I co-host the podcast “Queer Voices of the South,” where we talk with writers and publishers of LGBTQ+ books. Episodes can be found on the New Books Network: newbooksnetwork.com
For this episode of Queer Voices, I had a great talk with Joel Lafayette Fletcher III about his new book, With Hawks and Angels: Episodes from a Southern Life, published by the University Press of Mississippi. You can find the episode here. Joel Lafayette Fletcher, III served as an officer in the US Navy and lived abroad for a dozen years. He co-owned a language … Continue reading With Hawks & Angels
In this episode of Queer Voices I talk to Dr. Terry Chase about her book Spoke by Spoke – How a Broken Back and a Broken Bike Led to a WholeHearted Life, released in 2021 by Push On Press. You can find the interview here. About the Author Terry Chase, ND, MA, RN, CEIP-Ed, is dedicated to health, growth & learning. She has a deep and … Continue reading Spoke by Spoke
In this episode of Queer Voices I talk to Dr. Chris Belcher about her new book Pretty Baby – A Memoir, released in July 2022 by Simon & Schuster. You can listen to the episode here. About the Author Chris Belcher is a writer, professor, and former sex worker. She completed a PhD in English at the University of Southern California, where she is now Assistant Professor … Continue reading From Dominatrix to College Professor
In this episode of Queer Voices of the South I talk with Dr. Sherry Scott about her new book, “Playhouses: Sexuality and Fundamentalism,” released in February by Black Rose Writing. Sherry Scott, MD, is a pediatrician who has practiced palliative/hospice care for children and general medicine. She founded Paris Poet’s Society and published a juried anthology of poetry and photography, “What Brings You Here,” in … Continue reading On Sexuality and Fundamentalism. My talk with Sherry Scott
In this episode of Queer Voices of the South I talk to Dr. Gregory Samantha Rosenthal about her new book Living Queer History – Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City, released in December 2021 by the University of North Carolina Press. You can find the episode here. Gregory Samantha Rosenthal, PhD, is Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of the Public History Concentration at … Continue reading Living Queer History
In this episode of QUEER VOICES OF THE SOUTH, I talk with SHELBY CRISWELL, whose book QUEER AS ALL GET OUT 10 People Who’ve Inspired Me follows the daily life of one queer artist from Texas as they introduce us to the lives of ten extraordinary people. You can listen to the episode here. The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in … Continue reading Illustrating 10 LGBTQ+ Trailblazers
I had a great talk with Chris McLaughlin about her new book, MISSISSIPPI BARKING – Hurricane Katrina and a Life That Went to the Dogs, by the University Press of Mississippi, for the podcast I cohost on the New Books Network. McLaughlin is founder and executive director of the Animal Rescue Front. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Boston with a BA in earth … Continue reading Chris McLaughlin’s Category 5 Heart
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
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