The 30 Steps of Reporting A Rape as A Transgender Anarchist
Think about whether it was rape for a long time. When people tell you they are pretty sure you were raped, say, “But I took the...
R.O. Kwon on Writing About the Desire for Queer, Kinky Sex and the Cost of Being an Artist
How much are you willing to sacrifice for your desire? This is a central question of R.O. Kwon’s recent novel, Exhibit. Written in urgent and lyrical...
12 Brilliant Short Stories by Asian Americans to Read For Free Online
As Asian American Pacific Islander Month comes to end, it’s important to remind ourselves that the Asian American identity is more than just race or shared...
Night at the Freud Museum
A night at the Freud Museum! The idea appeals. I always think twelve hours the perfect length for any holiday. Philip Larkin at his most likable...
My Superstitions Are Your Inheritance
The following story was chosen by Carmen Maria Machado as the winner of the 2024 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. The prize is awarded annually...
9 Love Stories About Queer Communities
I wrote much of Lesbian Love Story during the Covid-19 lockdown, when I was desperate to build queer community inside the walls of my own home....
“Last Acts” Is a Father-Son Story Where Neither Man Knows How To Communicate
Alexander Sammartino’s debut novel Last Acts opens on David Rizzo, owner of a failing firearms store located in an Arizona strip mall, en route to the...
Yael van der Wouden Wants to Touch Everything
In her debut novel, The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden writes a tense, sensuous, and expertly-plotted tale of two women in post-WWII Netherlands who are thrust...
The Scariest Monsters Are The Ones We Can’t See
The first time I watched the movie Safe, it was for six minutes, and it was an emergency. I’d written a novel that opens with an...
10 Books That Shatter the Concept of Time
In high school I read Adrienne Rich’s A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far. My copy is dog-eared with outlines of lips I drew on...
