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Things I Read That I Love #346: Bama Rush, Celebrity Memoirs, Laptop Boyfriends, Leaving LA and More

An elite rescue squad in the Great Smokey Mountains, the museum at the Pennhurst Asylum, a liberal journalist gets hired…

Riese

Jan 17, 2026

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Queer Desire Is Feral in K-Ming Chang’s Bloody, Spitty “Organ Meats”

Here is an expansive tale of inherited and constructed mythology, queer magic, and gothic girlhood.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 7, 2023

the author Mac Crane in a dark blue and red buttondown, smiling

book features

Author Mac Crane on the Eroticism of Basketball and Writing Queer and Trans Pleasure

“Basketball is extremely hot, and I wanted that to come through in the book.”

Gen

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Nov 27, 2023

Frederich Usher mixing drugs in The Fall of the House of Usher

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Edgar Allan Poe’s Wildest Story Inspired Fall of the House of Usher’s Scariest Moment

There’s something so intimate and terrifying about mouth horror.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 7, 2023

Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang and a photo of the author

book features

K-Ming Chang on Queer Horror Novel “Organ Meats” and Feeling at Home in the Monstrous

“I feel a sense of belonging among things that are terrifying and cause fear and cause chaos.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Nov 3, 2023

lgbt book reviews

“He/She/They” Is a Helpful Guide and Call to Action for Allies Everywhere

I’d recommend suggesting it to as many well-meaning cis people as you possibly can.

Stef Rubino

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Oct 24, 2023

lgbt book reviews

“Love at 350º” Is a Sapphic Romance for Us Gays Who Spend Saturdays Baking Pies

Baking aside, my favorite thing about Love At 350° is the fact that the main characters are women over 40.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Oct 23, 2023

Simply Skye by Pamela Morgan, Molly's Tuxedo by Vicki Johnson, and My Fade Is Fresh by Shauntay Grant

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10 Picture Books To Teach Little Ones About Gender Expression

Reading picture books was a way I connected with my son when he was a preschooler, and I was able to teach him about things like racism, empathy and of…

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Oct 21, 2023

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Before and After the Library

Author Kristen Arnett writes on growing up in a house where books were banned and becoming a queer librarian in Florida.

Kristen Arnett

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Oct 7, 2023

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Things I Read That I Love #346: Bama Rush, Celebrity Memoirs, Laptop Boyfriends, Leaving LA and More

Queer Desire Is Feral in K-Ming Chang’s Bloody, Spitty “Organ Meats”

Author Mac Crane on the Eroticism of Basketball and Writing Queer and Trans Pleasure

Edgar Allan Poe’s Wildest Story Inspired Fall of the House of Usher’s Scariest Moment

K-Ming Chang on Queer Horror Novel “Organ Meats” and Feeling at Home in the Monstrous

“He/She/They” Is a Helpful Guide and Call to Action for Allies Everywhere

“Love at 350º” Is a Sapphic Romance for Us Gays Who Spend Saturdays Baking Pies

10 Picture Books To Teach Little Ones About Gender Expression

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