Michael Valinsky is a writer from Paris and New York. He received his BA in Poetics and Praxis at New York University. His work has been published in i-D Magazine, Hyperallergic, OUT Magazine, BOMB Magazine, NewNowNext.com, and Kirkus Reviews, among others. He is the author of .TXT, Zurich: 89plus/LUMA Publications, 2014. Michael is the former editorial assistant at Kirkus Reviews. He currently works and lives in Los Angeles.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Unlearning a White American Dream: On Meredith Talusan’s “Fairest”
Michael Valinsky reviews Meredith Talusan’s memoir, “Fairest,” about growing up trans and albino in the Philippines and the United States....
The Queer Time of Paul Lisicky’s Provincetown
Michael Valinsky on Paul Lisicky’s new memoir of his life in Provincetown during the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis....
Queer History Uncovered: A Conversation with Matthew Riemer
Michael Valinksy interviews queer historian Matthew Riemer about his new labor of love, “We Are Everywhere,” co-written with Leighton Brown....
Hidden in Plain Sight: A Forgotten Queer Brooklyn
Michael Valinsky reviews Hugh Ryan’s new study of Brooklyn’s queer history....
The Limits of Language in a Surrealist Age: Sabrina Orah Mark’s “Wild Milk”
Michael Valinsky drinks in Sabrina Orah Mark’s debut story collection “Wild Milk.”...
The Folly of Fighting Fate in “All the Names They Used for God”
In her debut collection “All the Names They Used for God,” Anjali Sachdeva mixes the delicate and the dangerous....
The Language of Bees: On Colin Winnette’s “The Job of the Wasp”
Michael Valinsky on the uncanny nature of Winnette's "The Job of the Wasp."...
To and from the Linguistic Shore of Ismail Kadare’s “A Girl in Exile”
Michael Valinsky appreciates the self-reflexive beauty of Ismail Kadare’s “A Girl in Exile.”...
Gender-Bending the Body: On Andrea Lawlor’s “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl”
Michael Valinsky reviews Andrea Lawlor's new novel....
The Reader as First Interpreter: On Cristina García’s “Here in Berlin”
Michael Valinsky reviews Cristina García's novel "Here in Berlin."...
