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Alligator
A childhood memory of an alligator returns with fresh force after a diagnosis, exposing the long afterlife of fear, shame, and paternal judgment.
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BOOK REVIEW: CAPTAIN NI’MAT’S LAST BATTLE
The intimate account of a man claiming his homosexuality, embedded within the larger history of Egyptian society.
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BOOK REVIEW: THE MEMBRANES
In the 22nd century, humanity has scorched the earth. Attempts to undo the catastrophic results of global warming have proved futile, and a new kind of “Noah’s Arc” has been ...
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BOOK REVIEW: SOLO DANCE
In ‘Solo Dance’, by Li Kotomi, Japan – Asia’s most advanced country – is described as a “queer desert.”
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BOOK REVIEW: HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY
In Pasaribu’s stories, all places offer only temporary shelter, and all relationships are doomed to change or expire.
Normal Boys Don’t Ask So Many Questions
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Part III: Is Queer Fiction about doing something different?
I
Paris, 2013
I’m twenty-one. Alone and cold, I step off the Megabus onto ...
Real Boys Don’t Think About Thinking So Much
I’m standing outside the dorm rooms. It’s nearly the night, the sky a heavy blue, the trees turning black, the street lamps have come on.
Tough Boys Don’t Read About Boys Kissing Boys
I can relate, I can understand but I’m not being allowed to see anything, read anything, experience anything that I want to experience in real life.