Bio/Memoir Archives

April 27, 2016 3 min read

McDonald was one of the literate stars of the 1970s underground. Known for his homoerotic series of chapbooks, Straight to Hell, beginning in 1973, he published the true stories of men who had sex with other men Read More

‘Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and Ideas’ by Betsy Warland

Julie R. Enszer

Bio/Memoir Reviews

March 29, 2016 14 min read

I. Betsy Warland’s new book Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and Ideas travels seven years, multiple countries, and...

‘Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir’ by Joel Grey

Walter Holland

Bio/Memoir Reviews

March 10, 2016 3 min read

Mr. Grey takes us from his early days as a child actor at the Cleveland Playhouse through his years of struggle as a nightclub performer, film and television actor, to his big break on the Great White Way Read More

Michelle Visage’s ‘The Diva Rules’ Serves Up Advice From a Queerly Tinted Career

Alex Tunney

Bio/Memoir Opinion

March 2, 2016 5 min read

For the uninitiated: Michelle Visage is RuPaul’s right-hand gal and fellow judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race Read More

‘The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship’ by Paul Lisicky

Alex Tunney

Bio/Memoir Reviews

February 16, 2016 4 min read

The Narrow Door is a memoir but it is also a map. It is a map of two relationships, mostly of the titular friendship Read More

‘The Gilded Razor: A Memoir ‘ by Sam Lansky

Walter Holland

Bio/Memoir Reviews

January 31, 2016 3 min read

Sensitively written, Lansky’s memoir grapples with his demons—his parents' divorce, his infatuation with the glamorous life of New York City, and his reliance on sex and drugs to mask his self-hatred and low esteem Read More

‘Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl’ by Rashod Ollison

Reginald Harris

Bio/Memoir Reviews

January 24, 2016 4 min read

Soul Serenade is best when talking about the role of music in the lives of everyday music lovers, as both a consolation and a vision of a possible different future Read More

‘Francis Bacon in Your Blood: A Memoir’ by Michael Peppiatt

Jennie Rathbun

Bio/Memoir Reviews

January 17, 2016 5 min read

One of the memoir’s greatest strengths is the sense it conveys of Bacon as a social animal, gregarious and full of contradictions Read More

Paul Lisicky: On His New Memoir and Writing Elegies for the Dead

Michael Carroll

Features Interviews

January 7, 2016 14 min read

"Iʼm not sure that we as writers actually owe our dead anything other than to make them interesting—not necessarily friendly or nice but interesting." Read More

Robbie Rogers’ ‘Coming Out To Play’

Alex Tunney

Bio/Memoir Opinion

December 10, 2015 5 min read

Jason Collins. Michael Sam. Robbie Rogers. Over the past few years, these men have been some of the first openly...

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

‘Seneca Falls’ by Jesse J. Thoma

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

‘True Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight to Hell’ by William E. Jones

‘Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and Ideas’ by Betsy Warland

‘Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir’ by Joel Grey

Michelle Visage’s ‘The Diva Rules’ Serves Up Advice From a Queerly Tinted Career

‘The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship’ by Paul Lisicky

‘The Gilded Razor: A Memoir ‘ by Sam Lansky

‘Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl’ by Rashod Ollison

‘Francis Bacon in Your Blood: A Memoir’ by Michael Peppiatt

Paul Lisicky: On His New Memoir and Writing Elegies for the Dead

Robbie Rogers’ ‘Coming Out To Play’

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