Philip Gambone

Philip Gambone’s debut collection of short stories, The Language We Use Up Here, and first novel, Beijing, were Lambda Literary Award nominees. His book of interviews, Something Inside: Conversation with Gay Fiction Writers, was named one of the “Best Books of 1999” by Pride magazine. His most recent book is Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans, an anthology of profiles based on his two-year odyssey around the country, during which he interviewed 102 prominent gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexual and queer folk. Gambone teaches English at Boston University Academy and in the writing program at the Harvard Extension School.