review 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

‘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

‘Vow of Celibacy’ by Erin Judge

Sara Rauch

Fiction Reviews

September 6, 2016 2 min read

Vow of Celibacy, stand-up comedian Erin Judges dishy debut novel, plunges the reader directly into the world of Natalie—bisexual, plus-sized fashion maven, and undertaker of the titular vow. Read More

‘Immaculate Blue’ by Paul Russell

Philip F. Clark

Fiction Reviews

January 25, 2016 6 min read

With Immaculate Blue, Paul Russell brings to a close four memorable friendships that loved deeply enough to always risk its often faltering arrows Read More

‘Long Red Hair’ by Meags Fitzgerald

Sawyer Lovett

Comics Illustrated

December 5, 2015 1 min read

Long Red Hair by Meags Fitzgerald is a graphic memoir about growing up and coming out. Read More

‘A Wild Swan and Other Tales’ by Michael Cunningham

Dawn Robinson

Reviews Speculative Fiction

November 7, 2015 3 min read

Michael Cunningham’s queered renditions of fairy tales are timely and compelling Read More

‘Did You Ever Have a Family’ by Bill Clegg

July Westhale

Fiction Reviews

October 31, 2015 2 min read

In this novel, fifty year old June Reid is faced with the irreconcilable deaths of every person in her family—a fate she was spared from by pure happenstance Read More

‘Lord Byron’s Prophecy’ by Sean Eads

Brett Josef Grubisic

Fiction Reviews

October 14, 2015 4 min read

Lord Byron's Prophecy is a centuries-spanning tale of guilt--and appetite--driven men whose suppressed secrets and illicit desires poison their own lives and those around them 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

‘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

‘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

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

‘Vow of Celibacy’ by Erin Judge

‘Immaculate Blue’ by Paul Russell

‘Long Red Hair’ by Meags Fitzgerald

‘A Wild Swan and Other Tales’ by Michael Cunningham

‘Did You Ever Have a Family’ by Bill Clegg

‘Lord Byron’s Prophecy’ by Sean Eads

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