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
Tag: memoir
Saints + Sinners ’25
This year’s queer lit fest in New Orleans took some unexpected turns. I participated in a lively panel discussion about genre (fiction vs. nonfiction) which was deftly moderated by Doc McLemore and featured my press-mate Brian Alessandro, Bobby Fieseler (whose new book American Scare investigates Florida Red-Scare era politics and draws a through-line to today’s),… Continue reading Saints + Sinners ’25
Reading from AoaKB at Pub Tri
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
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
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