*Gay Archives

November 15, 2016 9 min read

As a queer playwright, Kaufman has simultaneously tackled questions of form and politics, including issues such as censorship, hate crimes, and queer identity Read More

A Poem by Adam Fitzgerald

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

November 8, 2016 1 min read

This week, a poem from Adam Fitzgerald Read More

‘Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal’ by Ed Luce

Cathy Camper

Comics Illustrated

November 7, 2016 2 min read

This collection is a visual smorgasbord, packed with one-page wrestling matches, posters, fake ads for Oaf hair care products, and…paper dolls Read More

‘The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories’ by A.C. Wise

Sara Rauch

Reviews Speculative Fiction

November 5, 2016 2 min read

The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories is achingly smart, sad, and weird in equal measure Read More

‘IRL’ by Tommy Pico

Christopher Soto

Poetry Reviews

November 5, 2016 3 min read

Where does poetry come from? Tommy Pico finds poetry everywhere, in everything. He makes the long poem popular again. He combats the MFA poet with colloquialisms and pop culture. Read More

Ken White: On Starting Query Books and Republishing Classic LBGTQ Literature

Alex Tunney

Interviews

November 1, 2016 6 min read

Publisher Ken White on creating Query Books and republishing classic LGBTQ literature Read More

‘At Danceteria and Other Stories’ by Philip Dean Walker

John Bavoso

Fiction Reviews

October 31, 2016 2 min read

This short story collection is inspired by the heady mix of sex, celebrity, and sinisterness inherent in the metropolitan cities of the 1980s Read More

‘Drag Teen’ by Jeffery Self

Liz McMullen

Reviews Young Adult

October 31, 2016 2 min read

JT Barnett lives in Clearwater, Florida and is pretty much sure he’s going to be stuck pumping gas in his...

William Norwich: On Fashion Week and the “Tyranny of the Red Carpet”

Gee Henry

Interviews

October 18, 2016 8 min read

"My Mrs. Brown began as a reaction to the tyranny of the red carpet: meaning, the message of the red carpet is that you are never fully realized unless you are wearing princess gear, dressed for the ballroom. Read More

‘The Angel of History’ by Rabih Alameddine

Dan Lopez

Fiction Reviews

October 9, 2016 2 min read

In Alameddine’s newest novel, the aftermath of a half-century of war, disease, religious strife, and sexual liberation has left a Middle Eastern San Francisco-based poet addled and on the verge of neurotic collapse. 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

Aesthetics, Politics, and Narrative: The Work and Legacy of Playwright Moises Kaufman

A Poem by Adam Fitzgerald

‘Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal’ by Ed Luce

‘The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories’ by A.C. Wise

‘IRL’ by Tommy Pico

Ken White: On Starting Query Books and Republishing Classic LBGTQ Literature

‘At Danceteria and Other Stories’ by Philip Dean Walker

‘Drag Teen’ by Jeffery Self

William Norwich: On Fashion Week and the “Tyranny of the Red Carpet”

‘The Angel of History’ by Rabih Alameddine

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