‘The Gap of Time’ by Jeanette Winterson
Winterson—whose energetic literary career began with the sui generis coming-out novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and has ranged through many forms and eras since—has written a “cover version” of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
Out of the Dungeons and onto the Bookshelf: Leather Writers in a Post-‘Fifty Shades’ Literary World
Authors Sassafras Lowrey, Laura Antoniou, and Cecilia Tan discuss BDSM writing in a post-Fifty Shades literary world
‘It Starts with Trouble: William Goyen and the Life of Writing’ by Clark Davis
During his lifetime, William Goyen’s fiction elicited praise from the likes of Joyce Carol Oates and Truman Capote. He published five novels, several collections of short stories, a book of poems, and a respectable—if not abundant—body of nonfiction.
‘The First Bad Man’ by Miranda July
July’s talent exists in her ability to create such complex, bizarre relationships while always raising the stakes, but her carefully erected world does require a willful suspension of disbelief.
Shelly Oria: On Her New Collection ‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0,’ Her Favorite Queer Writers, and the Power of Literature
“I’ve always thought that one of the biggest gifts literature offers us is the ability to hang out in another person’s mind. I mean, it’s a basic human fantasy, isn’t it?”
‘Corona’ by Bushra Rehman
In her 2014 Lambda Literary
‘Last Words from Montmartre’ by Qiu Miaojin
Miaojin, I know this letter
When I Call Myself Bisexual
“When I call myself bisexual, I’m naming myself….I’m also opening myself up to other people’s interpretations—favorable or not—of what that means to them.”
‘The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America’ by Edward White
“The Tastemaker is essential reading for anyone interested in how America emerged from the cultural shadow of Europe in the last century.”
Splitting from the Spectrum: Comics and Alternative Sexuality Get Legs of Their Own
“Comics aren’t text and visuals mushed together any more than my sexuality simply combines homo- and heterosexual tendencies.”
