Results for: Feel good
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Rosalie Knecht’s Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery, But Is a Gay Noir Must-Read
There’s another kind of revolution happening within this sequel, and that’s where Knecht really blows the doors off the noir genre.
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“When Katie Met Cassidy” Is the Queer Romance We Deserve
Reading “When Katie Met Cassidy” felt like closing a wound left open by other queer/same-sex romances that came before it.
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Read a F*cking Book: Eileen Myles’ “Chelsea Girls” is Back, Better Than Ever
It’s the kind of book that takes hold of you. Chelsea Girls is like sitting in someone else’s heart and mind as they go back through an entire lifetime of becoming who they are in that moment, and those are the kinds of moments you can’t just walk into and out of at random.
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Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: Meredith Maran’s “A Theory of Small Earthquakes”
A Theory of Small Earthquakes is a novel about bisexuality, family, and secrets, with a narrative that’s quite different from the typical work of women’s fiction.
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Read A F*cking Book: Tanwi Nandini Islam’s “Bright Lines” Adds Color To LGBTQ Fiction
In a multigenerational, transcontinental tale, Bright Lines weaves together issues of gender and sexuality across cultures, migration, in/dependence, family secrets, conflict and tragedy, and well, botany.
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The House At The End of Hope Street: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview
This book is a feel-good and I highly recommend it for hammock reading! Even if you don’t have a hammock, it should definitely go on your summer reading list.
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Read A F*cking Book: Mia McKenzie’s “The Summer We Got Free”
The Summer We Got Free is a story of family, of generational healing and the power of queerness.
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Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Ann-Marie MacDonald’s “Fall On Your Knees”
What if the nerdy bookstore owner from “Better Than Chocolate” wrote a book of her own? Oh, wait, she DID!
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Autostraddle Read a F*cking Book Club #3 – Bastard Out Of Carolina
“Oh, but that’s why I got to cut his throat,” she said plainly. “If I didn’t love the son of a bitch, I’d let him live forever.”
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Autostraddle Read A F*cking Book Club #1: Eileen Myles’ Inferno
Did you read Inferno by Eileen Myles, our first-ever Autostraddle book club selection? I sure as hell hope so, BECAUSE IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.