"[...]'gayness' questions the idea that society has of itself."
In a wry voice that seamlessly combines both sincerity and camp, Luis Negrón's Mundo Cruel examines how desire, love, and sexuality simultaneously inspire and warp the citizens of Santurce, Puerto Rico. Read More
Last year was big one for self-publishing. E.L. James (who famously got her start self-publishing) won Publishers Weekly’s author of...
Authors Edmund White, Felice Picano, and Andrew Holleran reflect on their years together as the Violet Quill and publishing today, AIDS literature, Queer Theory, and writing gay characters. Read More
"Reading is a very private experience, so private it can seem solipsistic at times. It's necessary to talk about books now and then, just to get out of our heads and into the world."
Author Christopher Bram talked with the Lambda Literary Review about his work, his support of the LGBT community, and his participation in the LGBT Writers in Schools program. Read More
To cast more light on commendable LGBT indie titles, Lambda Literary Review is introducing a monthly Q & A with self-published authors and professionals.
This month, Lambda Literary speaks with John Waldron, a gay dad from Phoenix, about his memoir, A Father's Angel. Read More
"I put everything I had into this book, stayed with themes even when they stumped me, wrote from the darkest places and tried to find the humor to make even the most painful feelings knowable, communicable."
Hilary Sloin, author of the genre-bending novel Art on Fire , took some time to talk with Lambda Literary about her novel, her writing process, and the lesbian literary sensibility. Read More
"I'm proud that I didn't wait until I was perfect to begin. That's perhaps the biggest lesson. You want something? Do it."
Bryan Borland, whose newest book is Less Fortunate Pirates: Poems From the First Year Without My Father, is a poet and the noted publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press, which he began in 2009.
Borland talked with Lambda Literary about starting Sibling Rivalry Press, literary life in Arkansas, and his plans for the future... Read More
"I wouldn’t say that I discover new writers or new talent, I discover stories. If what someone has written and sent to me is a wonderful read, I will help publish it."
The author/publisher/editor Jameson Currier discusses his newest novel, What Comes Around, how he manages to find time for sleep, and his holiday wish list. Read More
Last month, Oprah Winfrey selected Ayana Mathis’ debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, as her second pick for the newly launched Oprah Book Club 2.0. Since then, the book has taken off. Mathis has since been profiled twice in the New York Times, and has spent the last two weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
Mathis sat down with Lambda Literary to talk about her writing process, how the legacy of Toni Morrison informed her writing, and the many unexpected forms that love can take. Read More
