Michael Nava is the author of a groundbreaking series of seven novels featuring a gay, Latino criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios. Nava is a six-time recipient of the Lambda Literary Award in the mystery category, as well as the Bill Whitehead Lifetime Achievement Award for gay and lesbian literature.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
A Great Spirit Trapped in a Tiny Life: On Cherríe Moraga’s “Native Country of the Heart”
Michael Nava visits “Native Country of the Heart,” a new memoir from Cherríe Moraga....
The Violence Before Pride: On James Polchin’s “Indecent Advances”
Michael Nava looks at James Polchin’s "Indecent Advances," a queer history drawn from the annals of the early 20th-century criminal justice system....
Cruising for Sex, Cruising the Political: Alex Espinoza’s “Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime”
Michael Nava reviews Alex Espinoza’s “Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime.”...
Gay Noir Pioneer
Michael Nava surveys the career of gay crime novelist Joseph Hansen....
