*Gay Archives

October 19, 2017 8 min read

"My definition of faith turned out to be less about an omnipotent, judgmental God or the threat/promise of an afterlife and more about things like music, mythology, my favorite television shows, tween rebellion, and (gay) sex [...]" Read More

‘Holding’ by Graham Norton

Michael Graves

Fiction

October 16, 2017 2 min read

Holding is a generous surprise. Norton’s prose is crafty, inspired and sublimely comic Read More

‘Ernesto’ by Umberto Saba

Steven Cordova

Reviews

October 10, 2017 4 min read

Ernesto’s nuanced voicing adds layers of intensity to this classic, queer coming of age story Read More

Andrew Durbin on His Novel ‘MacArthur Park’ and the Instability of Utopias

Osman Can Yerebakan

Interviews

October 4, 2017 6 min read

"The cults and intentional communities with a strong utopian streak often find that the effort leads to a highly unstable, virtually impossible way of living [...]" Read More

‘Logical Family’ by Armistead Maupin

Ken Harvey

Bio/Memoir

October 1, 2017 4 min read

The personal stories in Armistead Maupin's new memoir, especially those about growing up in a racist, segregated South, could not have come out at a more relevant time Read More

‘MacArthur Park’ by Andrew Durbin

Christopher Stewart

Reviews

September 24, 2017 4 min read

An ecstatic debut from a curious writer, MacArthur Park is a topical novel that skillfully refashions human affectation into an aesthetic Read More

Adam McOmber on Astonishment and the Queer Imagination

Brian Leung

Interviews

September 20, 2017 7 min read

"Comfortable, rational, naturalistic stories that fit into what heterosexual people assume is the queer experience should not be the only things that are published." Read More