‘The Great Gatsby’ just got a very gay update
The Great Gatsby, is almost 100 years old, and is often examined with queer themes in mind, especially when it comes to its narrator, Nick Carraway.Like many of us who finally got around to reading those dusty paperbacks on our shelves during the pandemic, writer Jeremy Holt finally picked up The Great Gatsby during the COVID lockdown.
On their first reading, they immediately fell in love with its flawed characters, and began to wonder what this story could look like in a new context, from the perspective of teenagers in the 2020s, 100 years later.
As a nonbinary Korean American, Holt pulled from their own experiences to spotlight queer communities, multicultural narratives, and authentic representation set against the familiar backdrop of Long Island, NY, in their new graphic novel, Gatsby, a “multicultural thriller for the internet age,” which hits shelves in comic book stores May 10, and all other bookstores May 30.We caught up with Jeremy to talk all about Gatsby, and what it means to reimagine a beloved classic.Hi Jeremy!
Thanks for being here. Tell us about the process of looking at this classic, The Great Gatsby, through a queer lens.I’m a Korean adoptee, and a non-binary person.
