A Q&A with Terry Galloway | I’m so honored that Beacon has published this anniversary edition. They love writers at Beacon, and even though I’m a one-book writer, I’m glad to be caught up in their regard. As for rereading “Mean Little deaf Queer”—oh my god! I could see every flaw, every misstep, every mouthy sentence. And not just that. I was blithely writing about things I wouldn’t have admitted to a therapist (if I had one). Read more →

A Q&A with Susan Swan | With the exception of my novel about a fraudster like Canada’s Conrad Black, you’re correct to say I’ve drawn from my life experiences for my fiction. Maybe that’s why it didn’t feel strange to write a memoir, a form that distills and dramatizes like a novel. And I had to find a trajectory through my story the way I do when I’m writing a novel. Read more →

A Q&A with C. Pierce Salguero | My primary goal in writing the book was to honor the complexity and diversity of spiritual experiences. Too often, spiritual traditions try to establish a singular “truth” or path, which can be limiting and even dismissive of other valid perspectives. The book is meant to be inclusive, providing a way to map different kinds of spiritual experiences without privileging one over another. Read more →

I used to be a huge writer and reader when I was growing up and still really enjoy writing today. As a kid, I didn’t really understand how much work is done between an author writing a book and a reader purchasing it at a bookstore, and it’s always been a little curiosity of mine. Read more →

By Bev Rivero | Beacon has a lot of reasons to celebrate this spring! Several authors received awards recognition for their books, so let’s recap. Last week, the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced, and Gayl Jones’s “The Unicorn Woman” was a finalist for Fiction in a livestreamed ceremony. Readers were quick to note that there were four finalists this year. Read more →

By Christian Coleman | The start of the forty-seventh administration in the White House sounded off the red alert for mothers of all stripes in the US. They were already on high alert during the years leading up to the 2024 elections. For the next four years, mothers will be Mothering with a capital M against this administration’s wrecking-ball rampage. Mothers making sure people who can become pregnant get the abortion care they need. Mothers who take in gay and trans children who’ve been rejected by their blood relatives. Read more →