author interviews Archives

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

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

Author Craig Gidney on Illuminating Race and Diversity in Speculative Fiction

Tom Cardamone

Interviews

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

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

Shelly Oria: On Her New Collection ‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0,’ Her Favorite Queer Writers, and the Power of Literature

Karen Schechner

Features Interviews

January 3, 2015 5 min read

"I’ve always thought that one of the biggest gifts literature offers us is the ability to hang out in another person’s mind. I mean, it’s a basic human fantasy, isn’t it?" Read More

Biographer James Gavin on Peggy Lee: Diva and Gay Icon

Jamie Brickhouse

Features Interviews

December 14, 2014 14 min read

"Even though she mythologized herself to an extravagant degree and made up a lot of stuff, I don’t think she ever sang an untrue word or feeling. I don’t know a more honest singer than Peggy Lee." Read More

MB Caschetta: On Her New Novel ‘Miracle Girls,’ Being an Early Member of ACT UP, and Writing as Redemption

Sally Bellerose

Interviews

November 16, 2014 8 min read

"[...] it does always take me aback for a second when someone points out the darkness of my writing. To me, this novel has so much light and redemption in it." Read More

In Conversation: Christopher Gaskins and Robert Siek

Edit Team

Features Interviews

October 28, 2014 10 min read

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the release of each of their first books of poetry, Christopher Gaskins and Robert Siek have a discussion about their collections, focusing on the themes and styles in their work. Read More

Sarah Waters: On Exploring Moral Complexity and Why Writing Her New Novel Made Her Anxious

Sara Rauch

Features Interviews

October 5, 2014 10 min read

"We see murder represented a lot in movies and pop culture and it can be quite glib. So I didn’t want to be glib; I wanted to be faithful to the moral mess, the emotional mess of it." 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

‘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

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

Author Craig Gidney on Illuminating Race and Diversity in Speculative Fiction

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

Shelly Oria: On Her New Collection ‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0,’ Her Favorite Queer Writers, and the Power of Literature

Biographer James Gavin on Peggy Lee: Diva and Gay Icon

MB Caschetta: On Her New Novel ‘Miracle Girls,’ Being an Early Member of ACT UP, and Writing as Redemption

In Conversation: Christopher Gaskins and Robert Siek

Sarah Waters: On Exploring Moral Complexity and Why Writing Her New Novel Made Her Anxious

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