WARNING: THIS LITERARY JOURNAL CONTAINS EXPLICIT GAY/QUEER POETRY including SEX, LOVE, RAGE, HUMOR, SPIRITUALITY, FUCKERY, and JOY.

 

For years, Assaracus was the only print journal dedicated exclusively to the gay male poet. And, for years, we made an impact, providing early space for then-emerging authors such as Danez Smith and Ocean Vuong alongside the poetry veterans and elders who shaped a world so we could write.

 

After a hiatus and a necessary revisioning to embrace the entire LGBTQ+ spectrum, we're back, determined to shine a light on the dance clubs, the dive bars, the living rooms, the bedrooms, the backwoods, the alleys, the kitchens, and, of course, the fantasies, the furies, and the desires of all the queer writers who want a safe space to do just that.

 

Each book-length issue features a substantial portfolio of work by multiple LGBTQ+ writers (usually ten poems by ten poets), special features, and spotlights on the community. 

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Imperfect and gritty with an underground feel like the magazines of the 70s and 80s, we're not doing this for tenure. It's all about tenacity. 

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These voices are fun, sexy, dirty, strong, and determined. Above all, these voices are unafraid. 

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