Interview Archives

January 15, 2019 5 min read

"Our intent is to cultivate an environment that empowers art makers to push boundaries in their process, redefine the literary canon, and reshape art to be more representative and inclusive." Read More

Jennifer Natalya Fink: On Disasters and Queer World Making

Corinne Manning

Interviews

December 28, 2018 8 min read

"For centuries, queers have been imagining a new kind of desire beyond gender binaries, marriage plots, and family romances." Read More

Vivek Shraya on Her New Book ‘I’m Afraid of Men’

Rakesh Satyal

Interviews

November 19, 2018 4 min read

"Every trans narrative is different, and my hope is that this book is part of the chipping away of the trans identity monolith." Read More

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with GlitterShip

Alyssa Greene

Interviews

November 6, 2018 4 min read

"The mission was to create a science fiction and fantasy magazine where everything published was queer in some way." Read More

Jake Schneider on Publishing Queer and International Voices in Berlin

Brandi Spaethe

Interviews

October 15, 2018 7 min read

“My challenge as the editor of an English-language magazine in Berlin is not to be another emissary for Anglo-American culture [...]" Read More

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with Gertrude Press

Alyssa Greene

Interviews

August 14, 2018 4 min read

"Our mission is to continue holding space for queer stories by supporting writers and artists throughout all the stages of their careers." Read More

Josh Scheinert & Kevin Mwachiro: On Activism and Storytelling

Edit Team

Interviews

May 31, 2018 11 min read

"By placing readers in the eyes of a character or some place they never knew existed, fiction allows us to discover new perspectives, new ways of thinking and feeling." Read More

Rosamond S. King & Jen Bervin: On Poetry, Art, & Our Dystopian Reality

Jen Bervin

Interviews

May 31, 2018 6 min read

“When we wonder, we become aware of different experiences and possibilities. And when we think, we can make plans that include different perspectives and that can make the possible reality.” Read More

Darnell L. Moore on the Transformative Power of the Personal Narrative

Nahshon Dion

Interviews

May 27, 2018 7 min read

"I wanted a 16-year-old Black youth somewhere to pick up a book that offered a window into some aspects of their lives." Read More

Yrsa Daley-Ward: On Divorcing Analysis from Process and Voicing the Unspoken

Thomas March

Interviews

April 11, 2018 13 min read

"Things have so many edges, so much nuance, and that's why poetry's so beautiful, because you can relate to something that was really quite disturbing or dark, and approach it almost in a tongue and cheek manner." 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

The Queerness of Robots

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

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with Raspa Magazine

Jennifer Natalya Fink: On Disasters and Queer World Making

Vivek Shraya on Her New Book ‘I’m Afraid of Men’

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with GlitterShip

Jake Schneider on Publishing Queer and International Voices in Berlin

Spotlight on New Queer Literature: A Conversation with Gertrude Press

Josh Scheinert & Kevin Mwachiro: On Activism and Storytelling

Rosamond S. King & Jen Bervin: On Poetry, Art, & Our Dystopian Reality

Darnell L. Moore on the Transformative Power of the Personal Narrative

Yrsa Daley-Ward: On Divorcing Analysis from Process and Voicing the Unspoken

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