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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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Rainbow Reading: Give Me All the Queer Paleontology Novels!

Plus, coming out this August, a book that promises “Bridgerton meets Freaky Friday sapphic romcom.”

Yashwina

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Apr 20, 2023

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25 Lines of Poetry I Think About Once a Day

It’s National Poetry Month, so I become a poetry hound, sniffing out new books and revisiting old ones, finding solace, rage, love, and beauty in some of the words crafted…

danijanae

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Apr 18, 2023

Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante

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Sexy, Ambitious Novel “Any Other City” Explores Transition and Transformation

I don’t remember ever reading such sexy queer sex.

Abbie Jones

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Apr 18, 2023

Sizzle Reel by Carlyn Greenwald

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“Sizzle Reel” Doesn’t Let Its Queer Romance Be Messy

I don’t want Twitter and TikTok discourse to dictate how books are written.

Christina Tucker

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Apr 17, 2023

Assisted Living by Sheila Oritz Taylor with a badge on it that says LOST LESBIAN LIT

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Lost Lesbian Lit: Murder! At the Retirement Home

My only positive memory of my grandma was our last, the one time I was with her as myself.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Apr 14, 2023

Brittney Griner and Cherelle Griner attend the 54th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 25, 2023 in Pasadena, California.

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Brittney Griner Is Writing a Memoir About Her Wrongful Russian Imprisonment

Griner’s memoir will talk about her arrest in Moscow, her detention, her trial, her wrongful imprisonment — and the outpouring of support that helped pave the way for her to get…

Heather Hogan

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Apr 11, 2023

Rainbow Reading: Jeopardy’s Amy Schneider Is Writing a Memoir!

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Rainbow Reading: Jeopardy’s Amy Schneider Is Writing a Memoir!

The memoir will come out in October and is available for preorder!

Yashwina

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Apr 6, 2023

The cover of "Recipe for Disaster" where a Blonde person is smushing their face into a sprinkle cake.

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Celebs Share Good Dishes To Get Through Bad Times In “Recipe for Disaster”

For those who find comfort in food while going through the unthinkable.

Shana

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Apr 5, 2023

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Gabrielle Korn

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

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