Last night I had the honor of taking the stage at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival’s True Stories storytelling event. It was one of those nights that reminded me why we make art in the first place, and why we keep telling our stories even when the world feels heavy. I want to thank Kai Coggin , Poet Laureate of Hot Springs, Arkansas, for inviting me and for creating such a generous, electric space. Kai’s work in Arkansas and beyond, building community through poetry

My recent reading at the Bureau of General Queer Services (BGSQD) was something I will carry with me for a long time. I want to thank...

I’m holding the proof copy of Assaracus Issue 26 in my hands right now. It’s heavy in the best way, and it's alive, humming, electric....

Slip into something comfortable and join us for an Easy Sunday that’s equal parts poetry, pleasure, and provocation. Bryan Borland, poet,...

Afternoon summer rain. The first breath after good sex, that release after the release. A hummingbird returning from half the world away,...

As I ran this morning: News Alert: Inflation rose in July as President Trump’s tariffs intensified price pressures across a wider range...

Jerry Wheeler at Out in Print , an unparalleled su pporter of LGBTQ books for longer than I've been publishing, recently shared his...

When I founded Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry , I wanted a place where our voices could exist without apology. A place for the...

The Reel Queer Film Festival returns to Central Arkansas on August 21, 2025! Help us celebrate the evening before the festival by...

I've often wondered had I lived in NYC during Stonewall or the height of the AIDS crisis, would I have stood with my siblings in the...

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that parents, on religious grounds, can opt their children out of exposure to any books with LGBTQ+...

I'm full of gratitude to be included in the 2025 Catalyze Grantee Cohort. From the official announcement : Twenty-five artists in...

In 2016, I published DIG through George Mason University's Stillhouse Press, run at the time by the wonderful Marcos Martinez as...

I uploaded Brotherful to the printer yesterday, and I’ve put it up for pre-order on the SRP site . (Rob J. – don’t you dare. I’m sending...

Last summer, I was hosted by The Desert Rat Residency for Writers in Palm Desert, CA  - and during my stay, the dam broke, and I wrote a...

Ian Young called me this afternoon to tell me Felice died "peacefully and not alone." I'm proud to have called him a friend. When last I...

I've long held Allen Ginsberg in high regard as a queer elder. I've read "Howl" and the early poems and the final poems. I've seen him as...

I'm struggling with social media these days. It sure seems like there are a lot of "bot" accounts that are designed to make us upset /...

My grief grows with the years. I count seventeen Octobers come and gone,   imagine a green-eyed boy with hair the color of straw,  ...