He was a tarnished Boy God of sun-soaked skin, North Carolina eyes, Arkansas tongue. Southern Colossus chiseled in Arctic-blue crystal and cloudy onyx, black hair he or I would push away from his eyes, black heart that in private pumped lava just for me. #poetry #gaypoetry

I think a guy reading a book at a bar is one of the most #sexy things there is. 📕 🔥 🍆

Blue Recluse@socalhermit.bsky.social · 2d ago

Is it a faux pas to have a book at a bar? 🤔Too “Looking For Mr. Goodbar”? 🤔 #WhatTriedToKillMeHadManyNames #GaySummerReading #MenReading #BodiesWithBooks @fathermarc.bsky.social #N2N #N2NBodywear #EnlightenedCorruptor #GayBooks #GayMemoir

I finished the upcoming memoir by @fathermarc.bsky.social and highly recommend it. Here's my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Jack doesn't play when it comes to book reviews.

Vast Country Hypnosis@vasthypno.bsky.social · last wk.

Airplane Reading: @fathermarc.bsky.social #LGBT memoir "What Tried to Kill Me Had Many Names" #BookSky📚 youtube.com/shorts/gtiRf...

🦁 Listen, Kid! siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/list... #poetry #booksky #lgbtq #leo

Yes! Shame and guilt can be so debilitating! When someone says something to make you feel ashamed, it doesn’t go in one ear and out the other! It gets trapped in your head and it grows! Fear and guilt then feeds it. Shame…Fear…Guilt - words - NOT FACTS - used by others to gain control. DISMISS THEM!

Lots of new followers! Thank you! If you wanna know more about me/Sibling Rivalry Press, this is your cheat sheet: arktimes.com/food-and-cul... #booksky #lgbtq

Poetic defiance: The revival of Sibling Rivalry Press, Arkansas’ hub for queer poetry - Arkansas Times

After a four year hiatus, Sibling Rivalry Press is back with a renewed focus on Arkansas’ queer poetry scene.

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NEW YORK! Sept 8 / 6:00 PM / BRYANT PARK / Introducing the next generation of SRP poets hosted by Kay Ulanday Barrett and MEEEEEE! 🐎 #nyc #poetry #gaypoetry #queerpoetry #disturb #enrapture

Cheers

Happy to have two poems in the July issue of “& Change” - but spoiler alert - they aren’t safe for work! Unless you work on the set of an adult video maybe. 🤔 www.andchangepoetry.com/issues/p/no-13

No. 13 — & Change

Published July 2026 24 Pages; 5.5” x 8.5” Issue 13 of & Change includes poems by: Loch Baillie Bryan Borland James Daniello Jr. Blue Fay Luke Janicki Jaymz Lea ...

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Hey you reading this. Have a good day. Do something nice for yourself. You deserve it.

THIS WAS WRITTEN BY ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS! NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU BELIEVE, I THINK THIS ARTICLE IS A “MUST READ” AS IT EXPLAINS SO MUCH ABOUT THE PHOBIAS OF OUR WORLD - AND MAKES US AWARE OF THE STAND WE MUST ALL TAKE, IF WE ARE TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE.

Jallen Rix@jallenrix.bsky.social · 2w ago

An article I recently wrote for OutNW Magazine.... doctorrix.com/3-difficult-...

❤️😭❤️#poetry

TNOrfeo@tnorpheus.bsky.social · 2w ago

The best poetry isn't about what is said, but often about what is unsaid. Just not the words, but the gaping, deep holes.

Madonna night at the club. Love these photos I snapped.

It’s never too old to play dress up and do a photo shoot. 🤼

"Find wonderful things about yourself and grow." Fundamentally, this is a book not just about survival, but growth and generosity. www.amazon.com/What-Tried-K... @fathermarc.bsky.social

Bryan Borland's first published poem. www.eclectica.org/v15n4/p_clar...

Great list. So many of these choices resonate with me. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

‘Beautiful and terrifying’: the best American LGBTQ+ books, chosen by Samuel R Delany, Kaveh Akbar, Eileen Myles and more

From 20th-century classics to little-known treasures, queer authors share their favorite books about LGBTQ+ life

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Sometimes I fondly think about the sax player in the film The Lost Boys. Don’t you?

One of our early readers! Thank you @tnorpheus.bsky.social !!!

TNOrfeo@tnorpheus.bsky.social · 3w ago

An important book. Get in your pre-order. siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/what...

Much love to Jerry Wheeler at Out in Print, one of the longest-running blogs devoted to #LGBTQ+ books. He asked me some burning questions. Here are my answers: outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/a...

A Conversation with Bryan Borland

After a too-long absence, Arkansas poet/publisher Bryan Borland is back, working both sides of the writing equation. Not only has he been busy writing new work (Brotherful and Listen, Kid: Selected…

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@jasonintoronto.bsky.social @goonerfox932.bsky.social The Reynolds Cosmopolitan spread appeared in 1972, a year before Playgirl was launched. In his soon to published "What Tried to Kill Me had Many Names", Marc Gauss tell about the first time he saw Playgirl and when he later stole one.

All pre-orders through our official website (siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/what...) have been placed into the distribution cycle and are starting to ship! That means Marc's story will show up in your mailboxes soon! #WhatTriedToKillMeHadManyNames

What Tried to Kill Me Had Many Names by Marc Gauss (Pre-Order)

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER TITLE. Titles generally ship one week before their publication date. This title's publication date is September 15, 2026. What Tried to Kill Me Had Many Names A Memoir of Spirit, S...

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"where a force of being dances / in something wilder than primal where / most days we are bright where / sometimes I crave dark and / without a word / he turns off the light". CROW IN THE DESERT poems by Byran Borland. Wonderful, challenging volume of poetry! www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Hom(o) Base

Here’s the story on Sibling Rivalry Press. Wanna know what energizes us? arktimes.com/food-and-cul... #poetry #gay #lgbtq #queer #literature

Poetic defiance: The revival of Sibling Rivalry Press, Arkansas’ hub for queer poetry - Arkansas Times

After a four year hiatus, Sibling Rivalry Press is back with a renewed focus on Arkansas’ queer poetry scene.

arktimes.com

We’re proud to publish Alex Gildzen’s A LITTER OF LISTS - and pumped to see it in the featured display at the famed Giovanni's Room bookstore in Philadelphia, one of our oldest LGBTQ+ bookstores. siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/a-li...

Images define civilizations by giving imaginations vocabularies; they stop being pictures & become icons. It's not court cases and changes in US law that created the new US, but Mapplethorpe's images, and the works of artists like him, that made the laws imaginable, and then real. Honor the artists.

I’ve pressed the button and put our pre-orders through our official site into production! That means you’ll get @fathermarc.bsky.social - WHAT TRIED TO KILL ME HAD MANY NAMES - well before the official publication date of 9/15! It won’t be in stores or ship from other sources till then - but…