G(&)LIT

A literary microblog for the Gay and Lesbian Review-Worldwide

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Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life by Michael Nott review – the poet laureate of Haight-Ashbury

The San Francisco poet’s work is richly illuminated by this detailed account of his early traumas, dread of ‘deep emotion’ and addiction to casual sex

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30 L.G.B.T.Q. Artists Look Back on the Pleasures and Pain of Being 30

For Pride Month, we asked people ranging in age from 34 to 93 to share an indelible memory. Together, they offer a personal history of queer life as we know it today.

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He’s a Queer Colombian, Lost in His Mind, Dreaming of Home

Santiago Jose Sanchez’ debut novel, “Hombrecito,” follows a young immigrant as he grows up in the United States, struggling to identify with a masculinity he’s never felt and a country he never knew.

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Author Justin Torres knows that resurrecting queer history makes for a better world - Queerty

At the 74th National Book Awards, author Justin Torres won the fiction award for 'Blackouts.'

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27 of the Best LGBTQ+ Books to Read This Pride

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A Masque of Difference and Likeness: On Michael Nott’s “Thom Gunn” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Daniel Swain reviews Michael Nott’s “Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life.”...

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The real Christopher Isherwood

The poet’s candid project of self-discovery prefigured autofiction and shaped a generation of writers.

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File Thom Gunn’s Life Under the Tortured Poets Department

A comprehensive new biography, by Michael Nott, lays bare the tragic circumstances behind a brilliant iconoclast’s life and work.

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Bobby Finger Pays Tribute to New York’s Gay Community, Then and Now

The second novel from the co-host of the “Who? Weekly” podcast follows a West Village writer in the early 1990s and today.

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The Best LGBTQ+ Books, From Powerful Memoirs to Thought-Provoking Fiction

Read with pride! These are the queer literature gems you must add to your collection.

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Review | Four books to read for Pride Month

A look at the history of the Olympics and a novel with a lost, likable hero are worth your time.

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A reading list for celebrating the LGBTQ+ community

A curated collection of titles that uplift queer voices and experiences to bring "freedom and healing" to readers.

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A Pioneering Queer Novelist, Reiussed by an Unlikely Publisher

The work of late queer author Fritz Peters has fallen off the radar and out of print—leaving room for a small Los Angeles production company to pick up rights to the books, reissue five of them, and fast track the process of adapting them into films.

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Trailblazing LGBTQ reporter Randy Shilts' life to be chronicled in new book

A pioneering journalist who was the first openly gay reporter to write for the San Francisco Chronicle, Randy Shilts left an indelible mark on LGBTQ+ storytelling in the Bay Area.

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David Bergman’s ‘Plain Sight’ is a Wake-Up Call to See the Wonder in Each Day

After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s, the retired Towson University English professor wrote his latest work of poetry—exploring new subject matter as he copes with aging and the evolving relationship with his body.

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Our Queerest Century: A series on LGBTQ+ people’s inerasable contributions

With queer lives under threat, Our Queerest Century highlights the contributions of LGBTQ+ people since the 1924 founding of the nation's first gay rights organization.