Interviews

Daniel Allen Cox on activism, identity politics, and writing as risk-taking

21 Apr

In this Q&A with Arsenal Pulp Press about his novel Krakow Melt, Daniel Allen Cox discusses activism, identity politics, and writing as risk-taking.

He responds to the following four questions:

You’re not Polish. How did this influence your choice of Poland as setting for Krakow Melt, the writing of the book, and how you think it has been received?

The situation for LGTBQ folks in Poland is a difficult one. Can you speak more about this and what—if any—impact you hope Krakow Melt might have?

How would you identify your characters—bisexual, queer, other, both—and is it important for you to clearly define sexual identity in your work?

Krakow Melt is a heart-in-throat read; your characters flout danger and take enormous risks. What role does risk play in your writing?

Krakow Melt shortlisted for Lambda Literary, Ferro-Grumley awards

21 Mar

Krakow Melt has been named a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in the Bisexual Fiction category. Winners will be announced at a gala in New York City on May 26, 2011, where Val McDermid and Edward Albee will be honoured for liftetime achievement.

See the full list of nominees

Krakow Melt is also a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction. The winner of this and other Publishing Triangle award categories will be announced at a gala in New York City on April 28, 2011. Allan Hollinghurst will be the guest of honour and recipient of the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement.

See the full list of nominees

Recent interviews with Daniel Allen Cox

7 Aug

Interview with Arsenal Pulp Press

Kilian Melloy of EDGE magazine interviews Daniel Allen Cox about Krakow Melt.

Boston-based EDGE publishes local editions in San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Provincetown, Philadelphia, New England, Miami, New York City, and Los Angeles.

Matthew Hays of Xtra magazine interviews Daniel about Krakow Melt.

Entrevue en français avec Natalia Wysocka pour NIGHTLIFE

Interview with Richard “Bugs” Burnett in HOUR

Interview with Alex Manley in The Link

Featured personality on Sex Life Canada

Interview with Michael Hawrysh in 2B Magazine

Interviews and profiles

13 Dec

12 or 20 Questions, June 2009
Interview with rob mclennan
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EDGE, June 2009
Review of my San Francisco Sex Worker Arts Festival performance
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BIGfib, March 2009
Conversation with Nick Alexander, excerpt
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Xtra!, February 2009
Burn before reading: A hot list of banned books
with Gordon Bowness
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Wordshock, February 2009
with Chris Stevens
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Quill and Quire, November 2008
Shucking the hustler game
with Matthew Hays
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HOUR, October 2008
Daniel Allen Cox shucks it all
with Laura Roberts
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Capital Xtra (cover), September 2008
Trade paperback: Daniel Allen Cox writes about freewheeling
’90s sex worker
with Chris Dupuis
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Xtra, September 2008
Daniel Allen Cox’s new book Shuck
with Chris Dupuis
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The Mirror, September 2008
Sleaze and the city
with Matthew Hays
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The Danforth Review, September 2008
with Nathaniel G. Moore
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CBC Radio One, August 2008
with Dave Bronstetter
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