Tag: *Gay

A Poem by Sam Ross

This week, a poem by Sam Ross

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‘The Small Backs of Children’ by Lidia Yuknavitch

The plot centers on an orphaned child from a war torn Eastern European country, and how her life captivates and unsettles a group of western artists

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A Poem by Shane Allison

This week, a poem by Shane Allison

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‘Hotel Living’ by Ioannis Pappos

Management consultants don’t exactly sound

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‘Shirtlifter’ by Steve MacIsaac with Fuzzbelly, Justin Hall, Ilya, Jon Macy, and Eric Kostiuk Williams

These stories expand the view of the gay male experience by examining stereotypes and the realities behind them, and by sharing the real joys and frustrations of gay life.

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‘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

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A Queer Look at Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’

The eighty-nine-year-old Lee has long been a lesbian literary icon, and her protagonist, Scout Finch, a.k.a. Jean Louise, has been—along with Carson McCullers’ Frankie Addams in The Member of the Wedding—a girl that every young American lesbian grew up reading

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‘The Brink’ by Austin Bunn

The Brink is a fast-paced, slim, engrossing collection that reminds its reader of one of life’s most essential truths: we’re always on the cusp of something new, and every passing moment, for better or worse, changes us

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Gore Vidal: Devil with a Soul

In Sympathy for the Devil:

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