nonfiction Archives

March 26, 2017 3 min read

We are living through a little-discussed assault on sexual freedoms that is pioneering new, subtle, and insidious methods of social control: this is the disturbing and difficult-to-refute thesis of The War on Sex Read More

‘Good Night, Beloved Comrade: The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver’ edited by Daniel J. Murtaugh

David Pratt

Nonfiction Reviews

February 19, 2017 4 min read

These letters add a final, nuanced stroke to our picture of British novelist Denton Welch. Read More

‘Murder in the Closet: Essays in Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall’ Edited by Curtis Evans

Kevin Killian

Nonfiction Reviews

February 8, 2017 4 min read

Murder in the Closet allows like-minded scholars and laypersons to recognize and celebrate the queer underpinnings that have lain dormant, hidden in plain sight, in the works of a range of authors from Agatha Christie to Arthur Conan Doyle to Raymond Chandler, all the way through to Stonewall and a little beyond. Read More

‘Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2’ by Nia King and Elena Rose

Cathy Camper

Nonfiction Reviews

January 31, 2017 3 min read

For anyone feeling terrorized by the Trump administration’s dire promises, Nia King’s Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2 is the perfect antidote to fear and an inspiring handbook of activist creations Read More

‘Upstream: Selected Essays’ by Mary Oliver

Anne Charles

Nonfiction Reviews

January 25, 2017 2 min read

When Oliver closely observes the natural world, and thus enacts her maxim that “Attention is the beginning of devotion,” she deftly engages the reader with her detailed worldview Read More

‘Queerly Remembered: Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past’ by Thomas R. Dunn

Rachel Wexelbaum

Nonfiction Reviews

January 19, 2017 3 min read

In Queerly Remembered, Thomas R. Dunn explains how gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals and communities over time have turned to publicizing their pasts to advocate for political, social, and cultural change Read More

‘A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment’ by John Preston

Walter Holland

Nonfiction Reviews

January 10, 2017 3 min read

The British novelist, John Preston, gives us front row seats to the sensational 1979 trial of Jeremy Thorpe, Member of Parliament and leader of the Liberal Party Read More

‘Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days’ by Jeanette Winterson

Daphne Sidor

Fiction Nonfiction

December 4, 2016 3 min read

For years, Winterson has written a new story every year at Christmastime, and here she collects them for the first time. The result is a book for cold, clear nights and roaring fireplaces. Read More

‘Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady’ by Susan Quinn

Gena Hymowech

Bio/Memoir Nonfiction

November 30, 2016 2 min read

In Quinn's well-written and exhaustively researched book, Hick and Eleanor come across as a butch-femme Romeo and Juliet. The book's rich detail and Quinn's obvious passion will keep you turning the pages Read More

‘A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain’ by Christina Crosby

Anne Charles

Bio/Memoir

October 19, 2016 2 min read

A Body Undone is an unflinching memoir of struggle and community detailing the author's recovery from a disastrous spinal cord injury 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

Teen Witches on the Move! Read Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers

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

‘Good Night, Beloved Comrade: The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver’ edited by Daniel J. Murtaugh

‘Murder in the Closet: Essays in Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall’ Edited by Curtis Evans

‘Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2’ by Nia King and Elena Rose

‘Upstream: Selected Essays’ by Mary Oliver

‘Queerly Remembered: Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past’ by Thomas R. Dunn

‘A Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment’ by John Preston

‘Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days’ by Jeanette Winterson

‘Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady’ by Susan Quinn

‘A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain’ by Christina Crosby

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