"Prism is the only organization in the comics industry that provides an annual financial grant to aspiring comics creators..." Read More
"In all I read about him, Thoreau never really became more than the wooden icon who tramped the woods and wrote brilliant essays. But he was a living, breathing, gay man who yearned for love..."
A few bold scholars have explored the mystery of Henry David Thoreau's love life, but author John Schuyler Bishop has now written a novel about it, appropriately titled Thoreau in Love.
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The evolution of cover art from twelve legendary queer books, Jason Collins, and other lgbt news. Read More
"Where will queers and artists live in this day and age? I felt driven to try and capture a bit of these places before they were gentrified and unaffordable."
Ali Liebegott talked with the Lambda Literary Review about her new novel, Cha-Ching!, her work with Sister Spit, and some exciting forthcoming projects. Read More
"I am bipolar, this is me. It’s inextricable from who I am and from my creativity for that matter."
“Is mental illness a curse or is it actually a gift?” Ellen Forney explores this question with stunning vulnerability and clarity in Marbles, a graphic memoir about her struggle with bipolar disorder.
Forney agreed to sit down with Lambda and talk to about the unique challenges and rewards of writing a graphic novel, the sorry state of the mental healthcare industry, and of course, flying squirrels on the moon. Read More
“…THE FIRST FAN MAIL I HAD WAS ALMOST ALWAYS FROM PEOPLE WHO FELT VERY ISOLATED AND VERY UNKNOWN…AS THE YEARS...
"I would find a story thread, follow it, see where it would lead me, often to another thread and then another and another. I did not have to make up the funny lines. My subjects provided me with the best lines..."
Christopher Bram’s newest book, Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America, covers a 50-year period and deliciously fills in details on the lives of a dozen gay writers who changed the fabric of our culture.
Bram took some time to talk with Lambda Literary about his new book, the publishing industry, and the state of literary fiction. Read More
“I had wanted to be a writer long before I read On the Road, but when I did, it had the...
"I’m queer, much of my world is queer. It would feel weird to create a fictional world without queer characters in it. Plus, the ways we inhabit our lives is fiercely interesting to me. Our place in the greater culture is changing and I want to chronicle that."
Carol Anshaw’s Carry the One is a complex story about three siblings, one of which is a lesbian. They are catapulted into different directions after one fatal accident, a moment they can pinpoint as the night that changed their lives. Carry the One is about addiction, love, loss, recovery, and time. It’s harrowing and wonderfully crafted.
Ms. Anshaw kindly agreed to answer a few of Lambda’s questions about her new novel. Read More
“Writing a memoir about living people in your family is a problematic undertaking . I think I only do it...
