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I Am Not Not Me: Unmaking and Remaking the Language of the Self

As we develop new syntax for trans identity, we will be developing new ways of understanding all identity

December 28, 2014 • One Comment

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Brontez Purnell: On His New Book ‘The Cruising Diaries,’ Silencing the Critics, and the Joys of Writing About Sex

“I like writing in a way that can sometimes be dark yet still be generous to the human condition…”

October 11, 2014 • 8 Comments

View Pictures from this Year’s Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices

The retreat–the first program of its kind ever offered to LGBTQ writers–is a one-week intensive workshop immersion in fiction, nonfiction, genre fiction and poetry.

August 15, 2014

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author La JohnJoseph

“Are all healthy relationships inherently boring?”

Personal advice on love and life from author La JohnJoseph.

July 27, 2014

Looking at ‘In Cold Blood’: Violence, Masculinity, and Compassion

“In Cold Blood taught me that I could dive into my shadows, face my would-be killer, plumb my heart for the kind of compassion that the worst kind of men never gave me […]”

July 26, 2014

Judith Frank: On Mourning, Taking on Volatile Subject Matter, and Queer Relationships

“[…] what happens to a couple when one person changes so much he or she becomes almost unrecognizable to the other?”

Author Judith Frank talks to Lambda Literary about her new novel, All I Love and Know, exploring relationship dynamics through her characters, and her literary inspirations.

July 22, 2014 • 4 Comments

Lorrie Sprecher: On Being—and Writing—a Lesbian Punk Feminist

“I think punk is perceived as a very aggressive, male thing, and that isn’t the whole story. First of all, the music is so uplifting, political and angry, I don’t know why all feminists don’t listen to it. Women in our culture have so much to be angry about, so why aren’t we embracing our anger more?”

July 13, 2014

Features

I Am Not Not Me: Unmaking and Remaking the Language of the Self

Brontez Purnell: On His New Book ‘The Cruising Diaries,’ Silencing the Critics, and the Joys of Writing About Sex

View Pictures from this Year’s Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices

Reader Meet Author: Personal Advice from Author La JohnJoseph

Looking at ‘In Cold Blood’: Violence, Masculinity, and Compassion

Judith Frank: On Mourning, Taking on Volatile Subject Matter, and Queer Relationships

Lorrie Sprecher: On Being—and Writing—a Lesbian Punk Feminist

Stacey D’Erasmo: On Music, Writing Straight Characters, and Creating a Literary Legacy

New in July: Judith Frank, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Mary Meriam, Genny Beemyn, and Jason Whitesel

Michael Carroll: On His New Short Story Collection, the Benefits of a Spare Writing Style, and His Literary Inspirations

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