secondary Archives

January 21, 2015 6 min read

Christopher’s debut refuses to flatten anything; in his tumbling, often single-stanza poems, reality is allowed its full difficulty, pain, and ugliness. Read More

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author Chavisa Woods

William Johnson

Features Opinion

January 21, 2015 10 min read

"How long does it take to recover from a breakup?" Read More

Two Poems by Ilinca Popescu

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

January 19, 2015 1 min read

This week, two poems by Ilinca Popescu. Read More

A Look at Bisexuality in Science Fiction

Cecilia Tan

Features

January 18, 2015 7 min read

"[...] I was drawn to science fiction because while I didn't see space for myself to exist in contemporary stories, I could imagine a world that included people like me only by imagining other worlds." Read More

‘Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography’ by Philip Gefter

John Bavoso

Bio/Memoir Reviews

January 18, 2015 2 min read

Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography is a book-length argument for Wagstaff’s importance in the world of American art. Read More

Read Dennis Cooper’s New Novel Composed of Animated GIFs

William Johnson

News

January 16, 2015 1 min read

Zac’s Haunted House is a visual novel; it is a tale told through animated pictures. Read More

Andrew Durbin: On His New Book ‘Mature Themes,’ the Power and Uselessness of Love, and the Joys of the Perfect Pop Song

Theodore Kerr

Interviews

January 14, 2015 10 min read

"My work is essayistic, novelistic, speculative, theoretical, and so on because poetry allows you to be all these things at once." Read More

‘Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It’ Edited by Graham Kolbeins, Anne Ishii, and Chip Kidd

Tom Cardamone

Erotica

January 13, 2015 1 min read

Massive is just that: massively hot, massively entertaining and massively informative. Read More

‘You’re Not Edith’ by Allison Gruber

Theodosia Henney

Nonfiction Reviews

January 12, 2015 1 min read

If the autobiographical essays in You’re Not Edith are any indication, Allison Gruber has a surprisingly functional (not to mention intimate) relationship with all things strange and eccentric. Read More

The Banal and the Profane: Sybil Lamb

Edit Team

Features The Banal & the Profane

January 11, 2015 34 min read

"I was on the road for two months circumnavigating North Amerika and doing book readings every night and spending the royalty money on junk food, alcohol, and lingerie." 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

‘Death & Disaster Series’ by Lonely Christopher

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author Chavisa Woods

Two Poems by Ilinca Popescu

A Look at Bisexuality in Science Fiction

‘Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography’ by Philip Gefter

Read Dennis Cooper’s New Novel Composed of Animated GIFs

Andrew Durbin: On His New Book ‘Mature Themes,’ the Power and Uselessness of Love, and the Joys of the Perfect Pop Song

‘Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It’ Edited by Graham Kolbeins, Anne Ishii, and Chip Kidd

‘You’re Not Edith’ by Allison Gruber

The Banal and the Profane: Sybil Lamb

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