Literature

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

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‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

8 Hours

Survival Takes a Wild Imagination by Fariha Róisín

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“Survival Takes a Wild Imagination” Shows How the Labor of Liberation Makes Us Better

Through her newest collection of poetry, Fariha Róisín explores her experiences as a queer, Muslim, Bangladeshi woman trying to heal from a childhood of abuse and the pain of generational…

Stef Rubino

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Jan 2, 2024

AS 2023: Best Queer Novels. Family Meal by Bryan Washington, Mrs. S by K. Patrick, and All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky

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The Top 12 Queer Novels of 2023

I thought it would be fun to do a ranked list of the 12 queer novels that stood out to me this year. And by “fun,” I mean pleasurably agonizing.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 30, 2023

lgbt book reviews

Short Fiction Collection “Girlfriends” Presents Expansive, Nonlinear View of Transition and Dysphoria

The trans women in Girlfriends often find themselves stuck in the spiderweb of someone else’s drama or self-implosion.

Nic Anstett

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Dec 28, 2023

lgbt book reviews

Sapphic Yearning, Horror, and K-Pop Blend Perfectly in “Gorgeous Gruesome Faces”

I’ve never really been a horror girlie, but in recent months, I’ve found myself intrigued by YA books that have a horror element.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Dec 27, 2023

book features

LGBTQ Fiction Sales Are Up, but We Still Urgently Need Creative Ways To Fight Book Bans

What does the LGBTQ book landscape look like right now? It’s complicated.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 27, 2023

Beautiful young woman is having breakfast in the kitchen

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Things I Read That I Love #333: Erewhon, Melrose Place, The Bowel Unit, Blurred Lines and Crosswords

Ruby Tandoh on selling the seaside, nobody knows what’s happening online anymore, Caity Weaver looks for Tom Cruise near the airport, Patricia Lockwood takes her husband to the Bowel Unit,…

Riese

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Dec 22, 2023

lgbt book reviews

“Yours for the Taking” Review: Matriarchy Won’t Save Us

The novel explores queer romance, corporate feminism, and reimagined community at the end of the world.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 14, 2023

The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet by Avery Dame-Griff

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Avery Dame-Griff Is Archiving the Trans Internet

“The history of trans life online is one of sedimentation, with each subsequent change leaving its remains behind to settle and eventually solidify into a mass of images, text, and…

Lauren Herold

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Dec 12, 2023