‘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.
‘Difficult Women’ by Roxane Gay
Difficult Women is comprised of wildly different stories, ranging from realistic to magical, hopeful to dystopian
‘Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady’ by Susan Quinn
In Quinn’s well-written and exhaustively researched book, Hick and Eleanor come across as a butch-femme Romeo and Juliet. The book’s rich detail and Quinn’s obvious passion will keep you turning the pages
Blacklight: Holmén’s ‘Clinch’ Showcases a Visceral World with a Hard-Boiled Anti-hero
Clinch is a vivid blood-soaked noir set in 1930s Stockholm.
‘I’ll Tell You In Person’ by Chloe Caldwell
The essays in I’ll Tell You In Person wield the dual scalpels of honesty and wit in the manner of a caffeinated cardiologist
‘Alphabet’ Edited by Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery
Reading Alphabet will plunge you into the welcoming rainbow of queer comics.
‘Black Dove: Mama, Mi’jo, and Me’ by Ana Castillo
One of the collection’s implicit questions is what intersections of identities might come next, what experiences and realities we have yet to see represented
‘In Case of Emergency, Break Glass’ by Sarah Van Arsdale
Whether the stories take place on a snow bank in an unknown, prehistoric land or in a hotel in Barcelona, Van Arsdale’s novellas strike achingly close to home by reporting true narratives of people and their complications
Read an Excerpt from Jeanette Winterson’s New Novel ‘The Gap of Time’
The Gap of Time is a decidedly queer “remix” of William Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale, from celebrated author Jeanette Winterson.
Reflections on the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices
We checked in with the some of this past year’s participants and asked them to provide their own personal take on their time at the 2015 Emerging LGBT Voices Retreat
‘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.”
A.M. Homes Wins The Women’s Prize Amid Controversy
There’s been a great deal of snarkiness about this literary prize. “Why only women?” “Isn’t this sexism in reverse?”
‘The Fainting Room’ by Sarah Pemberton Strong
“Mister, I need a cup
‘I Await the Devil’s Coming’ by Mary MacLane
Based solely on its title, I Await the Devil’s Coming (Melville House Publishing) sounds like a canonical text for Satanists. In reality, it’s the fiercely feminist, wickedly witty, and decidedly deranged glimpse into the life and thoughts of a transgressive young woman growing up unhappily in the Midwest at the beginning of the 20th century.
Romance and Religion: Anne Brooke and Dennis Paul Stradford
Since the major religious festivals
Writer and Critic Donald Richie, 88, has Died
American ex-pat, writer, and critic Donald Richie, author of the memoir The Japan Journals, 1947-2004, died on February 19th, 2013 in Toyko. He was 88.
Clive Davis Comes Out in New Memoir
In his new memoir, famed 80-year-old record executive Clive Davis opens up about his long rumored bisexuality.
‘Makara’ by Kristen Ringman
Traversing from Ireland to India to Venice, Makara (Handtype Press) manages to be both ethereal and incredibly earthly at the same time. It is a coming-of-age story unlike any other.
‘Dinner with Lenny: The Last Long Interview with Leonard Bernstein’ by Jonathan Cott
A seemingly inexhaustible mix of talent, genius, exuberance, and mischievousness, this is the Bernstein that leaps off the page in Dinner with Lenny (Oxford University Press).
‘The Scientists: A Family Romance’ by Marco Roth
Marco Roth grew up in
‘Under the Poppy’ by Kathe Koja
Daringly provocative and entertainingly risque,
‘Dear John, I Love Jane’ by Candace Walsh and Laura André
Lambda Literary Award Finalist Dear
‘Spore’ by Thom Nickels
The fifth novel by Philadelphia
Kirsty Logan, “Why I Want To Go North”
This week, two new poems
21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
LGBT Anthologies | LGBT Childrens/Young
20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
LGBT Anthology | LGBT Childrens/Young
19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
LGBT Anthology | LGBT Childrens/Young
17th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
ANTHOLOGIES/FICTION WINNER: Fresh Men: New
18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies WINNER: Freedom in this
15th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: Black Like Us
14th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: Diva Book of
13th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: Men on Men
12th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: Vintage Book of
11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: Columbia Anthology of
10th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: His(2) edited by
9th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: Women on Women 3
8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: Tasting Life Twice edited
7th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies/Fiction WINNER: Chloe Plus Olivia edited
6th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Anthologies WINNER: Lesbian and Gay Studies
