genderqueer Archives

February 19, 2018 2 min read

Barrie Jean Borich’s Apocalypse, Darling is a lyrical memoir that reads like a long-form narrative poem, wrought with long, sweeping sentences and dream-like imagery 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

‘A Series of Un/Natural/Disasters’ by Cheena Marie Lo

Jameson Fitzpatrick

Poetry Reviews

May 22, 2016 4 min read

Lo is obsessed by order. Or, it might be more accurate to say, by dis/order, the blurry line between the world’s inevitable chaos and our human attempts to mitigate “disasters caused by an act of nature.” Read More

‘Gephyromania’ by TC Tolbert

Mitch Kellaway

Poetry Reviews

July 29, 2014 4 min read

"Taken as a whole, the pulse behind Gephyromania is that of a seeker who finds meaning not in what is found, but in the act itself." Read More

The Banal and the Profane: Kelli Dunham

Edit Team

The Banal & the Profane

June 11, 2013 11 min read

"[...] it's a good time to sign a lease, because I've got a full time day job right now, and so my income looks real. Book royalties never look real, even when they are. My goal is to die in this apartment, which I know might sound depressing if you live somewhere else, but in New York this is an expression of hope." This month’s “Banal and Profane” comes to us from writer and comedienne Kelli Dunham. Read More