Rigoberto Gonzalez Archives

July 29, 2010 3 min read

A survivor of the gritty NYC streets, Emanuel Xavier shaped the troubling details and experiences of his past into arresting...

Boycotting Arizona: Authors Cry Out Against SB 1070

Shelley Ettinger

Opinion

May 12, 2010 4 min read

It’s now been a little over two weeks since Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the odious anti-immigrant state law SB...

Rigoberto González: 5 Poets Who Changed My Life

Rigoberto Gonzalez

5 Poets

April 2, 2010 3 min read

Any poet will say that it takes a community of poets to shape a single life, so it is with...

Rainbow Book Fair Expands in 2nd Year

Jeff Adams

News

March 29, 2010 3 min read

The Queer Books, Queer Kids: LGBT Writing for Children and Teens panelists (from left to right): Patrick Ryan, Martin Wilson...

‘Long Distance’ by Steven Cordova

Rigoberto Gonzalez

Poetry

March 18, 2010 3 min read

In Steven Cordova’s poem “13 Things to Do Once I’m Dead,” “Stop thinking about death” tops the list. This starting...

‘The Other Side of Paradise’ by Staceyann Chin

Rigoberto Gonzalez

Bio/Memoir

February 1, 2010 2 min read

Spoken word artist and political activist Staceyann Chin lowers her voice a few decibels to deliver a surprisingly quiet and...

‘My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them’ edited by Michael Montlack

Jameson Currier

Nonfiction

January 25, 2010 2 min read

Lambda Award Finalist The talent contributing to and discussed in the anthology My Diva is enormous. Among the 65 contributors...

‘All Screwed Up’ by Steve Fellner

Rigoberto Gonzalez

Bio/Memoir

January 19, 2010 2 min read

Structured as a series of vignettes in non-chronological order, All Screwed Up is a memoir written with a dead-pan humor and honesty that allows each piece to amuse, shock and eventually endear itself to the reader. 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

‘If Jesus Were Gay’ by Emanuel Xavier

Boycotting Arizona: Authors Cry Out Against SB 1070

Rigoberto González: 5 Poets Who Changed My Life

Rainbow Book Fair Expands in 2nd Year

‘Long Distance’ by Steven Cordova

‘The Other Side of Paradise’ by Staceyann Chin

‘My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them’ edited by Michael Montlack

‘All Screwed Up’ by Steve Fellner

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