"It was Friday night and Laura was summoning the devil. Because she was manic tonight and she thought, why not?" Read More
"I want for people to have some sort of archive of their dance, night, poetry, and art spaces. I want us to remember what keeps/kept us alive when the rainbow flags and assimilation try to steamroll over the complexity of our lives." Read More
Edmund White on Vladimir Nabokov, the evolution of queer young adult literature, and more LGBT news Read More
Every month, “Appreciations” looks closely at a selection of excellent poems from recently-published books by LGBTQ poets Read More
The National Book Awards, Gay theater post-marriage equality, queer comics, and other LGBT news Read More
"I’ve Got a Time Bomb is a trans punk road novel that is not for the faint of heart. It is not for the politically or grammatically correct. It is not a respectable trans book and that is a good thing." Read More
"Each [character] is touched by enough quirky characteristics and backstory to keep them unique-- no easy task, but Aoki pulls it off by drawing on the sounds, smells, and rhythms associated with each individual and the different spaces their hearts compel them to inhabit." Read More
"Stumbling towards love--from others, from the self--is a messy affair for the twenty-something not-children yet not-quite-adults of Plett's worlds." Read More
The conference brought together scholars, writers, and activists to explore, discuss and create new directions in transgender, transexual, two-spirit and genderqueer poetry, literature and performance. Read More
"When I was younger I read a lot of books about how to write--or more specifically How to Be A Writer-- and they were so, so bad for me. I think they set me back like ten or fifteen years as a writer; I didn't need to find my creativity, I just needed to quit romanticizing and write." Read More
