Stuff on the Internet You Should Read
September 19, 2012 § Leave a Comment
In no particular order:
My piece for Next Magazine on Lonely Christopher and his new chapbook Crush Dream, which is terrific, and which you should go order from Radioactive Moat (a BARGAIN at $6, including shipping). UPDATE: My copy arrived in the mail today–check out this gorgeous hand-painted cover: 
Also for Next, I wrote a preview of my most anticipated books coming out this fall. It’s a good season for gay lit.
Over at Lambda Literary Review, we’ve got a slew of great poets who’ve recently been featured in the Poetry Spotlight, including Stephen Zerance (“Anne Sexton’s Last Drink” and “Lindsay Lohan”), P. Elan (“What I Will Get), Nick Comilla (“Montreal Sestina” and “Pure Form”), and Chris Emslie (“Blanks”). « Read the rest of this entry »
Whatever Happens to Pussy Riot Happens to Me
August 17, 2012 § Leave a Comment
I wrote for Lambda Literary Review about the Pussy Riot verdict and last night’s reading of support at the Ace Hotel. Click the photo of the ever-elegant Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, one of the evening’s readers, to read the story. 
Things I’ve Learned from my Gay May-December Romance
June 14, 2012 § Leave a Comment
I’m 22; my boyfriend’s 48. Here’s a few things I’ve figured out along the way:
Have a sense of humor. If you can’t handle the “who’s your daddy?” jokes your friends are (inevitably) going to make, you probably have no business being in a relationship with someone twice your age in the first place. So rather than bracing yourself against the barrage of cradle-robbing and gold-digging jokes that are bound to come your way, just embrace your new role as a child-bride and make sure people are laughing with you, not at you.
Kink is cool! While my current relationship wasn’t my initiation into role play, it was the first time I realized adventurous sex and loving kindness aren’t mutually exclusive. So go ahead, let him be the pervy coach! Be the jailbait slut cruising in the bookstore! Have sex in (and/or with) a roomful of men! You don’t have to feel dirty afterwards—instead you can cuddle.
Reading List – 4/15/12
April 15, 2012 § Leave a Comment
- Michael Klein’s essay on his friendship with Adrienne Rich, over at Ploughshares.
- “The Amethyst,” an amazing new poem by Dorothea Lasky at jdbrecords.
- Pitchfork‘s Lindsay Zoladz on Fiona Apple and oversharing #confessionalrealness
- “Bloodletting” by Alex Dimitrov, from The Yale Review.
- “remember” by Sophia Le Fraga, at A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.
- Two poems by Shane Michael Manieri in the Poetry Spotlight at Lambda Literary Review.
- Out.com’s oral history of queer punk.
- Michael Stipe interviewing Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius for East Village Boys (Pts. 1 & 2).
- My latest Outwords column for Next Magazine, on the Divining Divas anthology: “Bowing Down and Queening Out.”
- So you can’t read them yourself, but you can listen to Lonely Christopher read some poems from his newest book, Crush Dream at A Voice Box. They’re awesome.
