A Stranger’s Mirror demonstrates Hacker’s continued formal mastery; she effortlessly spins one sonnet into two, then three, then seven, leaving readers always breathless for more. Read More
The power of The Evening Chorus is accumulation: a plot that unfolds at a comfortable pace, characters that feel usual, even ordinary, and thus interesting in their familiarity, and exquisite sentences Read More
"I was in my mid-twenties, dating women, realizing I was bisexual and feeling like I didn’t have a road map. Writing about my own life was my attempt to answer the questions I had." Read More
"[...] Hernández’s A Cup of Water Under My Bed explores race, gender, and sexuality with beauty and grace." Read More
Fahs resists the impulse of speculation, the desire to turn Solanas into a comedic or tragic tableau. Rather, Fahs reconstructs Solanas’s life with extraordinary care and attention. Read More
There are primary and secondary definitions of sisterhood: one relating to blood sisters, and one relating to any community of women. In her second collection of poems, Julie R. Enszer holds both definitions close with evocative results. Read More
Let us make the sounds we were never meant to make. Let us curse. Let us drive. Let us grill...
When She Woke (Algonquin Books) is compelling as a feminist reader from the first page to the last. In a moment where women’s bodies and our access to reproductive control are fodder for political and religious aggrandizement, When She Woke is a chilling reminder of what could happen, if we don’t speak out.. Read More
Gay and lesbians have long had a complex and often conflicted relationship with organized religion, sometimes facing exclusion—or worse. But at the same time there is a long history of gay people trying to understand queerness as a divine gift or turning to spirituality to celebrate their love for each other. Read More
Writer and man-about-town, Logan K. Young files a report on what he loved at this year’s inaugural Outwrite LGBT Book...
