Stephen S. Mills (he/they) is the author of the Lambda Award-winning book He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices (2012) as well as A History of the Unmarried (2014) and Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution (2018) all from Sibling Rivalry Press. His work has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Fourteen Poems, The Los Angeles Review, and others. Two of his books were placed on the Over the Rainbow List compiled yearly by the American Library Association. He is also the author of the plays Waiting for Manilow and Is That All There Is? His fourth book Final Slash Boy is forthcoming from Broken Sleep Books in May of 2026. He lives in New York City. Website: stephensmills.com Instagram: @‌stephenscott22

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Q: Do you remember first hearing Jewel say faggot?

By STEPHEN S. MILLS

A bold choice to name an album after a song that was going to be hard to perform or get radio play.