Bio/Memoir Archives

Gary Indiana: On His New Book ‘I Can Give You Anything But Love’ and the Impossibility of Happy Endings

September 8, 2015 6 min read

"There aren’t any happy endings! We die! How could anything have a happy ending? Life is pessimistic because we die!" Read More

‘Honor Girl’ by Maggie Thrash

Mel Morrow

Bio/Memoir Illustrated

September 6, 2015 3 min read

Honor Girl is the story of Rookie writer Maggie Thrash’s first crush in graphic novel form. Read More

‘I Can Give You Anything But Love’ by Gary Indiana

Steven Cordova

Features Bio/Memoir

September 4, 2015 5 min read

I Can Give You Anything does, in fact, give you just about everything: travel writing; diary entries; fragments; and deliciously wicked but not inhumane portraits of a variety of noteworthy figures Read More

“Bendova Like I Told Ya”: Big Freedia and the Healing Power of Contradiction

Dan Lopez

Bio/Memoir Opinion

August 23, 2015 5 min read

Ease with contradiction would appear to be a kind of puckish response to systemic disenfranchisement Read More

A Look at LGBTQ Homeless Teens: Read an Excerpt from Ryan Berg’s ‘No House To Call My Home’

William Johnson

Excerpts News

August 17, 2015 9 min read

The book is an illuminating account of the lives of a group of New York City LGBTQ homeless youth Read More

‘Becoming Westerly: Surf Champion Peter Drouyn’s Transformation into Westerly Windina’ by Jamie Brisick

Heather Seggel

Bio/Memoir Reviews

August 10, 2015 3 min read

Becoming Westerly is an unforgettable portrait of a hard-won second act in an already exceptional life Read More

‘Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer’ by Tracy Baim

Victoria Brownworth

Bio/Memoir

August 9, 2015 10 min read

Baim’s book introduces this stalwart activist to a broad audience, and Gittings’ determination, achievement and love for her community shines through. Read More

Kenny Fries: On How Being Disabled Influences His Work, Gay Pride, and Writing about Identity

Rebecca Maskos

Interviews

July 29, 2015 7 min read

"To me, a culture of disability is very important. And I think that my books contribute to that culture." Read More

‘Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing’ by Kate Walter

Gena Hymowech

Bio/Memoir Reviews

July 28, 2015 2 min read

Looking for a Kiss is about one woman's herculean attempt to thrive in the face of tragedy and an uncertain romantic future Read More

‘On the Move: A Life’ by Oliver Sacks

Austin Bunn

Bio/Memoir Reviews

July 16, 2015 3 min read

In this satisfyingly unguarded new memoir, Sacks finally trains his tremendous observational skills and curiosity onto the particulars of his personal life 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

Read Now! The Second Issue of ‘Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color’

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

Gary Indiana: On His New Book ‘I Can Give You Anything But Love’ and the Impossibility of Happy Endings

‘Honor Girl’ by Maggie Thrash

‘I Can Give You Anything But Love’ by Gary Indiana

“Bendova Like I Told Ya”: Big Freedia and the Healing Power of Contradiction

A Look at LGBTQ Homeless Teens: Read an Excerpt from Ryan Berg’s ‘No House To Call My Home’

‘Becoming Westerly: Surf Champion Peter Drouyn’s Transformation into Westerly Windina’ by Jamie Brisick

‘Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer’ by Tracy Baim

Kenny Fries: On How Being Disabled Influences His Work, Gay Pride, and Writing about Identity

‘Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing’ by Kate Walter

‘On the Move: A Life’ by Oliver Sacks

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