Literature

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‘Perverts’ Sits With Self-Doubt, Embarrassment, and Labor When the World Writes You Off as a ‘Freak’

More than lending humanity to the types of queer folks society would rather not humanize, Perverts is for the freaks…

Mase An Hamberlin

Jul 9, 2026

A collage of Leah Johnson side-by-side with her books. "Rise to the Sun" and "You Should See Me in a Crown"

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Leah Johnson Is the Toni Morrison of Queer YA, It’s Time We Get Real About That Fact

“I just want people to know that at the core of every book I write, I want to center black girls in their wholeness and show that you can be…

Carmen Phillips

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Jun 4, 2021

Illustrated cover of Leah Johnson's new novel, Rise to the Sun, features two Black girls holding each other and smiling against a red background.

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EXCLUSIVE Excerpt: Meet Toni, One of the Main Characters in Leah Johnson’s Latest Novel “Rise to the Sun”

Leah Johnson’s new novel “Rise to the Sun” follows two Black queer girls falling in love at a music festival — here’s an exclusive excerpt!

Leah Johnson

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Jun 4, 2021

A composite of the cover of Kristen Arnett's WITH TEETH and a photo of the author posing outdoors next to a bird of paradise plant

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Kristen Arnett on “With Teeth,” Lesbian Motherhood, and Sagittarius Chaos

“I want to read stories about dykes not acting right. I want to read about people being messy. So I want to write about that too.”

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jun 3, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit: Counterfactual Realities

How memory works, BOOK IT nostalgia, why pleasure should never be guilty and more.

Ryan

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Jun 3, 2021

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Things I Read That I Love #319: Yacht Content, Poolside Content, White Claw Content

Topics include TikTok, Office Space, the actual office, being bipolar, Amazon, the Disgusting Food Museum, Ghost Ship, facial feminization surgery, gymnastics, the childcare industry and so much more!

Riese

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May 21, 2021

Image shows the cover of a book that reads "The Ex-girlfriend of my ex-girlfriend is my girlfriend"

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My Teenage Obsession Gets a Second Life and a Queer Adult Spin

“Had my teen girl self been sure of herself and comfortably queer as I am today, she may not have become so obsessed with advice columns in the first place.”

Kim Wong-Shing

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May 20, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit: Spontaneous Touch

Rediscovering spontaneous touch through reading, starting something new, the secret feminist history of the Oxford Dictionary and more.

Ryan

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May 20, 2021

A composite photo of author A.E. Osworth and the cover of their book, WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT.

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“We Are Watching Eliza Bright'”s Sixsterhood Is a Collective Narrator of Queer Possibility: An Interview with A.E. Osworth

When queer voices — especially those of trans people, and Black and brown people — are so frequently ignored or actively silenced, centering a narrator made up of them turned…

Lindsay Lee Wallace

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May 18, 2021