*Lesbian Archives

October 26, 2010 2 min read

The stories in Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica, edited by Tristan Taormino, make good on their promise for...

‘Called Back’ by Mary Cappello

Maureen Seaton

Bio/Memoir Reviews

October 21, 2010 2 min read

Lambda Award Finalist While reading Mary Cappello’s Called Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life, I was reminded...

‘House of Cards’ by Nat Burns

Victoria Brownworth

Reviews Romance

October 20, 2010 1 min read

In her complex and beautifully written second novel about small-town life, Nat Burns situates her characters in the little town...

Vanessa Libertad Garcia, “The B Job”

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

September 30, 2010 1 min read

This week we’re featuring work by two poets in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Today’s poem is by Vanessa Libertad...

Remembering A Lesbian Legend

Victoria Brownworth

Remembrances

September 29, 2010 5 min read

Jill Johnston died from complications of a stroke on September 18, 2010. Her death was announced September 19 by her...

‘I Came Out for This?’ By Lisa Gitlin

Victoria Brownworth

Reviews Romance

September 28, 2010 2 min read

Bywater Books has been making a concerted effort to play with the big guns–Bella and Bold Strokes–in both the romance...

Marilyn Hacker, “Days of 1994: Alexandrians”

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

September 23, 2010 2 min read

This week’s poem comes to us from Marilyn Hacker’s 2000 collection Squares and Courtyards (W.W. Norton & Co.), winner of the...

‘Zero At The Bone’ by Stacie Cassarino

Amanda V. Mead

Poetry Reviews

September 23, 2010 3 min read

Lambda Award Winner Stacie Cassarino’s Zero at the Bone is an emotionally devastating collection of poems examining the complexities of...

‘Tinderbox Lawn’ by Carol Guess

Michele Spring-Moore

Poetry Reviews

September 16, 2010 2 min read

In her second book of poetry, Tinderbox Lawn, lesbian author Carol Guess plays with language in a stark examination of...

Arisa White, “out of line”

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

September 9, 2010 1 min read

For your reading pleasure today, two new poems by Arisa White....

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

Matthew Gallaway: On His New Novel and Finding a Different Kind of Faith

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

‘Sometimes She Lets Me’ ed. by Tristan Taormino

‘Called Back’ by Mary Cappello

‘House of Cards’ by Nat Burns

Vanessa Libertad Garcia, “The B Job”

Remembering A Lesbian Legend

‘I Came Out for This?’ By Lisa Gitlin

Marilyn Hacker, “Days of 1994: Alexandrians”

‘Zero At The Bone’ by Stacie Cassarino

‘Tinderbox Lawn’ by Carol Guess

Arisa White, “out of line”

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