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

Jun 6, 2026

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

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‘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

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‘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

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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

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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

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‘How it Works Out’ Imagines Many Madcap Alternate Universes of Queer Love

It’s a gorgeous, speculative exercise in romance that’s as bound together as it is fragmented.

Aamina Inayat Khan

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May 8, 2024

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A Hilarious Sapphic Road Trip Romance About Death and English Teachers

‘Here We Go Again’ by Alison Cochrun delights — despite dealing with death.

ashni

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Apr 30, 2024

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Maggie Nelson’s New Book Urges Us To Revel In the Art We Love

‘Like Love’ provides a creative and intellectual road map guiding us through many of Nelson’s influences, curiosities, and obsessions.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 29, 2024

The Call Is Coming From Inside the House by Allyson McOuat

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Queer Feminist Essay Collection Explores Horrors of Motherhood

The Call Is Coming From Inside The House is an ideal read for anyone interested in any one of its disparate themes: horror movies, queer parenthood, mental health, bisexuality, true…

Casey

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Apr 18, 2024