nonfiction Archives

‘Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair’ by Sarah Schulman

October 17, 2016 5 min read

Schulman observes the ways in which micro and macro instances of conflict can escalate in devastating directions Read More

‘Red Lipstick: The Men in My Life’ by Laxmi and Pooja Pande

Rajat Singh

Nonfiction Reviews

October 13, 2016 3 min read

Not quite a memoir and not a biography, Red Lipstick illuminates the unique experiences of one hijra’s relationships with the men—some supportive, others more cruel—who have made her life a textural palimpsest of masculinities. Read More

‘In The Wake: On Blackness and Being’ by Christina Sharpe

Sarah Schulman

Nonfiction Reviews

October 12, 2016 3 min read

Sharpe faces, straight on, the social normativity around pre-mature Black death, how it is a product of political norms, and since created, it becomes expected Read More

‘The Art of History’ by Christopher Bram

Frank Pizzoli

Nonfiction Reviews

October 11, 2016 2 min read

Bram’s The Art of History, Unlocking the Past in Fiction & Nonfiction is a brisk and entertaining jog through 29 great books and how authors grappled with history in their writing Read More

‘The Shirley Jackson Project: Comics Inspired by Her Life and Her Work’ Edited by Robert Kirby

Cathy Camper

Illustrated Reviews

October 5, 2016 2 min read

Edited by queer cartoonist and writer Robert Kirby, this book is a combination of biographical pieces and comics referencing Shirley Jackson’s stories. Read More

‘You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death, and Transition’ by Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom

Theodore Kerr

Nonfiction Reviews

October 4, 2016 4 min read

Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom write on life, death, gender, and HIV/AIDS. At the core of the book is a pair of men narrating their own lives as a means of witnessing and inquiring about the other Read More

‘Proxies’ by Brian Blanchfield

July Westhale

Nonfiction Reviews

September 22, 2016 1 min read

The subtitle to the book, aptly named, is “Essays Near Knowing.” Not essays of expertise. Not even essays of critical analysis—essays in the proximity of understanding (bodily, mentally, philosophically). Read More

‘Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality’ by Katherine Franke

Sarah Sarai

Nonfiction Reviews

September 20, 2016 3 min read

Katherine Franke unpacks and investigates the “perils” by researching two groups which have not been shoo-ins for official acknowledgement—Black Americans, from newly freed slaves on; and queerfolk in this and the previous century Read More

‘Darling Days’ by iO Tillett Wright

Sarah Fonseca

Bio/Memoir Reviews

September 4, 2016 3 min read

Darling Days spans from iO being placed in his mother’s arms to him leaving her for the promising embraces of a new lover and a different NYC borough. Read More

‘Boy Erased’ by Garrard Conley

Bryan.Borland

Bio/Memoir Reviews

August 10, 2016 5 min read

In Boy Erased, there’s just the uneasy co-existence between a cultural geography Conley has been conditioned to accept that doesn’t—and won’t—accept him back. 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

‘Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair’ by Sarah Schulman

‘Red Lipstick: The Men in My Life’ by Laxmi and Pooja Pande

‘In The Wake: On Blackness and Being’ by Christina Sharpe

‘The Art of History’ by Christopher Bram

‘The Shirley Jackson Project: Comics Inspired by Her Life and Her Work’ Edited by Robert Kirby

‘You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death, and Transition’ by Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom

‘Proxies’ by Brian Blanchfield

‘Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality’ by Katherine Franke

‘Darling Days’ by iO Tillett Wright

‘Boy Erased’ by Garrard Conley

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