Publications Listing

PUBLICATIONS

POETRY (PARTIAL LISTING)

More work is due out in late 2012 or 2013 in Bloom, Assaracus, Noctua Review, Blue Lyra Review, Painted Bride Quarterly and other publications soon.

• “Boy Wonder in Bondage” in the Painted Bride Quarterly, Issue 87: Costume (forthcoming).
• “Schuylkill River, Waiting for Dawn” in the Painted Bride Quarterly, Issue 85: Displacement (forthcoming).
• “Torn”. Kin, issue 3, Sept. 2012. http://wearekin.org/author/kmcquain/torn
• “Annabelle”. Stone Highway Review, Vol. 2.1, Sept. 2012. http://www.stonehighway.com/uploads/8/0/0/8/8008182/shr_2.1.pdf
• “Edinburgh, Afternoon Descant”. Chelsea Station, issue 3, Aug. 2012. http://www.chelseastationeditions.com/ChelseaStation-ALiteraryJournal.html
• “Magic Washing Machine” and “Old House”. Transient, Vol. 1.1, July 2012. http://issuu.com/transienteditor/docs/transient_summer_issue1?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222
• “Constellation”, “First Dog” and “Leather Bag, White Clock, Exit Door” in Press 1, Vol. 6.1, July 2012. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v6n1/mcquain.html
• “First Dog”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 20, 2012. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/148259065.html
• “Pussy Chant” in Certain Circuits, Vol. 2.1 (print issue) Spring 2012 and online in Fall 2011. http://certaincircuits.tumblr.com/post/13587416439/kelly-mcquain-received-an-mfa-from-the-university  **Nominated for “Best of the Net”.
• “Finish this Poem” in Press 1, Vol. 5.2, December 2011. http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v5n2/mcquain.html
• “Do Darlings Scream When You Murder Them?”; “Writing Poetry” in Black Heart Magazine, November 2011. http://blackheartmagazine.com/2011/11/28/2-poems-by-kelly-mcquain/
• “South Philly Neighbors” in Painted Bride Quarterly online, Sidecar Challenge, May 2011. http://pbq.drexel.edu/issue83/poetry/mccullough_begin.php
• “Recount” in Siren’s Silence, Summer 1998.
• “Flicker” in Siren’s Silence, Winter 1998.
• “Annabelle” in The Philadelphia City Paper, Writing Awards Issue, January 1, 1998.
• “Skullduggery” in Texture, Summer 1995.
• “This Angel” in American Writing, # 10, Winter 1995.
• “Solo Flight” in Nada, Summer 1993.
• “Alibi” (with Valerie Fox) in Amnesia by Valerie Fox and in Quo Modo, Summer 1993.
• “Triangle” (with Valerie Fox) in Texture, Fall 1992.

SHORT FICTION (PARTIAL LISTING)

• “Blueboy” in Icarus: The Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction. Volume 6, Fall 2010. Previously published in Rough Trade (Harrington Park Press), 2009 and in Best Gay Erotica 1999 (Cleis Press). Originally appeared in The Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly, Vol. 1: 1, 1999.
• “Erasing Sonny” in Philly Fiction 2 (Don Ross Books), 2009. Previously published in Skin and Ink (Alyson Publications, 2005) and originally appeared in Men On Men 2000, (Plume, 2000).
• “Breath” in Rebel Yell, Vol. 2 (Southern Tier/Haworth Press), 2002.
• “Poodle Beach” in The Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly, Vol. 2: 4, August 2001.
• “Burial Game” in The Philadelphia City Paper Writing Awards Issue, January 1, 1999.
• “Sibling Ribaldry” in The James White Review, Winter 1998.
• “Bride of Frankenstein” in Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review, Vol. 27: 1, Summer 1996.
• “Wishbone” in The James White Review, Summer 1996.

SELECTED ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS AND FEATURE STORIES

• “A New Golden Age of Superheroes” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 8, 2012. http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-09/news/32589497_1_comics-cosplay-superman.
• “Generations Lost, Generations Found” in The Harrington Gay Men’s Fiction Quarterly, Vol. 7: 3, 2005/06.
• “Rethinking Ruth: From the Biblical story, Simone Zelitch spins a tale of Holocaust survival and political revolution” in The Philadelphia City Paper Book Quarterly. October 5, 2000.
• “Paul Lisicky Mows Down the Competition with Lawnboy” in Art & Understanding, December 1999.
• “The Lives and Lies of Felice Picano” in Art & Understanding, November 1999.
• “Villainy” in Obsessed:  A Flesh and the Word Collection, Penguin/Plume Books, 1999.
• “How Stephen Fansler’s Go-Go Boots Saved My Life” in The Journal of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity, Summer, 1998.
• “What AIDS Teaches Us:  Novelist Allan Gurganus Tells All About What It’s Like to Play Well with Others” in Art & Understanding, February, 1998.
• “Sonia Sanchez:  The Lion Speaks” in Art & Understanding, January, 1998.
• “Jim Grimsley” encyclopedia entry in Gay and Lesbian Literature, Vol. 2, edited by Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, Albuquerque:  Full Circle Press, 1997.
• “Strange Truth, Awesome Imagination:  Unveiling the Obsessions of Author Scott Heim” in Art & Understanding, September 1997.
• “Jim Grimsley’s Blood Ties” in Art & Understanding, February 1997.

SELECTED ART AND BOOK REVIEWS

• “Two Men Who Build a Thing Akin to Marriage:  Edmund White’s The Married Man” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 2000.
• “Felice Picano’s The Book of Lies” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 7, 1999.
• “Michael Lowenthal’s The Same Embrace” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 8, 1998.
• “The Opposite of Sex” (film review) in Art & Understanding, September, 1998.
• “Two Hearts Desire” and “Men Together” in Art & Understanding, January, 1998.
• “Alan Gurganus: Plays Well With Others” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 23, 1997.
• “Felice Picano: A Writer’s Memoir, From N.Y. to Fire Island” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 22, 1997.
• “Steve Lopez’s The Sunday Macaroni Club” in The Philadelphia City Paper Spring Book Quarterly, June 19, 1997.
• “Jim Grimsley’s My Drowning” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9, 1997.
• “The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1996.
• “‘Law of Enclosures’ Wraps a Novel Around a Memoir” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 10, 1996.
• “‘Heart’ is Enviable Achievement:  Ashley Warlick’s The Distance From the Heart of Things” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 7, 1996.
• “Harriet Doerr Explores ‘Blood and Bone’ of Memory:  The Tiger In the Grass” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 26, 1995.

SELECTED READINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Artists Against Censorship: A Literary Benefit for the Burmese People.  Featured reader. Moonstone Arts Center, Philadelphia, August 25, 2011.
• Philadelphia as Literary Inspiration. Live at the Kelly Writers House (radio show). Featured reader.  WXPN, 88.5, University of Pennsylvania.  January 25, 2010.
• Harrington Park Press Reader Series. Featured reader. Saints and Sinners Literary Conference, New Orleans, May 2007.
• Spring Local Spotlight. Featured reader.  Kelly Writers House, April 9, 2002.

• Harrington Park Press Reading Series, Featured reader. Saints and Sinners Literary Conference. New Orleans, May, 2006.
• Harrington Park Press Reader Series. Featured reader. Saints and Sinners Literary Conference, New Orleans, May 2004.
• LaSalle University. Featured reader.  Philadelphia, PA, April 2004.

• Live at the Kelly Writers House (radio show). Featured reader.  WXPN, 88.5,University of Pennsylvania.  Airdate:  April 15, 2001.
• “Je T’aime, Batman, Je T’adore” (author). Writing Aloud:  A dramatic interpretation by InterAct Theatre. Adrienne Theatre Company, February 11, 2001.
• Walt Whitman Day. Featured reader.  The Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center.  Camden, New Jersey.  May 6, 2000.
• “Parody and the First Amendment” segment (radio guest).  The Mike Webb Show.  GayBC.Com Radio, Seattle.  Air-date:  January 27, 2000.
• “Freedom and the First Amendment” segment (radio guest).  LesBiGay Radio, Chicago. AM 1240/1470.  Air-date:  January 20, 2000.
• Q’Zine Radio. . Featured reader.  WXPN, 88.5 FM. Air-date:  January 9, 2000.
• “Burial Game” (author). Writing Aloud:  A dramatic interpretation by InterAct Theatre. Adrienne Theatre Company, October 25, 1999.
• Ethical Society of Philadelphia. . Featured reader.  May 24, 1999.
• City Paper Writing Contest Awards:  1999.  Award winner and featured reader.  Borders Books, Philadelphia, January 18, 1999.
• “Two Poets and a Dancer” (playwright/performer), with poet Tom Devaney.  Second Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, September 10 and 11, 1998.

MULTI-MEDIA & VIDEOS

• “First Dog” (video clip). http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/148259065.html

Advertisement