While looking online for information on something else I've now forgotten, I discovered a fascinating essay in the Feb. 28 Yale Review: "Three Queer Writers on Craft and Cruising." The writers in question are Garth Greenwell (whose novel, What Belongs to You, we discussed in February 2017), Richie Hofmann and Carl Phillips (whose poetry collection, Silverchest, we discussed in February 2016). They convened over Zoom last November to discuss "queer subjecthood and literary craft--specifically, whether the two subjects were interrelated or disparate. Is sexuality merely a theme, or might it also comprise a stylistic mode? Can a 'queer aesthetic' be said to exist?" Their discussion also touches on many other topics, including sonnets, morality and why syntax might be the sexiest thing of all.
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