ESQ: Your book tracks Fire Island through the past century and concludes in the present, considering the climate crisis. You also discuss residencies that support queer artists of color.

The first rule of Fire Island is: You talk about Fire Island—a lot. Hulu’s recent movie, directed by Andrew Ahn, goes down as easy as a vodka soda on an 85-degree summer day, which makes the ...

Jack Parlett’s “Fire Island” is a sweeping, meditative history of the queer summer mecca. By Wayne Koestenbaum FIRE ISLAND: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise, by Jack Parlett The ...

Jack Parlett’s new book, “Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise,” opens with the serendipitous meeting in 1882, in Camden, New Jersey, between two powerhouses of modern ...