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Christopher Isherwood at Home and Abroad
By Jake Poller
Unfortunately, most of humankind was in thrall in maya, and regarded themselves as separate from other people, disconnected to nature, siloed in an identity–American, queer, straight, male, female…
Domino Effect: An interview with the Playwright
Now extended through April 26th, Domino Effect is more than just a multigenerational queer immigrant story—it’s a layered exploration of how community, memory, and land shape our identities and connections.
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Disco Doesn’t Suck
By Asa Williams
Prior to the emergence of disco, due to the homophobic laws that prohibited same-sex dancing, most gay bars were underground dance bars; many of their attendees took bail money with them on nights out.
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Small Town, Big Secret
By Eduardo Martínez-Leyva
I began playing with language, tearing words apart, and putting them back together. The flexibility and wistfulness of poetry allowed me to come to terms with myself, my surroundings…
The Unwritten Rules of Silence
By Fendy Satria Tulodo
In Indonesia, some words carry the weight of culture, faith, and family honor. Some are never meant to be spoken at all.
Surviving a Kito Experience
By Osadolor Edokpayi
“Can you please come around? I’m preparing noodles. My folks went to church.” It seemed harmless. My mind, innocent and unsuspecting, didn’t sense any red flags. It was just a friendly visit.
Book Reviews
If They Could See Me Now
When Ford picked up stakes and went to New York or Paris for months at a time, he brought Indra with him. When he moved into another house in Chania, Crete, he brought Indra, who again took over as houseman and companion—though never as lover. This was in the mid-1970s, and both Paris and Manhattan were enjoying what may have been the last artistic flowering of bohemia.
A ‘Quantum Biography’ of Audre Lorde
A photograph of Lorde in front of a blackboard on which is written “Women are powerful and dangerous” has become a familiar, widely shared image. In response to attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and women’s and LGBT rights, the words of the self-described “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” have lately gone viral, turning her into an online superstar.
A Pioneer’s Progress
The crises faced by Cather’s characters seem remarkably similar to those of our own times. If all you know of her work is the novels you read in high school, these essays might motivate you to read the rest of her œuvre. Rereading her novels, I’m struck by how relevant they remain, and how women like Lena, Ántonia, Thea, Lucy, and Alexandra face many of the same struggles as do women today.
Beautiful Corpses
A SINEWY MAN stands erect with a serene gaze. He has a massive book propped against his muscular left thigh and he appears to have a toga draped around his body. As I approach this statue (standing in a corner of the chapel of the University of Milan), I realize that he is not just well-defined. Those are actually his muscles and that’s his own skin he’s bearing.
Beyond Identity Politics
Vaid writes incisively and critically about identity-based movements and the need to form coalitions and find common purpose with other minorities that society has left and continues to leave behind. Without such coalition-building, she argues, identity-based politics “does not lead to liberatory outcomes.”
When Gorey Really Got Creative
Best known as a writer and illustrator, Edward Gorey (1925–2000) was also a theater enthusiast. He designed the sets and costumes for Broadway’s Dracula, winning the 1978 Tony Award for Best Costume Design.