Interview Archives

May 28, 2016 6 min read

"I’m an idealist mostly, but it really seems that in the relationships I’ve had, and in the relationships I see in the people around me, we’re all fumbling in the dark." Read More

Philip Clark on Unearthing the Poetry of Donald Britton

Christopher Bram

Interviews

May 15, 2016 12 min read

"If anything, the poems are testament to an eye and a mind that was looking at the world on a different wavelength: there’s a remarkable particularity of language matched with fresh and jarring images." Read More

Eileen Myles: On Building a Career and the Current State of Poetry

Ricky Tucker

Interviews

May 8, 2016 11 min read

"I majored in English so I could become a poet. It was a career decision." Read More

Mike Albo: On Sperm and Its Uses, Spirituality, and Learning to Feel

Theodore Kerr

Features Interviews

April 23, 2016 16 min read

"I am a religious person. I did not grow up that way. I found it on my own, and often I do not feel worthy of saying it." Read More

French, Arabic, English: Abdellah Taïa Discusses His Novels and Why He Uses the Language that He Does

Todd Reeser

Features Interviews

March 27, 2016 9 min read

"Though I write now in French, my feelings about this language are very complicated. I am in a constant war with it." Read More

Kaitlyn Greenidge: On Her New Novel ‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman’ and Writing Fully Realized Characters

Tennessee Jones

Interviews

March 21, 2016 6 min read

"I think anyone can write any experience as long as they recognize that experience as part of the human condition. The problem arises when a writer uses a character’s social positionality as shorthand or for street cred." Read More

Don Weise: On His New Publishing Endeavor Querelle Press

William Johnson

Interviews

March 13, 2016 5 min read

"It matters that there’s a creative dialogue back and forth between author and editor, as that establishes a rapport and that in turn leads to a better book [...]" Read More

Phyllis Nagy: On Writing the Script for ‘Carol’ and Creating a Different Kind of Love Story

Sara Jaffe

Features Interviews

February 21, 2016 9 min read

Screenwriter and playwright Phyllis Nagy on the queer vernacular and the fantasy that fueled Carol Read More

Larry Kramer: On the Importance of Making Noise and Being Heard

Mike Miksche

Features

February 14, 2016 5 min read

“We desperately need to know who the famous people were who were gay so that we can be proud of our history [...]” Read More

Carrie Brownstein on the Joys and Agonies of Storytelling

Courtney Gillette

Interviews

October 25, 2015 6 min read

"Music writing can be very frustrating, too, but for some reason, at the end of three hours of trying to write a song, if I’m unsuccessful, it doesn’t feel quite as degrading as not being able to write a successful paragraph." 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

In Remembrance: Bill Brent, Groundbreaking Queer Sex Publisher

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

Carellin Brooks: On Troubled Relationships and “Coldly Furious” Downpours

Philip Clark on Unearthing the Poetry of Donald Britton

Eileen Myles: On Building a Career and the Current State of Poetry

Mike Albo: On Sperm and Its Uses, Spirituality, and Learning to Feel

French, Arabic, English: Abdellah Taïa Discusses His Novels and Why He Uses the Language that He Does

Kaitlyn Greenidge: On Her New Novel ‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman’ and Writing Fully Realized Characters

Don Weise: On His New Publishing Endeavor Querelle Press

Phyllis Nagy: On Writing the Script for ‘Carol’ and Creating a Different Kind of Love Story

Larry Kramer: On the Importance of Making Noise and Being Heard

Carrie Brownstein on the Joys and Agonies of Storytelling

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