Tag: Golnoosh Nour
Queer Life, Queer Love
We will admit to being a tad biased on this new glorious anthology of the best writing from the margins as one of its editors is Queerguru contributor Golnoosh Nour, and it includes work from Queerguru Contributing Editor Jonathan Kemp Queer Life, Queer Love explores characters, stories, and experiences beyond the mainstream. Celebrating the…
Queerguru: THE BEST QUEER BOOKS OF 2021
Queerguru asked two of our prominent book reviewers for their FIVE FAVORITE QUEER BOOKS OF 2021. Queerguru London Contributing Editor Jonathan Kemp writes fiction and non-fiction and teaches creative writing at Middlesex University. He is the author of two novels – London Triptych (2010), which won the 2011 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award,…
MELISSA FEBOS talks about GIRLHOOD her collection of essays with Golnoosh Nour
Golnoosh Nour interviews Melissa Febos about her collection of essays: GIRLHOOD (Bloomsbury, 2021) Melissa Febos is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, WHIP SMART (St. Martin’s Press 2010), and the essay collection, ABANDON ME (Bloomsbury 2017), which was a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist, a Publishing Triangle Award finalist, an Indie Next Pick,…
Dennis Cooper : I WISHED “one of the most anticipated books of 2021” is reviewed by Golnoosh Nour
I WISHED is one of the most anticipated books of 2021. It is Dennis Cooper’s first novel in a decade and is described as ‘his most open and personal work to date’ by Soho Press, and ‘his most surreal, disturbing, vulnerable work yet’ by Vogue. According to Kirkus Reviews, I WISHED ‘…expands the possibilities of…
Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘In The Dream House’ : reviewed by Golnoosh Nour: the latest addition to the Queerguru Team
IN THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE IN THE DREAM HOUSE is a mind-blowingly original book; not just because of its dreamy prose that weaves gothic aesthetics with hyperrealism, but also the incredibly sensitive subject matter – domestic abuse within a lesbian relationship. Sensitive for all the nuanced and well-argued reasons mentioned in the book, including the fear…
