Back in 1985, while I was a journalism major at Wayne State University in Detroit, my professor drilled into my head the standard “Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How” lede to a story. And for years I followed it and the inverted... Read More

Following are reviews of some of the best recent indie LGBTQ nonfiction titles, reviewed in our April 2017 special LGBTQ section. What the Mouth Wants / A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging / Monica Meneghetti / Caitlin Press /... Read More

Following are reviews of some of the best recent indie LGBTQ fiction, reviewed in our April 2017 special LGBTQ section. Sons of Devils / Alex Beecroft / Riptide Publishing / Softcover $16.99 (232pp) / 978-1-62649-555-5 / Sons of... Read More

Editor’s Note: This poem by Jane Satterfield is being presented as part of our special focus on poetry during #PoetryMonth in April. Please read our introduction to the series. Morning’s cake & rain & cups of coffee. / I can’t see... Read More

Editor’s Note: This poem by Jan D. Hodge is being presented as part of our special focus on poetry during #PoetryMonth in April. Please read our introduction to the series. Cassius and Casca eye / Caesar’s ascendancy / jealously.... Read More

Editor’s Note: This poem by Diane Glancy is being presented as part of our special focus on poetry during #PoetryMonth in April. Please read our introduction to the series. I met a beautiful man who’d cooked chicken and rice / and... Read More

Anyone with more than a passing interest in grammar, style, and usage has likely been chided once or a million times to focus on what really matters, because, after all, “You know what I mean!” Sometimes, of course, this is true; a... Read More

Editor’s Note: This poem by Myrna Stone is being presented as part of our special focus on poetry during #PoetryMonth in April. Please read our introduction to the series. Dresden, Germany, June, 1852 If you have read them, Otto, you... Read More