Lawrence Schimel (New York, 1971) is a full-time author and anthologist who’s published over 90 books, including Fairy Tales For Writers (A Midsummer Night’s Press), The Future is Queer (with Richard Labonté, Arsenal Pulp Press), and Two Boys In Love (Seventh Window), among others. He won Lambda Literary Awards for his books First Person Queer (with Richard Labonté, Arsenal Pulp Press) and PoMosexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality (with Carol Queen, Cleis Press). His poem, “How to Make a Human,” won a Rhysling Award for Best SF Long Poem. He lives in Madrid, Spain.

Poem

“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole” (Winter 2007)