Results for: Feel good
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Holigay Gift Guide: What To Buy for Book Lovers (Other Than Books)
If it’s too much pressure to pick out a book for your literary pal, consider a creative display shelf, a customizable book planter, pressed flower bookmarks, and other presents that are bookish but not books!
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6 Queer Authors on What It’s Like to Launch Their Books in a Pandemic
If you’re looking to escape reality for a little while, look no further than this year’s absolute bumper crop of queer novels. As late spring and summer literary events are postponed and cancelled, writers are looking for ways to connect virtually with readers and the publishing community – and finding ways to keep their creativity flowing in a difficult time.
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Check Out the Cover & New Excerpt of Malinda Lo’s Forthcoming “Last Night at the Telegraph Club”!
Malinda Lo’s work has been incredibly relevant and sustaining to this site and this community, and her voice on current leaps forward in lesbian cultural production remains unparalleled. Which is why we’re more excited than we can say to partner with PenguinTeen to debut the cover and a new excerpt from Malinda’s latest and most personal book, Last Night at the Telegraph Club.
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Read A F*cking Book Club: Talking with Ariel Gore About “We Were Witches”
We’re discussing We Were Witches and sharing a brilliant interview with author Ariel Gore. Come join Autostraddle Book Club – the comments are wide open and we wanna hear everything you’ve got to say about this book.
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c c cummings: An Excerpt From Mean by Myriam Gurba
“To read a piece about lesbian e e cummings, you have to fully commit, but you could tell Dr. Brown was scared.”
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Gaby Dunn And Allison Raskin Hate Everyone But You
Check out this rad new queer YA book by your fave YouTube odd couple, Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin!
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Walking and Talking, Kicking and Screaming: An Interview with Ruth Curry of Emily Books
“If I saw my writing career through the eyes of a mediocre white man I’d be, like, that dude would be fucking high on himself constantly.”
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Conversation with White Friends: Sara Quin, Amber Dawn, Rae Spoon & Dannielle Owens-Reid
Why is that people of colour have to bear the brunt of speaking out about racism while white people enjoy the privilege of remaining silent? What happens when the tables are turned?
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Sara June Woods Wants to Write About Being Fucking Weird: The Autostraddle Interview
“I think I feel a little less desperation to be liked and a little more “fuck you if you don’t like me.” I think I enjoy flaunting my monstrousness.”
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“Small Beauty” is a Big Deal for Queer Lit and Trans Girls: An Interview With Author Jia Qing Wilson-Yang
Wilson-Yang deftly weaves and unweaves the threads of narrative tropes that have come to dominate the telling of the stories of trans women, lesbians, migrants, and Chinese North Americans.
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Read A F*cking Book Club: A Conversation With Gabby Rivera About “Juliet Takes A Breath”
We’re talking to Gabby Rivera about her debut novel “Juliet Takes a Breath”! We talk about subtleties in Latinx media representation, queer community, forgiveness and, of course, Lil’ Melvin.
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“Don’t Date Anyone Who Treats You Like Shit”: An Interview with Author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
This was supposed to be a book review of Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha’s new memoir “Dirty River.” But it’s actually the story of how reading my friend and queer aunty Leah’s brown femme poetry saved me, made me a writer, and totally revolutionized my love and sex life.
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Autostraddle Book Club #8: Let’s All Read ‘The Argonauts’ by Maggie Nelson
We’re all gonna read The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson! We bet you’re gonna like it a lot or at least have lots of feelings about it.
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Read a F*cking Book GIVEAWAY: Write Bloody Wants To Fill Your Heart With Poems
Write Bloody Publishing is giving away a stack of books to two lucky Autostraddle readers!
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Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions About Dogs and Books with Ali Liebgott
This edition is FULL OF TREASURES. Ali and I read two books and asked ten(ish) questions to poet, writer, and die-hard dyke Ali Liebegott for you. Also, many dog photos!
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A Custom Fit: So Many Ways To Read A Thing!
There’s no wrong way to read a word, but sometimes there are so many ways it’s hard to choose which fits you best. Let’s review your options so you can always ride the reading rainbow with ease.
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Millennials Buy The Most Books, Will Save The (Publishing) World
Are you a millennial who likes to read and buy books? Me too! And now there’s a study proving that we all paid attention during Reading Rainbow.
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Emma and Nicola Wrote A Novel About Britney Spears: The Autostraddle Interview
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (“The Nanny Diaries”) re-imagine the story of how Britney Spears ended up under her father’s permanent legal control in their new novel.
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For Anyone Who Likes Sex, Feelings, Love Letters, Books, All Of The Above
Carmen’s Team Pick: This is a Melissa Gira Grant appreciation post.
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Autostraddle Book Club #5: We’re Reading The Hunger Games!
Has anyone else not read this yet? No? Just me?