Well my press was a no-show but I was adopted by the good folks at Queer Love Project. I had a book signing at their table (sold out my stock!) and took the stage at the QLP Offsite at The Club Car, a queer bar with a fab crowd. I gave them my sex worker… Continue reading AWP ’26 Baltimore
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Panel w Columbia Queer Alliance
The blizzard postponed this event, but we eventually convened for some lively discussions. Sadly, recent events 🍉 have resulted in heavy security measure to access the Columbia campus, once a more inviting and porous part of the city fabric. My memoir AFTERLIFE OF A KEPT BOY touches on two diasporas: the southern Italian of the… Continue reading Panel w Columbia Queer Alliance
Queer Discourse Podcast
I had a really enjoyable convo with Lou Barrett of Purple Palm Press, who hosts the Queer Discourse podcast. QD also has stellar episodes with authors Torrey Peters and Jason Yamas, check them out too. Lou & I discussed some major themes of AFTERLIFE OF A KEPT BOY: agency, solitude, the Italian-American condition–and got into… Continue reading Queer Discourse Podcast
Felice Picano’s AMBIDEXTROUS reviewed
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
Memoir pub date!
Bruce Benderson suggested inverting the original title to AFTERLIFE OF A KEPT BOY and the amazing folks at C&R Press agreed. He also suggested the 2-part structure, the (solar) kept boy period and the (lunar) afterlife. After some delays we made it to the pub date! The Press is honestly courageous publishing a queer, sex-work… Continue reading Memoir pub date!
Flying car gay bars: Queer Utopia episode
The episode of Sniffies Cruising Confessions Queer Utopia features all of the season’s interviewees reflecting on the notion of Queer Utopia as outlined by late writer José Esteban Muñoz (Cruising Utopia, 2009, NYU Press). One heavily circulated quote from Muñoz describes queerness as felt as “the warm illumination of a horizon imbued with potentiality.” Another… Continue reading Flying car gay bars: Queer Utopia episode
Appearance on WROTE Podcast
On this long-running podcast showcasing queer authors, I discuss with co-hosts Baz Collins and Vance Bastion the stories collected in BONDS & BOUNDARIES, and in particular the queer Gen-X condition. Listen here: http://tun.in/tBbXTX (scroll down to Season 9, episode 17) or Watch on YouTube.
Interview w Kyle Carrero Lopez for Lambda Lit
I sat down with Kyle Carrero Lopez, a poet whose work “centers power, social life, and Afro-Cuban histories,” to discuss the writing process and prevalent themes of my short story collection. Check out his chapbook Muscle Memory (cover art below). I love this couplet which ends his poem “Untitled (Havana, 2000)”: a man who thinks… Continue reading Interview w Kyle Carrero Lopez for Lambda Lit
Reading for Filth–a new incarnation
The original Reading for Filth was started by Dean Johnson at Hattie Hathaway’s Rapture Cafe in the East Village in 2007 (RIP legends). This new incarnation, organized by drag performer Eileen Dover, took place in Hell’s Kitchen at Frankie’s Pub and featured myself, Nora Burns, Michael Musto, and Jayysinn. The event was in the spirit… Continue reading Reading for Filth–a new incarnation
BONDS & BOUNDARIES for pre-order
“Dale Corvino gives us visceral access to his characters’ brains. Each of these pieces delivers something whole. You can tell he’s been around, and you’re bowled over by the humanity that has grown from it.” —Bruce Benderson, Author of The Romanian My debut collection of short stories is now… Continue reading BONDS & BOUNDARIES for pre-order