Theo Solomon
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Kip Starling has locked himself in his Brooklyn basement study with a pistol and twenty-one gallons of Poland Spring. A publisher has given him three weeks to rewrite his book, and he must immerse himself in the mind of Mohammed el Adl, E. M. Forster's secret lover, who, like Kip, was Black, queer--an other. The similarities don't end there. Both of their lives have been deeply affected by confrontations with Whiteness, their homosexuality, their...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Description
A queer, revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne.
This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labors, his endless adventures… Everyone's favorite hero, right?
Well, it's not.
This is the story of everyone else:
• Alcmene: Herc's mother (she has knives everywhere)
• Hylas: Herc's first friend (they were more than friends)
• Megara: Princess of Thebes (she'll...