By Lucas Gonzalez I first met the poet Jacques Rancourt in San Francisco in 2015. An interesting anecdote about the small and interconnected universe we writer-types live...
The Air B&B Guest – A Play by Sarah Congress; Act Two Scene III & IV (Part 5 of 5)
“Running away will never make you free.” —Kenny Loggins Editor’s note: the previous installment (Act Two, Scene I & II) is here, also check out the first...
The Air B&B Guest – A Play by Sarah Congress; Act Two Scene I & II (Part 4 of 5)
“Running away will never make you free.” —Kenny Loggins Editor’s note: the previous installment (Act One, Scene IV & V) is here, also check out the first installment...
An Illustrated Gift Guide for the Gay Aries in Your Life, by Caitlin Brady
In a dim and crowded Greenwich Village wine bar I arrive late and flustered to meet Brendan Boston, a Harlem-based set designer whose work has...
Barflies Vol. 1
(editor’s note: Beau/Brady are pseudonymous character names) BarFlies Vol. 1 JEEPNEY, New York, New York -February 2017- Nine O’clock P.M. (editor’s note: Beau/Brady are...
Representation Matters. Write Until It Doesn’t. by Fajr Muhammad (Our Word, School of the Arts)
Jia Tolentino and Puja Patel are friends. When you meet them it is easy to see why. Aside from the natural connections—both women of color,...
The ongoing conversation between queer writers: Garth Greenwell, on his new novel: an interview with Marcus Creaghan
What Belongs To You, the debut novel by Garth Greenwell, feels intimate, like a sleek, conspiratorial conversation in the dark. Greenwell, who is also a...
Madelaine Lucas: a conversation with author, poet, dancer, Maggie Nelson
Passion and philosophy are the twin rivers that run through Maggie Nelson’s body of work, most notably in her latest book, The Argonauts—though perhaps she...
The Air B&B Guest – A Play by Sarah Congress; Act One Scene IV & V (Part 3 of 5)
“Running away will never make you free.” —Kenny Loggins Editor’s note: the previous installment (Act One, Scene II & III) is here, also check out the first...
The Air B&B Guest – A Play by Sarah Congress; Act One Scene II & III (Part 2 of 5)
“Running away will never make you free.” —Kenny Loggins (Editor’s note: see part one here for character information, and look for parts 3 through 5 soon!) Time/Place:...
Cardboard House (novel excerpt) by Kayla Maiuri
Fiction by Columbia MFA graduate Kayla Maiuri: excerpt from Cardboard House. Prologue My mother didn’t come with us the morning my father drove me to...
The Air B&B Guest – A Play by Sarah Congress; Act One, Scene I (Part 1 of 5)
“Running away will never make you free.” —Kenny Loggins (Editor’s note: look for parts 2 through 5 over the next two weeks) Time/Place: Tuesday, November...