
Douglas Stuart Reads “The Englishman”
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
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The Color of the Boys in the Back of the Album
William picked up the album with a sigh, flipped it and opened it to the back page. The quality of the photographs was different here, but it was certainly all the same young men. They were kneeling or spread eagled on the bed, surprisingly submissive poses for boys who looked like they carried shanking knives. I could stomach feeling dominated, powerless in a sexual situation, but i didn't like to feel bought.
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