Mattie Lubchansky’s Folk-Horror Graphic Novel ‘Simplicity’ Is Transcendent
Lubchansky illustrates trans sexuality as sensual and transcendental but also with all the messy awkwardness and vulnerability that comes with human intimacy.
I Have Never Felt More Cherokee Than While Reading ‘To the Moon and Back’
This novel is queer in the best ways.
Twenty-Five Years Later, Michelle Tea’s ‘Valencia’ Remains Stunning Portrait of Lesbian Life
Valencia permitted me to romanticize my world.
The Toxic Lesbian Vampire Novel That Turned Me Into a Fantasy Reader
V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil sunk its fangs into me and never let go.
‘So Gay For You’ Is Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More
‘So Gay For You’ is a loving portrait of chosen community, a roaming time capsule of queer pop culture, a platonic love story, a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking show and an introspective, juicy celebrity memoir.
Dawn Staley’s Memoir Welcomes a New Generation of Women’s Basketball Fans Into Her Greatness
Uncommon Favor isn’t just a memoir about Dawn Staley; it’s a history lesson in the growth of women’s basketball.
‘A Sharp Endless Need’ Lives in the Intersection of Sex and Basketball
At their heart, great sex and great basketball rely on the same fundamental principles: trust, attention, collaboration, and a desire to create something with whoever you’re with.
The Hidden History of Lesbian Phone Lines
London Friend’s Lesbian Line, which opened in 1989 and closed in 1999, was one of many gay and lesbian phone lines across the UK.
Meryl Wilsner Has Done It Again With This Friends-to-Lovers Romance With Killer Sex Scenes
In a sea of skinny sapphic romance novels, I found Wilsner’s latest to be a refreshing change for the genre.
Jasmine Guillory’s First Sapphic Romance ‘Flirting Lessons’ Is a Fun Take on a Classic Trope
Overall, Flirting Lessons is about what happens when you try to overcome what other people think about you.
From Wives to Exes to Friends: ‘Slayers, Every One of Us’ Tells the Tale of Two Queer Podcasters and Buffy
The joint memoir tells the emotional tale of Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs fighting to keep their labor of love alive through personal struggles, a global pandemic, and a hellmouth opening up around them.
Sapphic Romance Novel ‘Cover Story’ Brings Us Back to 2005, When It Was Much Harder To Be Out and Famous
What would things have looked like if we got openly queer Kristen Stewart from the beginning of the Twilight franchise?
With ‘Stag Dance’, Torrey Peters Is Back and Better Than Ever
The laws of masculinity, and the ways in which they restrict and influence gender, infect every story (and novel) included in Torrey Peters’ collection, Stag Dance.
In ‘Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One,’ It’s Clowns vs. Capitalism
Arnett’s work is a reminder of something we often shy away from: What is the point of experiencing all of the pains of the human condition if we can’t, at some point, get a good laugh in about it?
There Has Never Been a Better Time To Read About Two Girls Falling in Love at the End of the World
The Last Bookstore on Earth is a YA dystopian novel set in a bookstore and full of sapphic yearning.
A Cozy Queer Romance for Lovers of Tarot With Mommy Issues
In “The Lovers” by Rebekah Faubion, two women’s romance is written in the cards.
A Refreshing Trans Memoir More Concerned by What Is Gained by Transition Than What Is Lost
The backlash against trans people in recent years has no doubt left many of us feeling as if there will never be relief from the constant antagonism and legislative damnation. Books can’t necessarily change the way our society is operating, but at the very least, they can give us a new way to look at and govern our own lives.
Even After We Leave it, Home Stays With Us
Growing up in rural Guilford County, North Carolina, poet and essayist Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers dreamed of escaping, of one day leaving behind the “cow-dotted” fields of her hometown and arriving somewhere “more enlightened.”
‘A Bánh Mì for Two’ Is a Swoony Sapphic Romance Between Two Foodies
The story combines two of my favorite things: girls falling in love, and finding connection through food!
Poet Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Takes Risks in Her Stunning New Collection
It’s thrilling to read an artist like Jennifer experiment and play.