Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTrue to its title, this novel traffics in threes. Alternating between three periods, with three main characters, it proceeds in chapters devoted to each. Jack’s story begins in the 1890s, Colin in the 1950s and David in the 1980s. Not until very late in the novel do you learn all of the connections among the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLittle Reef, Michael Carroll’s previous collection was a thoroughly enjoyable, layered assemblage of stories set in Florida and populated with gay men. His new collection follows a similar path but presents work that is more challenging, yet just as good. The inner voices of the characters may sometime seem scattered or hard to follow, especially … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHow does a reviewer write about a novel that centers on a particularly awful incident without ruining the reader’s discovery of how it affects the main character? Not an easy task but I will try to discuss the novel without revealing this central fact. Adult Ari Silverman is a tenured medieval studies professor at a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterSet in Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa, Paul is a queer theory student and works as a bartender. Though described as “quiet and white…like the whole state,” there is a sizable quotient of liberal, progressive students, released from their previous mundane environments and thrust into a whirlwind of new experiences. Paul’s experiences … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter“Why do people catfish? People don’t feel confident in who they are, so they pretend they’re someone else.” William Dameron’s selfie was stolen countless times. It would even show up as a Google image search for “forty-year-old, white male.” Many women were victims to scams perpetrated by men who assumed his image as their own. … Continue reading