Author: Kristen Arnett

  • The Shortlist: March 21, 2025

    The Shortlist: March 21, 2025

    Nonfiction by Sarah Mullens, fiction by Lincoln Michel, Camara S. Garrett, Tracie Adams and Kristen Arnett, and crap from ChatGPT.

  • The Birthday Clown of Your Queer Fantasy by Kristen Arnett

    A raunchy, hilarious and unforgettable excerpt from Kristen Arnett’s new book Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One. I’ve entertained an entire backyard full of people with nothing but a wooden spoon and a cast-iron pan as accompaniment, drumming the theme from The Brady Bunch while simultaneously dancing a jig. I’ve landed a somersault on a Slip…

  • Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett

    An excerpt from Arnett’s novel of the same name. This is a bizarre and hilarious story about a somewhat sinister, adulterous lesbian clown. Dwight had already seen me perform back when I was first starting out. He’d liked it fine, he’d said, but it wasn’t exactly his thing. That I understood—my big brother was never…