So it's release day for the first volume of ‘Joyful Reunion’ by Arise Zhang/Fei Tian Ye Xiang!! As a lifelong BL fan who’s also a gay guy, it was an honor beyond measure to work on this particular series (even in a minor...| Lee Mandelo
Now that it’s been about a month since the release of Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, I’ve done a little round-up of interviews, essays, contributor events, reviews, and sundry. So, here it is!| Lee Mandelo
Every year is strange in its own way, but 2024 felt super-charged—in good ways, in bad ways, in “how is it possible to juggle this much shit all at once” ways. As of right now, I’m halfway through the final year of my ...| Lee Mandelo
It’s fascinating how different audiences—people with different backgrounds as readers!—have responded to Summer Sons over time. Like, on occasion fans assume there’s some fanfic legacy at work, and ask why they can’t fig...| Lee Mandelo
Now for the most fun part of closing out 2023: my loose and disorganized list of some favorites from the arts and media world! Many of these pieces are "new" for real, released within the year, but many are only new-to-m...| Lee Mandelo
This was a fairly well-rounded year in terms of publications. A novella and a longer short story; some essays and some criticism; a few solid interviews—and the cover reveal for my forthcoming t4t, dyke4fag Appalachian h...| Lee Mandelo
How are we nearly through June? That seems impossible, but it's only a few days away. I thought I'd gather some announcements, publications, and other updates on the year so far—in case folks have missed anything!| Lee Mandelo
Exciting news! I'm going to be editing an anthology of queer short fiction with Diana Pho of Erewhon Books... and here's our call for submissions!| Lee Mandelo
And now, closing 2022 on the fun stuff: listing the various and sundry art objects and experiences that left an impression on me through the year. On January 1st, I always begin a word document tracking all the books, fi...| Lee Mandelo
Somehow, it seems we're at the end of 2022. What on earth happened? I'm writing this round-up bundled in blankets and house slippers, grumbling about the winter storm that blew through this week and hasn't quite left us....| Lee Mandelo
Somehow, the first quarter of 2022 has come to an end -- and so, time for a round-up of publications, announcements, and other fun treats. For one thing, I was accepted as a summer fellow for the Humanities Without Walls...| Lee Mandelo
With Summer Sons releasing on Tuesday, I thought I'd offer a small bonus-content post, in the form of the original author letter distributed to booksellers and critics with the advanced copies. It's got some of the core ...| Lee Mandelo
I’m sure I don’t need to note the haunted strangeness of 2020, because we’ve been struggling with it all across the globe, but writing year’s end wrap-ups has been especially odd. Time bends and squiggles: did that actua...| Lee Mandelo
There’s something fun about the decade that’s just ended for me, because if you’ve been keeping track, I began writing for Tor.com in 2010 – at age 19-turning-20. As a child of 1990, perfectly middle-Millennial, the deca...| Lee Mandelo
A number of folks reached out about having a more stable location from which to share the twitter thread on criticism, rhetoric, and "harm" that I wrote discussing some intracommunity issues I've been seeing pop up over ...| Lee Mandelo
