Michael Valinsky

Michael Valinsky is a writer from Paris and New York. He received his BA in Poetics and Praxis at New York University. His work has been published in i-D Magazine, Hyperallergic, OUT Magazine, BOMB Magazine, NewNowNext.com, and Kirkus Reviews, among others. He is the author of .TXT, Zurich: 89plus/LUMA Publications, 2014. Michael is the former editorial assistant at Kirkus Reviews. He currently works and lives in Los Angeles.

Unlearning a White American Dream: On Meredith Talusan’s “Fairest”

Michael Valinsky reviews Meredith Talusan’s memoir, “Fairest,” about growing up trans and albino in the Philippines and the United States....

MICHAEL VALINSKY

MEMOIR & ESSAY

GENDER & SEXUALITY

The Queer Time of Paul Lisicky’s Provincetown

Michael Valinsky on Paul Lisicky’s new memoir of his life in Provincetown during the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis....

MICHAEL VALINSKY

MEMOIR & ESSAY

GENDER & SEXUALITY

Queer History Uncovered: A Conversation with Matthew Riemer

Michael Valinksy interviews queer historian Matthew Riemer about his new labor of love, “We Are Everywhere,” co-written with Leighton Brown....

MICHAEL VALINSKY

HISTORY

GENDER & SEXUALITY