Literature

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

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

book lists

25 Books Relevant to Your Queer Feminist Interests Coming Out Spring 2020

Many of us are intentionally spending more time indoors, and it’s a great time to pick up a new book. Here are some of the most exciting and interesting books…

Rachel

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Mar 13, 2020

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Quarantine Reading

Pandemic reading, writers speaking for themselves rather than for their communities, new books on mental health and more.

Ryan Yates

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Mar 12, 2020

book lists

Eight Great Angsty Lesbian Romance Books

Sometimes you want queer ladies to get a nice happily-ever-after but you want them to have to really work for it, you know? That’s what these angsty lesbian romances are…

Casey

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Mar 12, 2020

lgbt book reviews

Nino Cipri’s “FINNA” Confronts Capitalism and Killer Furniture

FINNA’s protagonists are two exes of less than a week, Jules (they/them) and Ava (she/her), who continue to work at the same godforsaken mega furniture store named LitenVärld, an IKEA…

Jehan

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Mar 10, 2020

lgbt book reviews

Yao Xiao’s “Everything Is Beautiful, And I’m Not Afraid” Is as Queer and Hopeful as The Comic You Already Love

Everything Is Beautiful is one part beloved comics, one part brand new material, and all parts trademark Yao Xiao — warm colors, probing questions, deeply personal reflections, and an endless…

Heather Hogan

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Mar 3, 2020

book lists

Lesbian Romance Novels to Read When You’re Perpetually Single

I’ve been single for most of my life, but romance novels have been my constant partner.

Christina Tucker

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Mar 3, 2020

a Black woman with natural hair in a blue and light red-striped button-down reading on a couch

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: In The Temple of Horror

New original fiction by Carmen Maria Machado, approaching queer community from a place of love, on being publicly shamed, linguistic gatekeeping and more.

Ryan Yates

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Feb 27, 2020

lgbt book reviews

Shira Erlichman’s “Odes to Lithium” Explores Bipolar Disorder and Taking Care

“Many creatives still have reservations and fears around medication as they believe that it will dampen the creative flow, turn off the magic, or make them less able to connect…

danijanae

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Feb 25, 2020