Brontez Purnell Archives

September 27, 2015 6 min read

By asking, “Would you love me if….?” Purnell is not inquiring about the limits of love, he announcing his awareness that limits exist and snubbing his nose accordingly Read More

Brontez Purnell: On His New Book ‘The Cruising Diaries,’ Silencing the Critics, and the Joys of Writing About Sex

Kenyon Farrow

Features Interviews

October 11, 2014 5 min read

"I like writing in a way that can sometimes be dark yet still be generous to the human condition..." Read More

“The Center Cannot Hold– Things Fall Apart”: Trayvon Martin and Story-Telling

TT Jax

Features News

March 28, 2012 3 min read

As many queer writers know, story-telling is a powerful tool to place ourselves and our communities in the world, whether...

Brontez Purnell: Love, Compassion, and Rock & Roll

Frank J Miles

Interviews

January 2, 2012 9 min read

'I basically wanted to do a zine that reflected what I was feeling at the time. With Fag School, I hadn’t really seen a zine or at least a personal gay zine that dealt with the difficult subject of gay sex with both humor and frank talk. It covered some real issues. Race, the condom code..." Read More

The Bullies Reading: Queer Punk Rock Church

Frank J Miles

Features News

November 18, 2011 3 min read

The artists presented themselves and their unfiltered stories – not fearlessly or unapologetically, not seeking approval of the LGBT powers that be, but just as it is, come what may, tarted up in nothing but the moment. 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

Teen Witches on the Move! Read Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers

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

‘Johnny Would You Love Me…(If My Dick Were Bigger)’ by Brontez Purnell

Brontez Purnell: On His New Book ‘The Cruising Diaries,’ Silencing the Critics, and the Joys of Writing About Sex

“The Center Cannot Hold– Things Fall Apart”: Trayvon Martin and Story-Telling

Brontez Purnell: Love, Compassion, and Rock & Roll

The Bullies Reading: Queer Punk Rock Church

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