Close to the Bone: On Eimear McBride’s “Something Out of Place”
Annabel Barry on Irish novelist Eimear McBride’s nonfiction debut.
Annabel Barry on Irish novelist Eimear McBride’s nonfiction debut.
Annabel BarryMay 12, 2022
Will Clark parses trauma, memory, and queerness in a review of Jonathan Alexander’s “Bullied.”
Will ClarkMar 25, 2022
Samuel Clowes Huneke explores Heather Love’s critique of the origins and work of queer theory in “Underdogs: Social Deviance and Queer Theory.”
Samuel Clowes HunekeMar 8, 2022
Animating trans Latinx narratives and histories calls for a speculative mode.
Marcos GonsalezMar 2, 2022
Superman encourages us to pursue reclamation and defer hopelessness through play, pleasure, and fleeting free moments.
Meg YoungDec 11, 2021
Daniel Spielberger speaks with Dennis Cooper about his new novel, “I Wished,” and the legacy of George Miles.
Daniel SpielbergerNov 22, 2021
Marcie Bianco considers “The Trouble with White Women” by Kyla Schuller alongside a collection of new books examining white feminism.
Marcie BiancoNov 10, 2021
A rigorous collection of essays that addresses a dizzying array of gender and sexuality discourses.
Sohum PalOct 15, 2021
Nava’s eighth Henry Rios mystery investigates the confluence of AIDS activism and Christian fundamentalism.
Michael HarrisOct 9, 2021
Sarah Stoller examines the commercialization of women’s sexual pleasure.
Sarah StollerSep 2, 2021
M. Buna speaks with Leah DeVun about their latest work, “The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance.”
M. BunaAug 28, 2021
Amber Husain on the promises and pitfalls of Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism.”
Amber HusainAug 19, 2021
Updating a feminist classic, “The Madwoman in the Attic,” for the #MeToo era.
Elaine MargolinAug 17, 2021
This memoir pushes readers to look deeper at what is natural, what is manmade, and what makes a man.
Emily PérezAug 15, 2021
Coming out as gay in the 1950s was a more complex process than we might imagine.
Nicholas F. RadelJul 15, 2021
Michael Nava looks at the current state of gay and lesbian publishing, moving from the late 1990s to the present, in this final installment of a...
Michael NavaJun 18, 2021
Michael Nava walks through the explosion of gay and lesbian publishing from 1980 to 1995, in this second installment of a three-part series for the...
Michael NavaJun 11, 2021
Scott Stern reviews Heather Berg’s “Porn Work,” a new study that explores how labor functions — or doesn’t — within the adult film industry.
Scott W. SternJun 7, 2021
Michael Nava walks through the history of gay and lesbian publishing, from 1940 to 1980, in this first installment of a three-part series for the L.A...
Michael NavaJun 5, 2021
The celebrated poet, memoirist, and feminist advocate discusses her life in the women’s movement.
Na ZhongApr 23, 2021
A Colorado doctor put his town on the map for gender confirmation surgery. The town didn’t celebrate it.
Tom ZoellnerApr 15, 2021
Taylor Renee Aldridge on the “break” and finding the unexpected intersection of spiritual ecstasies in the pentecostal faith of her childhood and...
Taylor Renee AldridgeApr 12, 2021
A new essay by Katherine Angel from the High/Low issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal, No.29.
Katherine AngelMar 15, 2021
Joshua Gutterman Tranen on Zak Salih’s “Let’s Get Back to the Party” and the need for more nuanced portraits of the staggering sweep of modern gay...
Joshua Gutterman TranenMar 14, 2021