The Queer Syllabus: Transgender History by Susan Stryker
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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I Am a Camera: Talking with Ali Fitzgerald
Ali Fitzgerald discusses her new graphic memoir, DRAWN TO BERLIN.
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A Thin-Bladed Grace: Kristin Chang’s Past Lives, Future Bodies
Each luminous metaphor lays claim over sadness or violence, remaking it.
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The Queer Syllabus: “Fragments, on Love and Desire” by Sappho
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Complicating Narratives: A Conversation with Bushra Rehman
Bushra Rehman discusses her new poetry collection, MARIANNA’S BEAUTY SALON.
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Learning to Co-Exist with Fear: A Conversation with Vivek Shraya
Vivek Shraya discusses her new book, I’M AFRAID OF MEN.
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The Queer Syllabus: Threshold by Joseph O. Legaspi
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Black Belt Eagle Scout’s Self-Determination
When I was growing up, I was surrounded by art and music.
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The Queer Syllabus: House Rules by Heather Lewis
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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The Queer Syllabus: Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors by Tomi Ungerer
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Too Sexy”
I am not coked out of my mind, I’m coked into my mind.
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The Queer Syllabus: “The Outing” by James Baldwin
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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The Queer Syllabus: The Watermelon Woman by Cheryl Dunye
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Every Moment Is a Poem: A Conversation with with Ailey O’Toole
Ailey O’Toole discusses her forthcoming chapbook, GRIEF, AND WHAT COMES AFTER.
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The Queer Syllabus: The Ballad of the Sad Café by Carson McCullers
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Slow Burn: A Conversation with Katie Jean Shinkle
Katie Jean Shinkle discusses her new novel, RUINATION.
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Transgressing Familiarity: Talking with Thomas Page McBee
Thomas Page McBee discusses his new memoir, AMATEUR.
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The Queer Syllabus: Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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The Inadvertent Postmodernist: A Conversation with Sarah Schulman
Author and activist Sarah Schulman discusses her forthcoming novel, MAGGIE TERRY.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Taylor Mulitz’s Social Media Mentors
I’ve always had a voyeuristic relationship with social media.
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A Two-Hour Dance Class in Thirty Minutes
When she called out for floor performance I knew this would not be my day.
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Two Extraordinary Books: Bullets into Bells and Inquisition
The obscenities and tragedies of American life pile up with speed, and in quantities, that are appalling.
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Country, Black Ass, Queer Perspective: Talking with Michael Arceneaux
Michael Arceneaux discusses his new memoir, I CAN’T DATE JESUS.
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A Kind of Communal History: Nepantla edited by Christopher Soto
Fundamentally, [Nepantla] is an act of history-making in verse.
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Pulling the Thread Through: Talking with Tina Alexis Allen
Tina Alexis Allen discusses her memoir, HIDING OUT.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: D. Gilson
Place is context in part, but it is not context in summation.
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Mixed Feelings: The Power and Limits of Labels
Maybe I’m not bisexual. What am I?
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Moments within Days within Seasons: Talking with Alicia Mountain
Alicia Mountain discusses her debut collection, High Ground Coward, the surveillance state, and queer representation in the poetry world.
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A Part of Me
Now my not wanting men to be front and center in my life capitalized sperm into a rare commodity. Empowered reproduction is largely a myth.
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Lessons from a Life: Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
[T]he effect of reading Chee’s essays is to be reminded of why we write, but also, why we read, even in these times of never-ending distress.
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