author interviews Archives

January 2, 2017 6 min read

"It's interesting to me how much of an '80s revivalism is going on right now so it definitely is not only me who's intrigued and inspired [by the era]." Read More

Pat Spears: On Tackling Evil and Writing with Compassion

Sally Bellerose

Interviews

July 19, 2016 9 min read

"[...] I’ve lived long enough to know I’m susceptible to acts of evil as well as moments of the purest compassion." Read More

Garrard Conley: On Surviving Ex-Gay Therapy, Writing His Memoir, and the Year in Queer Lit

Todd Summar

Interviews

June 20, 2016 9 min read

"I remember in the 90s and even early 00s, the idea was still prevalent in popular culture and the media that gay sex equaled death. When you’re in this religious environment, it complicates it even further." Read More

Saleem Haddad: On the Arab Spring and Writing About the Queer Arab Experience

Stuart Waterman

Interviews

May 21, 2016 9 min read

"It was very challenging to write this, about such a sensitive subject as sexuality and shame, knowing that it would be read both by a Western audience and an Arab audience. So I kept telling myself: Just tell the truth." Read More

In Conversation: Writers SJ Sindu & Gabrielle Bellot on the Publishing Industry, Marginalized Identities, and Being Labeled a Queer Writer

Edit Team

Interviews

March 28, 2016 16 min read

Writers Gabrielle Bellot and SJ Sindu discuss art vs. activism, marginalized identities, and being labeled a queer author Read More

Michael Graves: On Writing, Relationships, and Practicing Hope

Tom Cardamone

Interviews

November 16, 2015 7 min read

"[...] People are scared to talk about religion. They are less fearful of discussions concerning sex or guns. Why don’t we talk about God? Why don’t we talk about spirituality?" Read More

Dawn Martin Lundy: On the Power of Forgetting and Her New Collection ‘Life in a Box is a Pretty Life’

Candice Iloh

Features Interviews

May 25, 2015 5 min read

"What I believe in is forgetting; it’s transformative, if not reformative, power. What does it mean to truly leave something behind? To excise a happening from not only your thoughts, but also from your body?" Read More

Kirsty Logan: On Moving Through Grief by Writing, the Art of Worldbuilding, and Her New Novel ‘The Gracekeepers’

Sara Rauch

Features Interviews

May 12, 2015 11 min read

"I think that the world of The Gracekeepers is as accepting and as intolerant as our own world--that is to say, some people are incredibly tolerant of difference, and others just shriek about burning the witch (whoever and whatever the witch may be)." Read More

Roz Kaveney: On How Life for Trans Women has Changed Over the Past Four Decades

Cheryl Morgan

Features

May 6, 2015 6 min read

Roz Kaveney on her latest novel Tiny Pieces of Skull Read More

Chloe Caldwell: On Writing Her Novella ‘Women,’ Her Literary Inspirations, and Falling in Love With Queer Literature

Paige Cohen

Features Interviews

February 9, 2015 8 min read

"I think it’s so magical when you find some new kind of art, and once you start opening your eyes to it, you start seeing it everywhere." 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

When Nobody’s Chasing You: The Romantic Comedy That Got Real

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

Philip Dean Walker: On 1980s Nostalgia, Listening to Sylvester, and Writing a Themed Collection

Pat Spears: On Tackling Evil and Writing with Compassion

Garrard Conley: On Surviving Ex-Gay Therapy, Writing His Memoir, and the Year in Queer Lit

Saleem Haddad: On the Arab Spring and Writing About the Queer Arab Experience

In Conversation: Writers SJ Sindu & Gabrielle Bellot on the Publishing Industry, Marginalized Identities, and Being Labeled a Queer Writer

Michael Graves: On Writing, Relationships, and Practicing Hope

Dawn Martin Lundy: On the Power of Forgetting and Her New Collection ‘Life in a Box is a Pretty Life’

Kirsty Logan: On Moving Through Grief by Writing, the Art of Worldbuilding, and Her New Novel ‘The Gracekeepers’

Roz Kaveney: On How Life for Trans Women has Changed Over the Past Four Decades

Chloe Caldwell: On Writing Her Novella ‘Women,’ Her Literary Inspirations, and Falling in Love With Queer Literature

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