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Things I Read That I Love #345: Hoarding Dunkaroos, Polycrisis, Gentle Parenting, Chain Restaurants and More

Caity Weaver goes to Austria to quit sugar, misadventures in gentle parenting, the chainifcation of American restaurants, the decline of…

Riese

Jan 3, 2026

book features

Anna Dorn Writes Maximalist, Campy Queer Fiction Inspired by Lesbian Pulp

“I have problematic fantasies about being closeted in the 50s and just like having ‘a friend.'”

Keely

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May 22, 2024

lgbt book reviews

‘Cactus Country’ Moves Beyond the Expected Borders of the Traditional Transition Memoir

Our stories don’t have to end where they start if we stay open to the potential around us.

Stef Rubino

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May 21, 2024

We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parson

lgbt book reviews

In ‘We Were the Universe’, Grief and Motherhood Are Horny

We Were the Universe eschews the conventional grief novel in its horniness, the conventional motherhood novel in its queerness, and even the conventional sex novel in its emphasis on fantasy…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 20, 2024

Love the World or Get Killed Trying: the cover of the novel with Alvina Chamberland nude resting on shimmery ice.

lgbt book reviews

‘Love the World Or Get Killed Trying’ Is a Poetic Cry of Trans Loneliness

The achievement of Alvina Chamberland’s text is how she reveals the deeper loneliness beneath her romantic isolation.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 15, 2024

lgbt book reviews

‘Memory Piece’ Understands the Power of an Archive

Through three interconnected characters, Lisa Ko pens a very queer book about memory, art, and revolution.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 13, 2024

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden, and Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

book lists

19 Queer Books About Losing a Parent

These queer books across all genres are all haunted in some way by the death of a parent.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 11, 2024

For Your Consideration, Her Royal Highness, Sizzle Reel

book lists

17 Queer “Celebrity Falls For Normal Person” Romance Books If You Liked ‘The Idea Of You’

If you liked “The Idea of You” but wished it was gay, these lesbian, queer and gay novels that feature romance between a celebrity and a normal person will definitely…

Riese

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May 10, 2024