Fiction Archives

September 5, 2016 1 min read

Jazz Moon, in part, is a love story. The beautiful complicated love story of main character Ben Charles, a burgeoning poet from the south who arrives in New York in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance. Read More

‘Black Wave’ by Michelle Tea

Sara Rauch

Fiction Reviews

August 28, 2016 2 min read

Black Wave is about queer subculture and the importance of storytelling, and it’s an existential meditation on the consequences of choice. Read More

Sarah Van Arsdale: On Writing Historical Fiction and Crafting Dynamic Characters

Sally Bellerose

Interviews

August 24, 2016 8 min read

"Good fiction often gives us characters in extremity, which ironically gives us a clearer mirror in which to see ourselves." Read More

‘Remarkable’ by Dinah Cox

July Westhale

Fiction Reviews

August 23, 2016 1 min read

Set in Oklahoma, the stories in this collection are sharp, precise, and surprising Read More

‘Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was’ by Sjón

Nathan Smith

Fiction Reviews

August 21, 2016 3 min read

In the new novel Moonstone, the author delivers a quiet but compelling literary intervention into Iceland’s past, offering a counter-narrative that acknowledges the country’s many unacknowledged past LGBT citizens Read More

Blacklight: Porto’s ‘Sergio Y’ Renders a Compassionate but Incomplete Exploration of Gender Identity

John Copenhaver

Mystery Reviews

August 14, 2016 3 min read

Sergio Y explores the limitations of truly knowing another person Read More

‘Another Brooklyn’ by Jacqueline Woodson

Reginald Harris

Fiction Reviews

August 14, 2016 1 min read

Another Brooklyn is an absorbing, lyrical, beautifully written novel, which quietly draws the reader into its story of four friends “sharing the weight of growing up girl in Brooklyn” in the 1970s Read More

‘Best Gay Stories 2016’ Edited by Steve Berman

Michael Graves

Fiction Reviews

August 7, 2016 2 min read

The selections in Best Gay Stories 2016 illustrate that, in times of strife, our culture continues to further define itself Read More

‘Hellmaw: Of the Essence’ by Gabrielle Harbowy

July Westhale

Reviews Speculative Fiction

August 7, 2016 1 min read

This novel is only the beginning of a longer story. From the first page, the reader is pulled into a...

‘Here Comes The Sun’ by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Courtney Gillette

Fiction Reviews

August 1, 2016 3 min read

How do you save your sister, your lover, your home and your ambition? In this brilliant debut novel, Nicole Dennis-Benn aims to present this riddle through rich prose, crackling dialogue, and the lives of three unforgettable Jamaican women 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

‘Why are Faggots so Afraid of Faggots: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform’ edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

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

‘Jazz Moon’ by Joe Okonkwo

‘Black Wave’ by Michelle Tea

Sarah Van Arsdale: On Writing Historical Fiction and Crafting Dynamic Characters

‘Remarkable’ by Dinah Cox

‘Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was’ by Sjón

Blacklight: Porto’s ‘Sergio Y’ Renders a Compassionate but Incomplete Exploration of Gender Identity

‘Another Brooklyn’ by Jacqueline Woodson

‘Best Gay Stories 2016’ Edited by Steve Berman

‘Hellmaw: Of the Essence’ by Gabrielle Harbowy

‘Here Comes The Sun’ by Nicole Dennis-Benn

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