Penguin Press Archives

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

‘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

‘Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore’ by Stella Duffy

Merry Gangemi

Fiction Reviews

October 9, 2011 3 min read

Theodora (Penguin Press) as history is fascinating. Stella Duffy’s historical novel about the most progressive empress of Byzantium and wife of...

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

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

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

‘Upstream: Selected Essays’ by Mary Oliver

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

‘Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore’ by Stella Duffy

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