In honor of Pride month I’m giving away two Advance Readers Copies of my next novel, A Scatter of Light (coming out Oct. 4, 2022). I’ll sign, personalize, and ship one copy within the US, and one copy internationally, and as always, you (subscribers to Lo & Behold) get an extra chance to win.
Read Morein honor of Crystal Jang and in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, I’m thrilled to be giving away 10 copies of Last Night at the Telegraph Club — open internationally! I’ll be sending five copies to readers around the world and five to those within the U.S. The deadline to enter is May 31, 2022.
Read MoreIf you follow me on Twitter or if you remember my National Book Award acceptance speech, you’ll know that for several months now, right-wing efforts to remove books about people of color and LGBTQ people from schools and libraries (including public libraries) have been ramping up across the U.S.
Read MoreEvery year I do an annual review in which I look back on what I did and look forward to what I hope to do in the year to come. I just reread my post from last year, and wow, it seems like it happened a century ago. So much has happened since then, and so much of it was at extremes.
Read MoreI’m thrilled to share the news that my next novel, titled A Scatter of Light, will be published in fall 2022. Here’s the whole convoluted inside publishing backstory of how this book came to be.
Read MoreThe 1954 police raid on Tommy’s Place and 12 Adler, two San Francisco lesbian bars, was sensationalized in the local media, but also gave a glimpse into the secret lives of the city’s queer women.
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