Getting lost in a relationship is kid stuff, literally. People do it all the time, and it's the matter of some of our greatest literature. Rarer is the chronicle of making it back out, which is both ...

This past week, Seán Hewitt published his debut novel, Open, Heaven. The story follows 16-year-old James as he comes to terms with his sexuality. Set in a remote northern English village, James longs ...

Open Heaven is the debut novel by Irish poet Seán Hewitt is reminiscent of Garth Greenwell, Justin Torres and Andre Aciman in the intensity of its evocation of sexual awakening. Set in a remote ...

The superb first novel from British and Irish poet Hewitt (after the collection Rapture’s Road) is a wistful account of a gay teen’s unrequited first love. In 2002, sensitive James is attracted to ...