For OUTspoken, the Publishing Triangle‘s monthly reading series at the BGSQD, I field-tested an excerpt from Chapter 1 of AFTERLIFE OF A KEPT BOY (Available for pre-order from C&R Press, the new release date is May 16th, 2025) Thanks for Rob Byrnes for landing all those blurbs! Link to Youtube recording. I go on at… Continue reading Reading from AoaKB at Pub Tri
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Memoir Land Questionnaire
On her popular substack, Sari Botton has honed this questionnaire beautifully, engaging authors on both craft and content. The below answer points to two authors in the sex work lane who have guided the writing of AFTERLIFE OF A KEPT BOY: I was once given an assignment to write a chapter for an academic textbook… Continue reading Memoir Land Questionnaire
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
Appearing on Sniffies Podcast
I appear on episode 8 of Sniffies‘ podcast “Cruising Confessions.” Sniffies is a GPS-enabled gay hookup website. Launched in 2018, the website was developed by Seattle-based architect Blake Gallagher, who was driven by his interest in analog cruising patterns in urban spaces. The podcast episode is entitled “Talk Dirty to Me” and with co-hosts Chris… Continue reading Appearing on Sniffies Podcast
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.
at SWAF in Tucson
The Sex Worker Arts Festival had panels, parties, and a robust line-up of films, including the fantastic documentary “The Celluloid Bordello” by Juliana Piccilo and the short “Sugar” by Alyssa Brayboy. I was the Emcee and one of the readers in the Festival’s Literary program, called THE CLITERATI. We heard from four readers, and the… Continue reading at SWAF in Tucson
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
Lemebel feature in the G&L Review
My feature on Chile’s queer performance artist/writer renegade voice, which he once characterized as “mariconaje guerrero” (“warrior faggotry”) appears in the May/June Gay & Lesbian Review, under the issue theme of “Unsung Heroes.” The below excerpt describes a performance by Lemebel and collaborator Francisco Casas (as Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis entitled La Conquista de américa:… Continue reading Lemebel feature in the G&L Review