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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

Diary of a Misfit by Casey Parks

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In “Diary of a Misfit,” Casey Parks Creates Records of Lives Left Out of History

What is most compelling about Diary of a Misfit is how brilliantly organized it is. All at once, we get a biography, a memoir, a family history, and the active…

Stef Rubino

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Aug 30, 2022

A field of wildflowers

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Queer Naija Lit: “We Are Flowers” Documents the Beauty and Resilience of Nigeria’s Queer Community

We Are Flowers, a Queer Nigerian anthology, is defiant and audacious. It has no choice but to be.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Aug 29, 2022

Body Grammar by Jules Ohman

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Rather Than a Coming Out Story, “Body Grammar” Is About Queer Characters Coming Into Themselves

Jules Ohman paints the harsh, sharp-angled modeling industry with soft, tender prose and tells many queer narratives at once in the novel.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 26, 2022

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In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Big Life Change

I have never lived anywhere that wasn’t in Pennsylvania. This state is my home, but I’m ready to move on from it.

danijanae

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Aug 25, 2022

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Rainbow Reading: Even the Crows Are Queer in This Upcoming Speculative Novella

Catch up on the latest LGBTQ+ literature news in Rainbow Reading.

Yashwina

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Aug 25, 2022

Sam's Super Seats by Keah Brown

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Keah Brown on Her New Picture Book and the Importance of Disability Representation for Children

“I was excited to talk about rest for children, to talk about how even rest can be an adventure.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Aug 24, 2022

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

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“All This Could Be Different” Review: A Novel So Good I Dreaded Finishing It

Whether she’s writing about Gantt charts or economic turmoil or oysters or blue and green or sex or hunger, Sarah Thankam Mathews’ sentences seduce and swathe.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 23, 2022

Lydia Conklin wears large rectangular framed glasses and has a swoopy short haircut and wears a shortsleeved blue buttonup.

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Author Lydia Conklin on Being Queer in the 90s and Writing Characters in Transitional Moments

“Somebody told me that pretty much everyone who grew up queer, especially in our generation, is a secretive person or has an ability for secrecy.”

Annie Liontas

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Aug 22, 2022

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Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

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The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

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