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New in September
September signals the start of the official fall book season, one of the busiest times of the year for publishers and authors alike. Some exciting fiction titles this month include Monique Truong‘s...
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The Gays: Gift Guide
A little light reading for the gay guy in your life. BOB THE BOOK by David Pratt Chelsea Station Editions “Bob the Book makes a perfect gift—not only to yourself, but to friends who love books.” —Wayne...
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23 Highly Anticipated* Books of 2011
AWP 2011 was abuzz with old friends and new friends alike. In between the lectures, panels, readings, and receptions we compiled this list of new and forthcoming books that authors, publishers, editors...
View Article‘I Am J’ by Cris Beam
What happens when you identify as an adolescent male on the inside, but the outside world—including your conventional Puerto Rican and Jewish parents, your classmates and sometimes even your best...
View ArticleChad Harbach: The Strategies of Baseball, Friendship, and Love
“…these guys, whether or not they would ever admit it, I know they spend a lot of time looking at one another’s bodies, comparing bodies to one another, in very close contact. So you know, whether or...
View Article‘Ninety Days’ by Bill Clegg
When I first got sober 27 years ago, the furthest thing from my mind was to write a book about it – particularly a book that faced those first 90 days which were such a maelstrom of anxiety and...
View Article‘Astray’ by Emma Donoghue
A young woman in Victorian London, forced into prostitution to support her family, grasps at a new life. A childlike German mercenary, fighting for the British during the American Revolution, is...
View ArticleEmma Donoghue: Going Astray
“I like the oddness of historical events; they’re messier and therefore more startling than whatever I would invent.” Emma Donoghue is an award-winning and best-selling author of seven novels, five...
View Article‘Ask the Passengers’ by A.S. King
When you send your “love” and thoughts out to the riders of an airplane flying above your head, can the passengers feel it? Does it make a difference to them? Does unconditional love exist? Can you...
View ArticleDavid Sedaris: Funny Ha-Ha
“I think my dad felt that there was just no place in the world for me, that I was just such an unpopular [kid], such a nerdy mess, that if he could mold me into a different kind of person maybe I would...
View Article‘Frog Music’ by Emma Donoghue
Frog Music opens with a song—fitting, given this music-filled narrative—and a murder. Jenny Bonnet, frog-catching, cross-dressing, loveable misfit, meets an untimely demise in the first scene; Blanche...
View Article‘Delicious Foods’ by James Hannaham
I suppose it would be better if I didn’t review James Hannaham’s searing and beautiful Delicious Foods (Little Brown) until I’ve found some distance between the novel and me. After all, doesn’t...
View Article‘Imagine Me Gone’ by Adam Haslett
To sum up Imagine Me Gone (Little, Brown) as a novel about an affluent family’s struggle with mental illness is to make it sound far more predictable than it actually is. With this novel of familial...
View Article‘Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward...
What an inviting cabinet of curiosities we have in Mark Dery’s Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey! Every chapter is a revelation–each its own self-contained...
View Article‘Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States’ by Samantha Allen
As she journeys across America with fellow queer Billy in tow, we find Samantha Allen leaving the Houston house of trans wife-and-wife riot grrl duo Giant Kitty. “When I leave—and I don’t want to—I...
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Navigating a Red-State Book Tour: A Week in the Life of Samantha Allen
“Now, I wish I could write a Real Queer America 2 about this magical book tour—and then do a book tour for that sequel while writing Real Queer America 3, repeating the process ad infinitum. That’s how...
View Article‘Astray’ by Emma Donoghue
A young woman in Victorian London, forced into prostitution to support her family, grasps at a new life. A childlike German mercenary, fighting for the British during the American Revolution, is...
View ArticleEmma Donoghue: Going Astray
“I like the oddness of historical events; they’re messier and therefore more startling than whatever I would invent.” Emma Donoghue is an award-winning and best-selling author of seven novels, five...
View Article‘Ask the Passengers’ by A.S. King
When you send your “love” and thoughts out to the riders of an airplane flying above your head, can the passengers feel it? Does it make a difference to them? Does unconditional love exist? Can you...
View ArticleDavid Sedaris: Funny Ha-Ha
“I think my dad felt that there was just no place in the world for me, that I was just such an unpopular [kid], such a nerdy mess, that if he could mold me into a different kind of person maybe I would...
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