Justin Torres features none of the materials that usually occupy a political novel. There are no riot scenes, no courtroom confrontations. Rather, the primary drama is intimate: the hushed conversations between two men in a hospice.
By Robert Weissberg For most Americans, labels such as “gay,” “non-binary,” and even “members of the LGBTQ+ community” are generally used interchangeably to describe those preferring same sex partners. This imprecision suffices for ordinary conversation, but it fails to capture a key political disti