I spoke with Alecia P. Long on her new book, CRUISING FOR CONSPIRATORS – How A New Orleans DA Prosecuted The Kennedy Assassination As A Sex Crime (University of North Carolina Press, Sept. 2021) for the podcast I cohost, “Queer Voices of the South” on the New Books Network. You can listen to the episode here. About the Book: New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison’s … Continue reading The Gay Conspiracy Agenda: My Talk With Alecia P. Long on Her New Book

I had the privilege of talking with TRUE-BADOUR Mary Gauthier (Yep, THAT Mary Gauthier) for the podcast I cohost on the New Books Network about her new book, “Saved by a Song – The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting” (St. Martin’s Publishing, July 2021) Here’s the link to the podcast. About the Book:From the Grammy nominated folk singer and songwriter, an inspiring exploration of … Continue reading My talk with Mary Gauthier!

I had the pleasure of interviewing Gale Massey about her new book of short stories, “Rising and Other Stories” for Queer Voices of the South, the podcast on which I am a principal host. You can find our talk here on the New Books Network. Here’s the book blurb: In story after story in her diverse new collection, Rising and Other Stories, Gale Massey illustrates the moments … Continue reading QVotS: My talk with Gale Massey

My Queer Voices of the South podcast co-host John Marszalek and I interviewed author Steven Capsuto about his fascinating book, Alternate Channels, and that interview is now available for listening on the New Books Network. Alternate Channels explores the fight for lesbian and gay visibility on 20th-century American television, as gay activists faced off with powerful, often vicious “traditional values” crusaders, with TV executives caught in … Continue reading QVotS Interview With Steven Capsuto

In the fall of 2020 my University Press of Mississippi fellow authors Pip Gordon and John Marszalek, and I started “Queer Voices of the South,” a new podcast on the New Books Network to showcase the work of other Southern writers like ourselves – writers who’ve published books in the LGBTQ genre. Here’s a list of the books we’ve covered to date: 2021 Episodes April … Continue reading Here Are All of the QVotS Podcast Episodes

Click to access my interview with Daniel Harrison on the paperback release of his new book LIVE AT JACKSON STATION. A great conversation about a fascinating book that will appeal to music historians, impresarios, fans of Southern literature, and anyone who likes a fast-paced tale about a notorious tragedy at a rambling blues club in small-town South Carolina. Continue reading My Interview With Daniel Harrison on the New Books Network