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

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

‘The Clancys of Queens’ by Tara Clancy

Heather Seggel

Bio/Memoir Reviews

October 2, 2016 2 min read

The Clancys of Queens is a family story that takes an unfiltered look at class differences. It’s also hilarious, inspiring, and that rarest of animals--a memoir full of honest good cheer. Read More

‘Two Men Rowing Madly Toward Infinity’ by William Reichard

Walter Holland

Poetry Reviews

September 28, 2016 4 min read

This is a collection of quiet growth and beautiful transitory moments. Reichard is a silent Adam leading us through the fallen Eden of his past. He is the soft-spoken conscience of a lost world Read More

‘A Thin Bright Line’ by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Sandra Lambert

Fiction Reviews

September 26, 2016 2 min read

The backdrops of the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the emerging science of climate research are combined into a novel honoring the queer communities of the 50s and 60s Read More

A Poem by Jen Levitt

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

September 18, 2016 1 min read

This week, a poem from Jen Levitt's The Off-Season , out this month from Four Way Books Read More

Read an Excerpt from ‘Nepantla Issue #3’: Ocean Vuong & Christopher Soto in Conversation

Christopher Soto

Interviews

September 14, 2016 5 min read

"For me that is success, to be able to speak with one another with our best intentions. I always see that as the end goal, to reach humans. Success is when the world becomes a vehicle for the work." Read More

Read an Excerpt from ‘Nepantla Issue #3’: Brenda Shaughnessy & Christopher Soto in Conversation

Christopher Soto

Interviews

September 12, 2016 9 min read

"Really it’s neither difficult nor devastating to hit a wrong note or to write a bad line of poetry. Just write another. Sing another song. Big whoop, I realized. But it took me decades to figure that out." Read More

Kokumo: On Her New Poetry Collection, the Search For Love, and the Determination to Survive

H. Melt

Interviews

September 4, 2016 2 min read

"This book has been in me my whole life. And I'd say what inspired it was the need to celebrate the genius of how I survived and survive a world that is consistently telling me I'm not welcome." Read More

Appreciations: Derrick Austin’s “Summertime”

Thomas March

Opinion Poetry

August 31, 2016 6 min read

Every month, “Appreciations” looks closely at a poem or poems from recently-published books by LGBTQ poets Read More

Fieldwork in Being a Brown Man

Joe Jimenez

Opinion

August 28, 2016 9 min read

"If you don’t have a father in your life, or if the only male figures in your life are [screw-ups], to whom do you turn to learn things you want to know?" Read More

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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

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

‘The Clancys of Queens’ by Tara Clancy

‘Two Men Rowing Madly Toward Infinity’ by William Reichard

‘A Thin Bright Line’ by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

A Poem by Jen Levitt

Read an Excerpt from ‘Nepantla Issue #3’: Ocean Vuong & Christopher Soto in Conversation

Read an Excerpt from ‘Nepantla Issue #3’: Brenda Shaughnessy & Christopher Soto in Conversation

Kokumo: On Her New Poetry Collection, the Search For Love, and the Determination to Survive

Appreciations: Derrick Austin’s “Summertime”

Fieldwork in Being a Brown Man

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