Queer 'zines, Caitlyn Jenner's memoir, and interviews with Rashod Ollison and Tom Cardamone Read More
Acclaimed funny-guy and memoirist Augusten Burroughs' latest book, This is How: Help For the Self, Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude, and More, for Young and Old Alike (St. Martin's Press) is, as the title implies, an eclectic, entertaining, and refreshingly ill-tempered self-help book. Read More
In the intro to Canteen's "Hot Authors" issue, the editors ask, “What is it about being literary that has become so boring, so staid, so - dare we suggest it - dignified?"
Dignified, indeed. The writing life can be a real kill-joy; we work hard to keep a lid on the crazy, to mime leading more stable or wealthy or professional lives than we actually do. Read More
