Sarah Van Arsdale Archives

July 2, 2019 1 min read

“The Catamount” captures the chaos of a created world through the fixation on the Cat, a creature without native language, used as a totem or guide for those who cannot communicate with them. Read More

Sarah Van Arsdale: On Writing Historical Fiction and Crafting Dynamic Characters

Sally Bellerose

Interviews

August 24, 2016 8 min read

"Good fiction often gives us characters in extremity, which ironically gives us a clearer mirror in which to see ourselves." Read More

‘In Case of Emergency, Break Glass’ by Sarah Van Arsdale

July Westhale

Fiction Reviews

May 3, 2016 2 min read

Whether the stories take place on a snow bank in an unknown, prehistoric land or in a hotel in Barcelona, Van Arsdale’s novellas strike achingly close to home by reporting true narratives of people and their complications Read More

The 2012 Publishing Triangle Awards

Jameson Fitzpatrick

Dispatches

April 20, 2012 4 min read

The annual Triangle Awards, recognizing excellence in gay and lesbian literature, were presented last night at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium in New York City. Also honored were activist and literary agent Frances Goldin, winner of this year’s Leadership Award, and cartoonist Alison Bechdel, who received the 2012 Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement. Read More

Michael Sledge: The Love Experience

Sarah Van Arsdale

Features Interviews

August 24, 2011 6 min read

“Lots of women write about men, but I suppose, unfortunately, it’s still a surprise when a man attempts to write...

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

‘Nothing Pink’ by Mark Hardy

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 Catamount’ by Sarah Van Arsdale

Sarah Van Arsdale: On Writing Historical Fiction and Crafting Dynamic Characters

‘In Case of Emergency, Break Glass’ by Sarah Van Arsdale

The 2012 Publishing Triangle Awards

Michael Sledge: The Love Experience

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