Gallery Books Archives

January 31, 2016 3 min read

Sensitively written, Lansky’s memoir grapples with his demons—his parents' divorce, his infatuation with the glamorous life of New York City, and his reliance on sex and drugs to mask his self-hatred and low esteem Read More

“And I’ve Done It Again”: A Look at Grace Jones’ New Book ‘I’ll Never Write My Memoirs’

Bradford Nordeen

Bio/Memoir Opinion

September 20, 2015 7 min read

Not content to be a muse, Jones is a fiercely forward-thinking raconteur Read More

“Bendova Like I Told Ya”: Big Freedia and the Healing Power of Contradiction

Dan Lopez

Bio/Memoir Opinion

August 23, 2015 5 min read

Ease with contradiction would appear to be a kind of puckish response to systemic disenfranchisement Read More

‘Things Half in Shadow’ by Alan Finn

Vince Liaguno

Mystery Reviews

April 26, 2015 2 min read

Alan Finn mines the fertile history of post-Civil War Philadelphia and the country’s obsession with Spiritualism during that period to craft a superbly rich, historically-detailed whodunit in Things Half in Shadow Read More

Michelle Theall: On God, Faith, and the Complications of Writing About Family

Sara Rauch

Features Interviews

June 1, 2014 7 min read

"There’s a fine line between privacy and shame..." Read More

‘Teaching the Cat to Sit’ by Michelle Theall

Sara Rauch

Bio/Memoir Reviews

May 21, 2014 2 min read

"Michelle Theall’s new memoir, Teaching the Cat to Sit, brings some big topics—God, sexuality, abuse, loneliness, love, family—to the page. It’s a rocky ride, full of contentious conversations, frank disclosures, and plenty of struggle." Read More

‘The Heavens Rise’ by Christopher Rice

Vince Liaguno

Reviews Speculative Fiction

February 11, 2014 3 min read

Readers who held out hope that the son of Anne Rice would eventually find his way to the dark side...

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

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

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

‘The Gilded Razor: A Memoir ‘ by Sam Lansky

“And I’ve Done It Again”: A Look at Grace Jones’ New Book ‘I’ll Never Write My Memoirs’

“Bendova Like I Told Ya”: Big Freedia and the Healing Power of Contradiction

‘Things Half in Shadow’ by Alan Finn

Michelle Theall: On God, Faith, and the Complications of Writing About Family

‘Teaching the Cat to Sit’ by Michelle Theall

‘The Heavens Rise’ by Christopher Rice

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