author interviews Archives

December 19, 2018 11 min read

Manga artist Gengoroh Tagame and translator Anne Ishii talk about working together, gay Japanese culture, and a spin-off of My Brother's Husband. Read More

Gerrick D. Kennedy on His Career as a Music Journalist

Nahshon Dion

Interviews

November 29, 2018 8 min read

"Navigating journalism as a black queer man has had its challenges but I’ve always been a firm believer in letting the work speak for itself." Read More

Nairne Holtz & Lauren Sanders on Celebrity Crushes, Sex Scenes, and Dyke Life

Edit Team

Interviews

November 7, 2018 11 min read

Authors Nairne Holtz & Lauren Saunders talk sex, celebrity crushes, and centering lesbian characters Read More

Reflections on Black Gay Literature

Edit Team

Interviews

September 25, 2018 6 min read

"Those of us who are black and queer still live behind two veils sometimes, and we encounter a lot of the problems W.E.B. DuBois discussed over a century ago [...]" Read More

Alan Hollinghurst: On the Current State of Intrigue in Gay Life

Curt Weber

Interviews

August 12, 2018 10 min read

"So many gay social spaces are disappearing—bars, pubs, bookshops, clubs—there are fewer and fewer. At the same time, gay people are becoming more confident and unselfconscious." Read More

Andrea Kleine: On Writing and Living the Artist’s Life

Sara Jaffe

Interviews

August 1, 2018 10 min read

"There’s a romanticism of artists toiling away in the garret, wearing ripped up tights, dancing alone in an unheated studio, and the reality is that artists work very hard for very little recognition." Read More

Cartoonist Justin Hall on Capturing the History of Queer Comics

Cathy Camper

Interviews

May 14, 2018 6 min read

"It’s actually a remarkable moment for teaching comics right now. The medium is finally getting the interest it deserves from academia..." Read More

Erin O. White: On Reconciling Faith and Sexuality

MB Caschetta

Interviews

April 25, 2018 7 min read

"[...] it's embarrassing to love something that doesn't love you back. You don't want to seem naive, or self-loathing. You don't want to be a bad lesbian. So I think even acknowledging faith is a very vulnerable act for a queer person. Writing about it is even harder." Read More

Sonia Guiñansaca: On the Migrant Arts Movement and the Power of Creating Chapbooks

Kay Ulanday Barrett

Interviews

December 28, 2017 12 min read

"Many of the wins for migrant undocumented communities have been as a result of undocumented femme/women/gnc leadership. Don’t believe the hype that it was done by cis straight men." Read More

Meredith Maran on Her New Memoir and the Definition of Happiness

Sara Rauch

Interviews

April 22, 2017 8 min read

"I find that the way I define and feel happiness keeps changing. Going through the worst time of my life definitely lowered the bar, which is actually a good thing." 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

Influential Manga Artist Gengoroh Tagame on Upending Traditional Japanese Culture

Gerrick D. Kennedy on His Career as a Music Journalist

Nairne Holtz & Lauren Sanders on Celebrity Crushes, Sex Scenes, and Dyke Life

Reflections on Black Gay Literature

Alan Hollinghurst: On the Current State of Intrigue in Gay Life

Andrea Kleine: On Writing and Living the Artist’s Life

Cartoonist Justin Hall on Capturing the History of Queer Comics

Erin O. White: On Reconciling Faith and Sexuality

Sonia Guiñansaca: On the Migrant Arts Movement and the Power of Creating Chapbooks

Meredith Maran on Her New Memoir and the Definition of Happiness

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