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Commonplace Book: The Moving Man

June 8, 2020May 31, 2020 driftlessareareview

“The Moving Man,” by Edward Field Continue reading Commonplace Book: The Moving Man

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Espresso Shots: And Then I Danced, by Mark Segal

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 driftlessareareview

“And Then I Danced” by Mark Segal is a memoir about LGBT activism. Continue reading Espresso Shots: And Then I Danced, by Mark Segal

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Commonplace Book: The Gay Sensibility

June 4, 2020May 31, 2020 driftlessareareview

John Rechy on gay sensibility. Continue reading Commonplace Book: The Gay Sensibility

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Espress Shots: Things We Are Not: M-Brane SF Presents New Tales of the Queer, by Christopher Fletcher

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 driftlessareareview

A “lost review” I originally wrote in 2010 about a queer SF anthology. Continue reading Espress Shots: Things We Are Not: M-Brane SF Presents New Tales of the Queer, by Christopher Fletcher

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Celebrating Pride Month!

June 1, 2020July 15, 2020 driftlessareareview

The Driftless Area Review celebrate Gay Pride! Continue reading Celebrating Pride Month!

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THE TESS LIEM INTERVIEW

December 21, 2019December 25, 2019 driftlessareareview

Tess Liem and I talk about the tension between revision and erasure as well the liberation coming from the manipulation of literary forms. Continue reading THE TESS LIEM INTERVIEW

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Obits. by Tess Liem

December 20, 2019January 29, 2020 driftlessareareview

Tess Liem challenges form and the exclusionary practices of the Western literary canon. Continue reading Obits. by Tess Liem

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Nature Poem by Tommy Pico @ NYJB

June 2, 2018May 25, 2025 driftlessareareview

Part backlash, part meditation, “Nature Poem” by Tommy Pico is an urban hipster’s struggle to write on a subject he feels is “stereotypical, reductive, and boring.” Continue reading Nature Poem by Tommy Pico @ NYJB

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Commotion of the Birds: New Poems by John Ashbery

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 driftlessareareview

In John Ashbery’s final book of poetry “Images coagulate and dissolve in a kaleidoscope of language.” Continue reading Commotion of the Birds: New Poems by John Ashbery

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Beautiful Berlin Boys, by Ashkan Sahihi @ NYJB

October 11, 2017May 31, 2025 driftlessareareview

“Beautiful Berlin Boys” by Ashkan Sahihi resounds as an affirmation of the beauty and individuality of the gay man.” Continue reading Beautiful Berlin Boys, by Ashkan Sahihi @ NYJB

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