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For JP Brammer, the notion of community often felt like a label he didn’t choose—until a year like no other forced him to redefine what the word could mean.

"How do I make peace with the years I lost in the closet?" John Paul Brammer reflects on the teenage girl he dated before he came out, and on how the past shouldn't be seen as disposable.

How Jeff VanderMeer Prevents Writer’s Block Credit...Jillian Tamaki April 15, 2021 “I get superstitious,” says the author, whose latest novel is “Hummingbird Salamander”: “I once had a book sent to me that was disrupting my ability to write a novel because of a superficial similarity between the two. I took that book and dug a hole and buried it deep in the backyard.” What books are on your night stand? I chose the night stand for its stalwart qualities and it is currently holding up well under the eclectic weight of an advance copy of John Paul Brammerâ€�...

If 2021 is shaping up to be anything like 2020, we’re looking at a lot more time with only ourselves for company. Luckily, Latine authors are up for the challenge of helping to fill that time. From a novel-in-verse about maybe falling in love with Selena’s ghost to a memoir about growing up queer and biracial in rural Indiana, 2021 promises us a dizzying variety of novels, memoirs, and poetry to carry us through the remaining lock-in. Here are 10 books coming out (mostly) in the first half of 2021, to keep you company while you wait for your vaccine: Marcos Gonsalez, Pedro’s Theory: R...

By Liza Monroy | These days, essayist Annabelle Gurwitch ( You’re Leaving When?, Counterpoint, Apr.) appreciates writing that offers closure. “With the pandemic, everything’s taking so much longer,” she says. “It seems harder to complete tasks, but reading essays and short stories, I get that beginning, middle, and end experience.” Personal essays in particular can offer a welcome sense of connection with the writer, say other practitioners of the form. “One of the things I miss most about having a social life is meeting a new friend, or reconnecting with an old one...