"I feel like my life is totally constructed by jobs: the freelance ones that pay the bills, the 'literary' ones that don’t really pay but that I feel hold me together." Read More
Writers Gabrielle Bellot and SJ Sindu discuss art vs. activism, marginalized identities, and being labeled a queer author Read More
This week, Lambda Literary explores the relationship between music and literature Read More
"[...] it is striking how many of the authors in Icon were imprinted by their subjects in their teens or other formative moments in their lives, while working out who they were, and who they were not." Read More
"Writers have had a long, contentious, volatile romance with suicide. I searched them out in high school and then college, when my first book of poetry–grim and suicidal–was published. Like many depressed adolescents, I sought out fellow travelers[...]" Read More
Kicking off National Poetry Month, The Advocate recently showcased the work of all the poets nominated for Lambda Literary Awards this year....
"Now a published biographer, I fully understand the perils of the enterprise. So much can (and usually does) go wrong. Indeed, I believe that most biographies are doomed, from jump street, by a mismatch between author and subject." Read More
"When I was younger I read a lot of books about how to write--or more specifically How to Be A Writer-- and they were so, so bad for me. I think they set me back like ten or fifteen years as a writer; I didn't need to find my creativity, I just needed to quit romanticizing and write." Read More
Sex is supposed to fun, but writing about it can pose its own set of literary perils....
"...if I am reading a novel and I start comparing it to something else that is popular or I have read...then I know something vital has been washed away."
High-profile queer literary agent Malaga Baldi took some time to talk with the Lambda Literary Review about her life in publishing, the ins and outs of being a literary agent, and the books that inspire her. Read More
