldwin as my influence till the cows come home – I have – but people will not talk about my work in those terms." Read More

Saeed Jones: On His New Poetry Collection ‘Prelude to Bruise,’ Art vs. Rhetoric, and Camp Aesthetics

William Johnson

Features Interviews

September 30, 2014 8 min read

"[ ...] I’ve always been intrigued by protagonists who have access to a lot of information but perhaps not as much wisdom, who feel deeply but struggle to understand the logic of those feelings." 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

‘Nothing Pink’ by Mark Hardy

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

Author Craig Gidney on Illuminating Race and Diversity in Speculative Fiction

‘Jam on the Vine’ by LaShonda Katrice Barnett

Danez Smith: On His New Poetry Collection, Writing About Gay Sex, and the Power of Blackness

“What if I risk/Taking the head of death/Here in the dark, far/And deep”: Jericho Brown Adds Risky, Prophetic Poems to His Evolving, Elegiac Canon

The Banal and the Profane: Justin Allen

Scholar and Archivist Thomas H. Wirth, 76, has Died

Charles Stephens & Steven G. Fullwood: On Joseph Beam and ‘In the Life’

Brontez Purnell: On His New Book ‘The Cruising Diaries,’ Silencing the Critics, and the Joys of Writing About Sex

Jonathan Lethem: On Summoning the Black Academic Queer in His Novel ‘Dissident Gardens’

Saeed Jones: On His New Poetry Collection ‘Prelude to Bruise,’ Art vs. Rhetoric, and Camp Aesthetics

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