DateTitleVenueLinkAdditional Notes
4/8/26Review of Character Witness, by Jason BrownHippocampus Magazinehttps://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/04/review-character-witness-a-memoir-by-jason-brown/
1/14/26Splash Damage, part 2Queer Love Projecthttps://queerloveproject.substack.com/p/splash-damage-part-2Splash Damage is included by Sari Botton in her Memoir Monday roundup on 1/19/26.
1/9/26Review of Black Genius, by Tre JohnsonHippocampus Magazinehttps://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/review-black-genius-essays-on-an-american-legacy-by-tre-johnson/
1/7/26Splash Damage, part 1Queer Love Projecthttps://queerloveproject.substack.com/p/brian-watson-splash-damage-part-1
10/13/25Review of Rehearsals for Dying, by Ariel GoreHippocampus Magazinehttps://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/10/review-rehearsals-for-dying-digressions-on-love-and-cancer-by-ariel-gore/
9/20/25Open or ShutStone CanoeUpdated website link TBD
9/15/25Review of How the Hell Did I Not Know That, by Lucie FrostHippocampus Magazinehttps://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/09/review-how-the-hell-did-i-not-know-that-my-midlife-year-from-couch-to-curiosity/
9/11/25The QLP QuestionnaireQueer Love Projecthttps://queerloveproject.substack.com/p/the-qlp-questionnaire-brian-watson
9/1/25Credited designer for the trilogy of books by Leo HerreraAmazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Post-Leo-Herrera/dp/B0D979F5G4
https://www.amazon.com/Analog-Cruising-Manual-Leo-Herrera/dp/B0DJGPQYLC
9/1/25Credited translator for One of One, a film about the Naito Auto familyApple TV, Prime Videohttps://tv.apple.com/us/movie/one-of-one/umc.cmc.3r3kchpdiupwdazwiywkhs4m1
8/10/25Review of No Offense, by Jackie DomenusHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/08/review-no-offense-a-memoir-in-essays-by-jackie-domenus/
7/14/25Review of The Dry Season, by Melissa FebosHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/07/review-the-dry-season-a-memoir-of-pleasure-in-a-year-without-sex-by-melissa-febos/
6/10/25Review of What My Father and I Don’t Talk About, edited by Michele FilgateHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/06/review-what-my-father-and-i-dont-talk-about-edited-by-michelle-filgate/
5/6/25Review of Deep House, by Jeremy Atherton LinHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/05/review-deep-house-the-gayest-love-story-ever-told-by-jeremy-atherton-lin/
4/10/25Review of Rage, by Lester Fabian BrathwaiteHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/04/review-rage-on-being-queer-black-brilliant-and-completely-over-it-by-lester-fabian-brathwaite/
3/12/25I’m From Uproot (poem in Alyson Shelton’s series based on Where I’m From, by George Ella Lyon)Instagram Live, Youtubehttps://youtu.be/fnF9CVaLT_Q
3/11/25Review of Alligator Tears, by Edgar GomezHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/03/review-alligator-tears-a-memoir-in-essays-by-edgar-gomez/s
1/17/25I Finished My Memoir; Now, What Genre Is It?Brevity Bloghttps://brevity.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/now-what-genre-is-it/
1/11/25Review of The Loves of My Life by Edmund WhiteHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/01/review-the-loves-of-my-life-a-sex-memoir-by-edmund-white/
12/11/24Review of Docile by Hyeseung SongHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2024/12/review-docile-memoirs-of-a-not-so-perfect-asian-girl-by-hyeseung-song/
12/4/24Hugs: My Japanese Husband’s Love LanguageThe Queer Love Projecthttps://queerloveproject.substack.com/p/brian-watson-hugs-japanese-husband-love-languageThe publisher solicited an essay from me.
7/15/24UnfoldingTriQuarterlyhttps://www.triquarterly.org/issue-166/unfolding
6/24/24AbroadQueer Adventurershttps://queeradventurers.com/queer-voices-abroad/
6/1/24CardedWild Roof Journalhttps://wildroofjournal.com/issue-26-gallery-2/#BrianWatson
5/8/24Desire, Desiring, DesiredThe Audacity’s Emerging Writer Serieshttps://audacity.substack.com/p/desire-desiring-desired
3/17/24PrivacyInvisible Cityhttps://www.invisiblecitylit.com/nonfiction/privacy/
9/10/23Review of The Male Gazed by Manuel BetancourtHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2023/09/review-the-male-gazed-by-manuel-betancourt/
6/14/23AWP: A Numerical ReckoningBrevity Bloghttps://brevity.wordpress.com/2023/06/14/awp-a-numerical-reckoning/
6/6/23Review of Without Saints by Christopher LockeHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2023/06/review-without-saints-essays-by-christopher-locke/
2/2/23PositiveMessy Misfits, Issue 4https://messymisfitsclub.wixsite.com/zine/team-4(The link lists issue contributors.)
12/19/22Review of Halfway From Home by Sarah Fawn MontgomeryHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2022/12/review-halfway-from-home-essays-by-sarah-fawn-montgomery/
11/15/22Bending TimeWhite Ensohttps://www.whiteenso.com/bending-time-brian-watson.htmlrecipient of White Enso’s Award for Nonfiction
8/10/22Review of Another Appalachia by Neema AvashiaHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2022/08/review-another-appalachia-coming-up-queer-and-indian-in-a-mountain-place-by-neema-avashia/
6/15/22Marriage Equality Trajectories in the United States and JapanJETs on Japan Forumhttps://www.usjetaa.org/news/marriage-equality-trajectories-in-the-united-states-and-japan
5/15/22Review of Body Work by Melissa FebosBrevity Bloghttps://brevity.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/febos-body-work/
3/7/22An Unlikely MotivationHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2022/03/writing-life-an-unlikely-motivation-by-brian-watson/
3/7/22Review of Affliction by Laura HallHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2022/03/review-affliction-growing-up-with-a-closeted-gay-dad-by-laura-hall/
12/29/21A Meditation on Meditation on WritingBrevity Bloghttps://brevity.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/meditation-on-writing/
12/6/21Review of Special Topics in Being a Human by S. Bear BergmanHippocampus Magazinehttps://hippocampusmagazine.com/2021/12/review-special-topics-in-being-a-human-a-queer-and-tender-guide-to-things-ive-learned-the-hard-way-by-s-bear-bergman/
11/1/21Spinning the ThreadsJapan Local Government Center Newsletterhttps://mailchi.mp/jlgc/jlgc-newsletter-issue103
10/7/21Fiction? No. Memoir!Brevity Bloghttps://brevity.wordpress.com/2021/10/07/fiction-no-memoir/
7/15/21Wielding the Editorial MacheteBrevity Bloghttps://brevity.wordpress.com/2021/07/15/wielding-the-editorial-machete/
2/26/20translation of Midnight Encounters by Tei’ichi Hirai, within Country Delights – Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, volume 2Kurodahan Presshttps://www.amazon.com/Country-Delights-Kaiki-Uncanny-Tales/dp/4902075091/I am not credited on the Amazon listing, and the original publisher, Kurodahan, has ceased to operate. The first edition was printed in 2011. I am credited as a translator within the front matter.
7/28/15translation of Biogenesis by Tatsuaki IshiguroVertical Publishinghttps://www.amazon.com/Biogenesis-Tatsuaki-Ishiguro/dp/193428730X/I am not credited on the Amazon listing, but am credited within the front matter.

Brian’s literary CV is available here (in PDF format).