High school athlete Brendan wrestles with pronouns, his girlfriend Vanessa grapples to keep him from shutting her out, while Angel—a...
"I'm actually really into pretending that I'm Kathleen Turner in Serial Mom for my readings. I like to put on my antique crystal earrings and a chic frock, and reading in an almost bedtime story style, this utterly malicious and repugnant novel." Read More
In the latest contribution to Arsenal Pulp Press’s “Queer Film Classics” series, Lucas Hilderbrand sets his sights on that legacy object, the fabulous and enduring cultural phenomenon that is Paris Is Burning. Read More
While still rooted in the loss and triumph of bloody battles, Myers challenges the well-worn patriot’s tale by focusing on Deborah Sampson Gannett, a real-life historical figure who successfully disguised herself as a man in order to enlist in the Revolutionary army. Read More
Butch Queens Up in Pumps is about more than just Detroit Ballroom culture; it provides a thorough theorizing and portrayal of how people marginalized by "otherness" build alternative communities and self-sustaining cultures in the margins. Read More
In Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to Slutwalk, author Melinda Chateauvert reveals the relatively unknown history of sex workers’ involvement in LGBT civil rights protests in the United States. Read More
Oh, sweetheart. How can I explain this to you, when you have so little experience of meanness? When your whole...
"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
Many of the characters in The Days of Anna Madrigal may be from the past, but they fully inhabit a contemporary world. Maupin’s Tales of the City novels are nothing if not a reflection of the times in which they were written, and Anna Madrigal is no exception. Read More
"[...]I know for me, as a genderqueer writer, questioning established forms isn’t a question of transgression or challenging the reader, but of survival." Read More
