Publications

Selected Bibliography of Publications

(Creative, Critical, Scholarly, and Reviews)

Poetry

• “Phantom.” Broad River Review, Volume 53, December 2021.
• “Charm, Offensive.” Variant Literature Journal, Issue 5. Oct. 2020.

Fiction & Creative Non-Fiction

• “Five Years, Thirty: A Reflection.” Emerging Writers: An Anthology of Nonfiction. Z Publishing, 30 Oct. 2018.
• “I Still Believe in Words.” Brave Voices Magazine, no. 1., 15 Oct. 2018.
• “Around the World.” Towers Magazine, no. 96, Spring 2017, engl.niu.edu/_pdf/towers-docs/towers.96.2016.v1.1.pdf.

Column Articles

• “Advocacy of Queer Storytelling and Memoir.” DIYMFA, 19 Oct. 2023, https://diymfa.com/reading/advocacy-of-queer-storytelling-and-memoir.
• “Nurturing Creativity and Amplifying Voices with LGBTQ+ Writers’ Contests and Programs.” DIYMFA, 27 Jul. 2023, https://diymfa.com/community/lgbtq-writers-contests-programs.
• “Transgender Literature: A Rich History and a Contemporary Renaissance.” DIYMFA, 2 May 2023, diymfa.com/reading/transgender-literature-history-contemporary-renaissance.
• “The Triumph of Two Boys Kissing.” DIYMFA, 7 Feb. 2023. diymfa.com/reading/triumph-of-two-boys-kissing
• “The Lasting Genius of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.” DIYMFA, 29 Nov. 2022, diymfa.com/reading/angels-in-america.
• “LGBTQ+ Literature in Translation: Notes of a Desolate Man.” DIYMFA, 20 Sep. 2022, diymfa.com/reading/lgbtq-literature-desolate-man.
• “Magic’s Pawn: A Classic of LGBTQ+ High Fantasy.” DIYMFA, 12 Jul. 2022, diymfa.com/reading/magics-pawn-lgbtq-high-fantasy.
• “Prepare Your LGBTQ+ Summer Reading List with Ten Must-Reads.” DIYMFA, 3 May 2022, diymfa.com/reading/lgbtq-summer-reading-list.
• “Writer to Writer: William di Canzio and E.M. Forster.” DIYMFA, 22 Feb. 2022, diymfa.com/reading/alec-by-william-di-canzio.
• “Want to Write Your Best? Find Your Writing Community!” DIYMFA, 7 Dec. 2021, diymfa.com/community/find-your-writing-community.
• “Why LGBTQ+ Writers Need to Read LGBTQ+ History.” DIYMFA, 21 Sep. 2021, diymfa.com/reading/why-read-lgbtq+-history.
• “Is there a Genre Best Suited to LGBTQ+ Stories? (And why is it Historical Fiction?)” DIYMFA, 6 July 2021, diymfa.com/reading/lgbtq-stories-historical-fiction.
• “The Magic of Queer Fantasy.” DIYMFA, 20 Apr. 2021, diymfa.com/reading/queer-fantasy.
• “What is LGBTQ+ Literature?” DIYMFA, 9 Feb. 2021, diymfa.com/reading/what-is-lgbtq-literature?

Criticism (selected)

• “Dreams as Narrative Structure in Wide Sargasso Sea.” ThoughtCo, Mar. 17, 2017, thoughtco.com/dreams-in-wide-sargasso-sea-3964610.
• “The Great Gatsby and The Lost Generation.” ThoughtCo, Jun. 27, 2018, thoughtco.com/the-great-gatsby-the-lost-generation-739963.
• “Individuality and Self-Worth: Feminist Accomplishment in Jane Eyre.” ThoughtCo, Jun. 27, 2018, thoughtco.com/feminist-accomplishment-in-jane-eyre-3997943.
• “Thoreau in the 21st Century: Can Walden Still Speak to Us Today?” ThoughtCo, Jun. 27, 2018, thoughtco.com/thoreau-in-the-21st-century-3990694.
• “Womanhood and Individualism: ‘The Awakening’ of Edna Pontellier.” ThoughtCo, Mar. 17, 2017, thoughtco.com/womanhood-the-awakening-of-edna-pontellier-4020783.

Scholarly

• From A Whisper to a Riot: The Gay Writers Who Crafted an American Literary Tradition. KDP, 2019. https://www.amazon.com/Whisper-Riot-American-Literary-Tradition/dp/1797500074
• Gay Men’s Literature in the United States (1903-1968): Uncovering the Buried Roots of a Queer Tradition. Dissertation, Northern Illinois University, 2017.
• “Queering the Postmodern: Dennis Cooper’s George Miles Pentalogy.” Watermark vol. 10, Spring 2016, cla.csulb.edu/departments/english/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WM10-Guts.pdf.

Reviews (selected)

• “Gone with the Wind: Echoing Through the Ages.” Literary Ladies Guide, Feb. 24, 2017, literaryladiesguide.com/literary-analyses/gone-with-the-wind-a-review-and-appreciation.
• “Orlando by Virginia Woolf: Gender and Sexuality Through Time.” Literary Ladies Guide, Feb. 12, 2017, literaryladiesguide.com/book-reviews/orlando-by-virginia-woolf-gender-identity-and-sexuality-through-time.
• “Sanditon: An Unfinished Novel by Jane Austen.” Literary Ladies Guide, Mar. 13, 2017, literaryladiesguide.com/book-reviews/sanditon-an-unfinished-novel-by-jane-austen.
• “‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ (1892) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.” ThoughtCo, Jun. 27, 2018, thoughtco.com/the-yellow-wallpaper-p2-3894032.