Often, I tell people, “I like the word queer both for my gender and my sexuality because it makes me feel free.” I love the capaciousness.
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I Know Who Orville Peck Is
Drinking Guinness with the Dead During the Pandemic
by Justin Hamm
“who are you to demand to know if the eye of God is anything more than the shape of an open flower?”
A Bargain
by Bojan Babić, translated from the Serbian by John K. Cox
She’s bellowing to herself as she sits on the little portable stool. Vendors are charged an arm and a leg to get into the antiques fair.
Karma Sutra
by Sean Murphy
“Let us pray toxic males get reincarnated”
Minnesota Women Writers in Short Fiction:
Darci Schummer interviewed by Raki Kopernik
Raw talent is not necessarily a predictor of success. However, engaging regularly in your practice, listening openly to critiques of your work, and not allowing rejection to deter you will all help you succeed.
To Dust We Return
by Darci Schummer
The only cure was lying on her back and looking up at the sky—losing herself in the drift of clouds during the day and the rise of stars at night. Sometimes she wondered if anyone could see her, if anyone was watching.
Transgressive Divadom in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
by Robert Stinner
The diva, by definition, surpasses her surroundings. Her towering presence commands attention, and everything else fades away.
Pheromone
by Janet Dale
“Primal, this cycle, days after separation we search
for one another: our delicious ghost scent in
sheets or pillows, on shirts or skin.”
An Afar Triangle
by Dane Thomas Boberg, translated from the Danish by Peter Sean Woltemade
This is an excerpt from the fourth major section of the book Africana (Gyldendal, 2019). Translations of other chapters can be found in Asymptote, Wilderness House Literary Review, and Delos (University of Florida Press).
Underwater Storytelling
an Interview with Kelly Gray and Meredith Johnson
In thinking about privacy, I try to be brave with a small dose of disassociation thrown in for good measure.
