‘Rough Patch’ by Nicole Markotic
Keira is bisexual, and she lets you know it even if she hasn’t told anyone else. She is 15 years old with a lot to figure out, including meticulously planning the moment to come out to her best friend.
‘Equality: What Do You Think About When You Think of Equality?’ Edited by Paul Alan Fahey
Is equality like obscenity?* You’ll
‘Kingdom Come: A Fantasia’ by Timothy Liu
The poems in Kingdom Come become progressively more luminous—even as they insist on their carnality
‘Babybel Wax Bodysuit’ by Eric Kostiuk Williams
All three stories in this collection deal with “peeling back the wax bodysuit” (an analogy to the wax covering of Babybel cheese), i.e. all the multiple layers we use to hide both our fears and our egos
Kids Need LGBTQ Books in Schools
This work in schools matters more than ever and every donation, large and small, makes a difference to these students’ lives.
‘Erased’ by Robbi McCoy
Erased opens with the quintessential
‘The Kiss of Walt Whitman Still on My Lips’ by Raymond Luczak
Almost generous to a fault, Luczak’s poems salute Whitman and at the same time he respects him enough to question some of his underlying notions of love, community, and self
‘The Troubleseeker’ by Alan Lessik
The Troubleseeker is a potent mash-up of contemporary history, Greek mythology, Caribbean Santería, and queer eroticism
‘Running’ by Cara Hoffman
Running has plenty of dazzle; it races atop remarkable sentences. But at its core are two people who, accustomed to getting by on nothing, have no idea what to do with the bounties that befall them: success, family, love
‘Heartsnare: Book One of the Umbraverse’ by Steven B. Williams
Steven B. Williams blends a horrifying and unconventional world with verisimilitude.
