Literature

Author interviews, guides to the best LGBT Literature, Gay and Lesbian Novels and Memoirs and more!

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‘All Us Saints’ Boldly Slashes Away at the Trans Killer Trope

All Us Saints is hardly the first work to critique and analyze the prolific horror trope of the transgender slasher…

Nic Anstett

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Malinda Lo, who won a National Book Award, next to the winning book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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Malinda Lo Won a National Book Award for “Last Night at the Telegraph Club” — And I Yelled

Malinda Lo’s National Book Award win for Last Night at the Telegraph Club comes at a particularly crucial moment for LGBTQ+ YA as a genre.

Yashwina

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Nov 18, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit: Queer Books as Hydra

The color-coded bookshelf conversation continues, queer books are unstoppable, queerness in Sally Rooney’s work, and more.

Ryan

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Nov 18, 2021

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Things I Read That I Love #323: Pulp Fiction With a Hint of Social Justice

Topics include witchcraft consumerism, Kidz Bop, delivery workers in NYC, Ozy Media, abuse in the guardianship industry, Succession, documentaries and the hunt for a sober buzz!

Riese

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Nov 5, 2021

A woman reading in front of a cozy set of candles on a coffee table

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Lez Liberty Lit: Reading in Front of the Screen Fire

Find out books to read if you like Practical Magic, what it’s like to cook like Frankenstein, where “old book smell” comes from, and more!

Ryan

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Nov 4, 2021

Image shows the word Greedy in colorful block letters and laid on top in simple script are the words "notes from a bisexual who wants too much"

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Jen Winstons’ Greedy Reminds You To Remember The “And”

“I learned to accept that I contain multitudes, and neither my sexual orientation nor gender identity are exempt from my multifaceted nature.”

Amari Gaiter

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Oct 29, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit: Love Is Renewable

Are you considering NaNoWriMo? Plus, a library from Solange, how literary gatekeepers can elevate Black trans women writers, queer webcomics and more.

Ryan

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Oct 22, 2021

Three images of a black book cover featuring red text that says, "Leigh Cowart, HURTS SO GOOD" and grey text that says, "The Science & Culture of Pain on Purpose." Some images are visible throughout the text, including a ballet slipper and a sword.

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Hurts So Good Reveals That Masochism Is Everywhere

Hurts So Good showcases pain experts of all types for a more holistic understanding of why and how we use pain for pleasure.

Davey Davis

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Oct 19, 2021

A stylized image of the cover of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle against a pink gradient background with the text 'the book that helped me leave religion"

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The Book That Helped Me Leave Religion: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”

The first sentence of “The Books of Bokonon” – the fictional foundational text of Bokononism, the religion Kurt Vonnegut invented for his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle – reads as follows:…

Abbie Jones

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Oct 14, 2021