Every year around this time I try to post this picture taken by Joseph Ambrosini of the New York Daily News appearing in the paper as the fist photograph published of the beginning of the Stonewall Riots and it documents homeless LGBTQ youth fighting back against police brutality. I also always keep a print copy of this …
I feel like I talk a lot about how in so many ways Roving Pack was not the book I thought I would find myself working on after Kicked Out, though if I’m being honest (which I strive to be in my writing) I really had no idea what I would be working on next. …
One of the aspects of Kicked Out that people most frequently comment on are the haunting photographs interspersed within the anthology. They were taken by NYC based photographer Samantha Box, and I’m thrilled that today her work was featured on TIME Magazine’s LightBox photography spotlight! Sam is an incredible photographer who captures the beauty and grittiness …
Read more “Kicked Out contributor Samantha Box’s photos of homeless queer youth featured in TIME !”
When I began working on Leather Ever After I didn’t know what fairy tale I would end up choosing to pervert for it. Folks familiar with my writing know that my work often takes a turn for the dark, the less neatly wrapped up endings, and generally is just about as far from the dragons, …
I’ve been talking a lot here on the blog about Roving Pack and the scrappy bunch of characters that have consumed so much of my creative life for the past few years and are right now so incredibly close to being out in the world and in your hands, tucked into your backpacks for subway …
Read more “Laura Antoniou to write the introduction for Leather Ever After!!!!!”
I think it’s finally starting to sink in for me that Roving Pack will be here in just a couple of short months. With the manuscript safely to the fabulous layout person, i’ve begun turning my attention to plans for the release – online, in new york, in other cities, and the European tour that …
If you’ve been following my blog in the last month or so it’s no surprise to you that the death of Maurice Sendak hit me hard. He was one of my favorite authors, and truly an inspiration to all of us who try to do dangerous things with our stories, to reach people, and tell …
This has been quite the weekend for Roving Pack . I sat and actually looked at a calendar- oh goodness! It’s really hard to believe just *how * soon the release actually is! I know the summer is just going to fly by which is a little nerve racking, but mostly it’s exciting. I’m so. …
Last month Sinclair Sexsmith and I sat down and talked about leather writing for Lambda Literary online. They have a new anthology that just released (that I’m in!) and I’d just put out the call for Leather Ever After. We were talking about our own work and relationship to being leather writers, as well …
Read more “More lessons from Roving Pack – what if leather wasn’t about sex at all?”
I’m not the biggest believer in astrology, but sometimes something comes along and slaps you across the face. This week it just happened to be my horoscope: “Here’s a great question to pose on a regular basis during the next three weeks: “What’s the best use of my time right now?” Whenever you ask, be …