Several recent articles have reported on how the current crisis of censorship in the US has made publishing LGBTQ+ books much more difficult. I don't doubt this, but I also want to offer a slightly different take on the current situation — one that brings in the broader historical context.
Read MoreThe last month has been full of literal upheaval for me, because Amy and I decided to sell our house and move.
Read MoreLast month, I participated in the Mass Freedom to Read Advocacy Day at the State House in Boston, where members of our coalition met with legislators to try to push our freedom to read legislation forward.
Read MoreLast year, I was contacted by Erika Taketa, a book binding artist, who asked permission to turn "New Year" into a book object using some very special cloth: a Pride flag that has flown in San Francisco's Castro District.
Read MoreMy next book is a memoir, and it incorporates free verse, found poetry, and lyric essay. In other words, it’s very different from my other books, but it also engages with a theme that runs through everything I’ve written.
Read MoreFive years ago today, on Jan. 19, 2021, Last Night at the Telegraph Club was first published. It has had such an incredible journey over the last five years!
Read MoreI'm writing this post sitting in my orange armchair in my attic, under a blue blanket, on the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. I've just had a cup of Ti Kuan Yin tea, after returning from a chilly walk with Leia in the tiny patch of woods in our neighborhood.
Read MoreLast week, PEN America released its fourth annual report on the state of book banning and censorship in America, and I learned that Last Night at the Telegraph Club was the fourth most banned book in schools during the 2024-25 school year.
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