field notes
Winter in Los Angeles
Sun. Yum.
conversations
An interview with the poet Kevin Bertolero, publisher of the gay poetry journal "& Change".
field notes
California from the window seat.
field notes
Scenes from strolls around town.
dispatches
Cyanotypes. Zine-making. Greek publications!
conversations
An interview with Leonidas Liolios, publisher and editor of "The Boy is Beautiful", a striking print celebration of queer Greek history and culture.
conversations
An interview with the photographer Dimitris Tairis about his book, "KERKIS".
dispatches
Back in California, dreaming of gelato. Also: PRONK notebooks!
The tentative, rough beginnings of a poem about being back.
field notes
[fragments from Rome]
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(A poem.)
like the past tense, like a rumour no one is quite willing to debunk.
What is left behind. What is longed for. What – maybe one day – I'll return to.
In a gallery. On a boat. A year apart.
Swimming in the same places, through similar feelings.
In this issue: a celebration of recent reprints, opportunities to encounter "The President" in the wild, and a handful of recs.
An interview with Brendan McHugh about the collaborative effort to bring "The Butch Manual" back into print.
On a road trip, paying homage to swimming spots, in late-summer California.
When grief is like marine layer (and: slowing down in urgent times).
An inauguration for my novel, "The President".
A note from Northern California.
A sexy political thriller + a beautiful print = fundraising for the Pride Shelter