On September 11th, 2001, Nell Rifkin finally got to talk to Fay Vasquez-Rabinowitz. That’s not the most important thing that...
Can you ever really know someone else? The cliche is you can’t know someone until you’ve walked in their shoes. Perhaps that’s true. But does that mean you don’t know your partner? Will you ever? And if one wanted to, what would it take to get there? Read More
In Cassandra Khaw's haunting new novella, "The Salt Grows Heavy," the chilling taiga serves as a backdrop to a macabre fairy tale featuring a mute mermaid princess, haunted by the trauma of a cruel prince's exploitation, a mysterious plague doctor, and a pack of feral forest children. Read More
There are few more exciting ways to start the new year than with a fresh TBR (or, perhaps more accurately, a TBR going back years to which you can add some fresh new hits). Add to that the inevitable Barnes and Noble gift card from a distant aunt and uncle and the countless reading challenges you signed up for in the last week of December and this list couldn't come at a better time, could it! Read More
The start of a new year means the start of a new list of books to read. As a little treat for your new year, here are some of our favorite books from 2023 to start your 2024 TBR with! Read More
Justin Torres’ stunningly ambitious sophomore outing Blackouts does the tricky work of functioning as more than a novel. The book is an artifact documenting the life and work of queer activist Jan Gay, whose research from the 1930s became the basis of Sex Variants: A Study in Homosexual Patterns—though, for reasons revealed as the story progresses, her name never graces the cover, nor is it attached to the finished work at all. We learn her true story through the fictional narrative of Juan Gay, a gay Puerto Rican man who, as he lies dying in a space between life and death called the Palace, shares his story and his connection to Jan with the story’s unnamed narrator, a young queer man of Puerto Rican ancestry who first connected with Juan ten years prior in a mental institution. Read More
As we enter into the end of the year, we want to celebrate and mourn the create LGBTQIAP+ authors, scholars,...
Cassandra Whitaker takes us into the weird and wonderful queer world of Michael Chang's newest poetry collection in this review! Read More
It’s that special time of the year when the trees are losing their leaves, there’s a chill in the air,...