‘Counternarratives’ by John Keene
The remarkable thing about this kind of book–this expansive, wide-reaching book–is that the writer expects the reader to be as well-read as they are, or to at least engage with the text in an intentional way
Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, and Nate Marshall: On the Queer Aspects of Hip Hop
“I think the reality of hip hop is that women and queer people and a lot of folks who we think about being in the margins have always been at the center of the culture.”
John Keene: On Hidden Histories and Why Writing Against Official Narratives is Queer
John Keene spoke with The Lambda Literary Review about his new book,Counternarratives, hidden histories, and merging fiction with reality
Writer, Actor, and LGBT Advocate Nathan ‘Seven’ Scott, 44, Has Died
Nathan ‘Seven’ Scott, a beloved LGBT advocate, writer, and multimedia artist has died
Author Craig Gidney on Illuminating Race and Diversity in Speculative Fiction
“‘Death and Two Maidens’ was my response to my research on African-descended Victorians. I wanted to write a penny dreadful story that went beyond the usual (pale-skinned) cast.”
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…”
Read Jericho Brown’s Introduction to ‘Prime: Poetry & Conversation’
“For a poem to coalesce, for a character or an action to take shape, there has to be an imaginative transformation of reality which is in no way passive.”
Remembering Assotto Saint: A Fierce and Fatal Vision
“[Saint] knew he had to chronicle the black gay voices of AIDS or they would be lost. He had to collect the bits and pieces that would create a different kind of names quilt–the angry verses, the embittered stanzas, the breathy last couplets of the dying.”
Cheryl Clarke’s ‘Living as a Lesbian’: The Wherewithal to Tell It as It Is
“Clarke is a provocative poet who never asks permission to make her voice heard.”
