“Once you remember your queerness, the world opens up. The options abound. My life felt like it was closing in on me when I was in a heterosexual marriage. Now I feel like I can do anything. Good things are on the horizon.’’... Read More

We’re joined by a film star this week, one of the Star Trek actors who captured our attention in his role of Lieutenant Sulu in both the television and movie series. But don’t think George Takei rested on those laurels. In 1994, he... Read More

We’ve made the wise decision to let Emily Dickinson take over the duties of introducing this conversation between Michel Leboeuf and Kristen Rabe, reviewer of Michel’sLost Songs of Nature. Emily chose to do it in verse: “Hope” is... Read More

Gothic novelist Ronnie Turner has some pretty strong feelings about female beauty. In fact, the way beauty marks young women as targets for sexual abuse infuriates her. In the interview below, she cites the Pleiades myth—Orion stalks... Read More

This week we’re joined by Chloe Michelle Howarth, an Irishwoman whose debut novel explores the forbidden love of teenagers Lucy and Susannah in rural Ireland during the early 1990s—a time when homosexuality was criminalized in that... Read More

Today’s discussion of ritual and superstition got us thinking about human eccentricity. Why, for example, are we so prone to believe silly notions about crossing fingers, stepping on cracks, broken mirrors, knocking on wood, walking... Read More

“It seems that current immigration policy is driven by fear more than reality. For example, immigrants are being rounded up at workplaces such as farms, meat processing plants, and hotels to be sent to other countries. This aspect of... Read More

“I’m not sure you can teach someone to love that feeling of pushing their limits above gear, it seems some people are simply drawn to it. I have always loved the exposure below my feet and I don’t know why. I have spent years... Read More