“I often wondered why we couldn’t talk about the present, why the past held all the promise while the future sat before us like stagnant water.” (CW: suicide, light spoilers) Kristen Arnett is one of my favorite people to follow in the internet. Though Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, 2019) is her debut novel, she’s […]
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Manic Pixie Dream Boy: James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’
If there is one takeaway I got from James Baldwin’s 1956 classic novel Giovanni’s Room, it’s that internalized homophobia kills.
Flung Out of Space: Amy Feltman’s ‘Willa & Hesper’ is a Complicated Queer Love Story for Our Time
A sprawling epic of internal growth, sparked by a love story.
On ‘How to Write an Autobiographical Novel’ by Alexander Chee and Reading With Your Heart
Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, and reading for the heart. This book is perfect come on in.