The Myth of Fluency and a Search for New Language
Author Daniel Allen Cox on building stories, fluency, and the power of language… read more
Author Daniel Allen Cox on building stories, fluency, and the power of language… read more
Collections such as this also invariably bring up the question, “What is a ‘gay story,’ anyway?” Is it simply a story that a gay person has written? Something that features gay characters prominently? How much focus needs to be on the uniqueness of gay life, or can the protagonist be someone who “just happens to be gay?” Does the author have to be gay—or male—to do it justice?… read more
Lambda Literary Award Finalist Krakow Melt (Arsenal Pulp Press), by Daniel Allen Cox, follows the life of Radek, a Polish artist whose struggle against homophobia throughout the novel descends like a vector into destruction and pyromania. The book opens in Nowa Huta, a suburb outside Krakow, Poland. It’s 2005, a year after the country has… read more
Some of the most exciting books this year also feature bisexual themes. From the mythical Alcestis to homeless kids in San Francisco’s Castro, here are six titles to consider…. read more
The 2010 Atlanta Queer Literary Festival took place earlier this month. Author and AQLF board member, Collin Kelley, shared this slideshow with LambdaLiterary.org. The premiere LGBT literary Festival in Atlanta, the 4th annual AQLF brought together a diverse assortment of poets, novelists and authors for a week-long celebration of readings by some of our favorites,… read more
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