It Gets Better Project Becomes a Book
From Internet Meme to Published Book The initial idea for the It Gets Better Project came from a message on Dan Savage’s nationally syndicated column, Savage Love. He’d blogged about the suicide of...
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Rainbow Book Fair Invades LGBT Center
New Paradigms for Queer Lit The Third Annual New York Rainbow Book Fair took over the 3rd floor of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center on Saturday, for an afternoon of literature....
View ArticlePEN World Voices Festival—Opening Night
PEN American Center kicked off its seventh season On the first day of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, the sky threatened rain all afternoon long. New Yorkers carried...
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A Conversation with Dale Peck and Abdellah Taïa
PEN World Voices Festival Dispatch True or false? Abdellah Taïa is the first openly gay author from Morocco. Taïa adores French actress Isabelle Adjani. Taïa had homoerotic feelings towards his older...
View ArticleD.A. Powell salutes Angelo Nikolopoulos
“Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Contest Winners’ Reading Remarks by D. A. Powell Though the delights and temptations of the flesh have captivated many writers, we can probably count on one hand the...
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Saints and Sinners Gather in New Orleans
“Coming Home” to the Big Easy The 9th annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was held on May 12-15 at various venues in New Orleans. The publication of Saints and Sinners 2011: New Fiction from...
View Article‘Christian Publishers and Authors Can Stop Worrying and Embrace Same Sex...
Come Out of the Woods, Christian Soldiers; World War Gay Has Ended: In this oft hilarious yet fact-ridden piece, author John Shore explains why Christian publishers and authors who support same-sex...
View ArticleThe 2012 Publishing Triangle Awards
The annual Triangle Awards, recognizing excellence in gay and lesbian literature, were presented last night at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium in New York City. Also honored were activist and...
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PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature Dispatch: Three...
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature Dispatch 1. Michael Cunningham didn’t take the stage right away at the Museum of Modern Art. This event, billed as a celebration of Diane Arbus,...
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‘Holy Soul Jelly Roll’ (Re)launches at the Rubin Museum
Early last Friday evening, friends and fans of Allen Ginsberg gathered at the Rubin Museum of Art to celebrate the digital re-release of Ginsberg’s four-disc 1994 album Holy Soul Jelly Soul,...
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