Watch Her is a Standout Mystery and a Twisted Family Drama John Copenhaver Fiction March 2, 2021 2 min readF. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote “Character is plot, plot is character,” implying that to create successful fiction, these elements must...
The Reconception of Marie Offers a Vibrant Queer Heroine Edit Team Reviews February 10, 2021 3 min readThe Reconception of Marie by Teresa Carmody is a timely novel offering an important queer addition to, and significant improvement...
Detransition, Baby is a Deliciously Femme Queer Drama Sarah Fonseca Reviews January 22, 2021 7 min readAs a broad who has taken shelter in Virginie Despentes’ writing during her own perennial gender malaise, I initially mistook...
Fiebre Tropical is a Vivid Portrait of Queer Longing Sarah Neilson Reviews January 7, 2021 2 min readDespite the devastation 2020 has wrought, one bright spot is the publication of some stellar queer literature. And “stellar” is...
If I Had Two Wings Solidifies Randall Kenan’s Lasting Legacy Anne Charles Reviews December 7, 2020 2 min readIn the ten stories of If I Had Two Wings, Randall Kenan invites us into a world populated by preachers...
Plain Bad Heroines is an Engrossing Gothic Horror Story Alyssa Greene Reviews November 11, 2020 3 min read“I wish some one would write a book about a plain, bad heroine so that I might feel in real...
Memorial Raises Thought-Provoking Questions about Race, Class, and Family Charles Green Reviews November 2, 2020 4 min readMemorial, Bryan Washington’s debut novel, is a powerfully subtle book about family and relationships. Benson, known as Ben, and Mike...
What Happens at Night is the Dream-Like Story of One Troubled Couple Mikey Byrd Reviews September 21, 2020 4 min read“[…] and he realized that she had finally turned against him, forsaken him as he had watched her forsake everyone...
The Death of Vivek Oji is a Mosaic of Love, Pain, Community, and Beauty Sarah Neilson Reviews August 19, 2020 2 min readThe title of Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel, The Death of Vivek Oji (Riverhead), gives away its ending before the book...
Navigating a Pandemic: An Excerpt from Emma Donoghue’s The Pull of the Stars Edit Team FeaturesExcerpts July 20, 2020 14 min readThe following is excerpted from The Pull of the Stars (Little Brown and Company), the new novel by Emma Donoghue. Mirroring our current pandemic moment, The Pull of...
