lesbian fiction Archives

Judith Katz and Hilary Zaid on Inheritance, Influence, and the State of the 21st Century Lesbian Novel

April 10, 2018 10 min read

"To be a queer writer is to stand in relation to two sometimes overlapping, sometimes diverging traditions [...]" Read More

‘The Off Season’ by Amy Hoffman

Sandra Lambert

Reviews

November 21, 2017 1 min read

Amy Hoffman's new novel is a comic portrait of Provincetown's off-season community Read More

‘Bend’ by Nancy J. Hedin

Rachel Wexelbaum

Reviews

September 21, 2017 3 min read

Read Bend carefully, for it provides a formula for what a queer kid needs to build resilience and adapt to new experiences and environments. Read More

‘Captain of Industry’ by Karin Kallmaker

Anna Furtado

Reviews Romance

August 15, 2016 2 min read

Captain of Industry is subtle and engaging, a Kallmaker love story with the kind of angst to which we can probably all relate Read More

‘Blue Talk & Love’ by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

M./Maybe Henry Milks

Fiction Reviews

May 24, 2016 3 min read

Throughout this assured collection, Sullivan presents characters who defy the limits of their bodies and circumstances Read More

‘The Cosmopolitans’ by Sarah Schulman

Sara Rauch

Fiction Reviews

April 14, 2016 2 min read

Sarah Schulman has given us a finely tuned, clever, and remarkably contemporary historical novel Read More

‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman’ by Kaitlyn Greenidge

Courtney Gillette

Fiction Reviews

April 11, 2016 2 min read

That the novel is able to combine ASL culture, race, ambition, family, love, politics, and history is a marvel not to be missed Read More

‘Juliana’ by Vanda

July Westhale

Fiction Reviews

March 30, 2016 1 min read

Juliana illustrates a poignant message: to be queer was to be anti-American, in a time where being anti-American meant isolation and ruination Read More

‘Juliet Takes a Breath’ by Gabby Rivera

Sawyer Lovett

Fiction Reviews

February 21, 2016 2 min read

Juliet Takes a Breath is the kind of book that gets the bittersweet pain and longing of growing up exactly right Read More

‘Heiresses of Russ 2015’ Edited by Jean Roberta and Steve Berman

Sara Rauch

Reviews Speculative Fiction

February 14, 2016 2 min read

Ranging from alternative histories to reexamined myths, reimagined fairy tales to futuristic societies and space exploration, Heiresses of Russ 2015 runs the gamut of imagination. 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

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

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

Judith Katz and Hilary Zaid on Inheritance, Influence, and the State of the 21st Century Lesbian Novel

‘The Off Season’ by Amy Hoffman

‘Bend’ by Nancy J. Hedin

‘Captain of Industry’ by Karin Kallmaker

‘Blue Talk & Love’ by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

‘The Cosmopolitans’ by Sarah Schulman

‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman’ by Kaitlyn Greenidge

‘Juliana’ by Vanda

‘Juliet Takes a Breath’ by Gabby Rivera

‘Heiresses of Russ 2015’ Edited by Jean Roberta and Steve Berman

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