A twink-death-forward review of my memoir AFTERLIFE OF A KEPT BOY appears in Issue 005 of The Whitney Review of New Writing. I also appear in the issue as a contributor, reviewing a memoir by the late Felice Picano, whose death in March came while we were actively corresponding. Despite health challenges, Felice was gracious… Continue reading Felice Picano’s AMBIDEXTROUS reviewed
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The Twink Death of it all
Only days after its publication, the first review of AFTERLIFE OF A KEPT BOY is out. More than feeling seen I’m feeling clocked! Writing in the Whitney Review of New Writing Issue 005, Journey Streams gets into the twink death narrative of it all. Full transcript of the review: When a twink dies, what else… Continue reading The Twink Death of it all
TWEAKERWORLD Review in The Whitney Review
I found this memoir remarkable for Yamas’ ability to write through his drug use and not around it. Leaning to impairment, he invites the reader to examine their own. TWEAKERWORLD won the 2024 Lambda Literary Gay Memoir/Bio Award. My review appears in Issue 4 of THE WHITNEY REVIEW, now printed by Asterism. Yamas spent a… Continue reading TWEAKERWORLD Review in The Whitney Review
WE THE PARASITES review @ G&LR
After reading dozens of queer nonfiction titles in the process of judging three (!) awards last year, A.V. Marraccini’s WE THE PARASITES was one of two that really stayed with me. It’s a slim volume with an outsized impact, lyrical, probing, fraught with emotions and erotic longing. From the review, which went live on the… Continue reading WE THE PARASITES review @ G&LR