26: Garrard Conley and SJ Sindu on the Mainstreaming of Queer Identity

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, fiction writers Garrard Conley and SJ Sindu discuss writing about queer identity with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. In part one, Conley talks about having his book Boy Erased adapted for film, and writing about the evangelical community. In the show’s second half, Sindu talks about writing about the closet, and how the publishing industry imagines readers will react to content about queer people of color.  Readings for the episode:

Readings for the episode:·      Boy Erasedby Garrard Conley·      Marriage of a Thousand Liesby SJ Sindu·      Funny Boy  by Shyam Selvadurai ·      The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth·      The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall       ·      Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeannette Winterson            

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