Let first note this bit of stereotyping and backward sexual politics by the gray lady: the LGBT-centric literary salon is portrayed as hotbed of raw, sexual energy and frisson, whilst the more or less straight one is comfortably asexual and strictly focused on critical theory.

But I have to say, as someone who is not in a position to personally sample the atmosphere at either group’s gatherings, that The New Inquiry is a great new literary website and you should be reading it. Really. It’s much better than mine.

As a place to start, I found this article to be of particular interest.