February 1, 2020
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Upcoming publication in Harper’s Magazine
An excerpt from the forthcoming At the Center of All Beauty will be published in the March 2020 issue of Harper’s Magazine....
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February 22, 2018
Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays selected by American Library Association
Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays has been selected by the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow Committee for its 2018 list of "outstanding works of literature and nonfiction" of interest to LGBTQ readers and those interested in LGBTQ issues....
December 20, 2017
The Future of Queer: A Manifesto in Harper’s Magazine
Fenton's fourth cover essay for Harper's Magazine, The Future of Queer: A Manifesto, appeared in the January 2018 issue, to an outpouring of support (and a couple of cranks). ...
July 18, 2017
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Another rave for Everywhere Home
Here's a link to the Lambda Literary Review of Everywhere Home by D. Gilson, posted 18 July 2017: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/07/17/everywhere-home-life-essays-fenton-johnson/ ...
June 12, 2017
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Rave review for Everywhere Home
Read the rave review for Everywhere Home in the East Bay Review: http://theeastbayreview.com/2017/05/...
May 24, 2017
San Francisco Public Library Reading from Everywhere Home with Andrew Lam
Watch Fenton read from his new collection Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays at the James Hormel LGBT Center at the San Francisco Main Library, followed by his former student, author and editor Andrew Lam. https://youtu.be/HnWg3VAUHr4...
May 5, 2017
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Strong Reviews for Everywhere Home
Two strong reviews for Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-941411-43-8 http://tucson.com/entertainment/article_164b97f3-ac06-5d82-a2db-a186f07c775f.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&id=201408 ...
April 23, 2017
Reading/Talk at Western Kentucky University
Here’s a link to photographs and a recording from the April 20, 2017 reading and talk at the Bowling Green Barnes & Noble, sponsored by Western Kentucky University Libraries. This was the official premiere of my new collection Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays. http://library.blog.wku.edu/?p=13910...
December 4, 2016
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Salon names Geography of the Heart one of ten books the President-designate should read . . .
. . . even if he won't. http://www.salon.com/2016/12/02/no-more-reader-in-chief-after-obama-trump-the-nonreader-is-a-real-national-loss/ ...
July 28, 2016
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Full-length profile in the Arizona Daily Star
Read Christine Wald-Hopkins's full-length profile in the Arizona Daily Star:Author Fenton Johnson Draws Again from Kentucky Roots...