Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When writing "Middle Spoon," Varela, who considers himself a public health worker first and writer second, was "thinking about the ...

The narrator of Alejandro Varela’s novel-slash-diatribe about polyamory in contemporary gay life is a self-professed overthinker/oversharer who mounts a full ...

As people celebrate their 21st birthdays, they’re slapped in the face with new challenges. Vestiges of teen angst, rebellion and perceived invincibility fade while convention, conformity and ...

Watch the video and listen to Middle Spoon below. Cheekface’s spring tour, which is with Pacing, starts April 3 in San Diego and hits Brooklyn on April 25 at Elsewhere Hall. They’ve also got a UK ...

When was the last time your heart broke? It could have been a year ago or way back in high school. Maybe it was romantic in nature, or maybe it cracked while doomscrolling through the news of the day.

A “Middle Spoon” would be one of three people cuddling in bed. Which doesn’t happen in Varela’s conception. An unnamed 40-something, Latino narrator (who seems to be a stand-in for the writer) with an ...