Literature

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

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for April 2026

From a grocery co-op drama to a cheeky pop star saga to a linked story collection centering fat queer characters…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Apr 10, 2026

book features

Read a F*cking Book Club: Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” Offers Persistence, Painstaking Reality

We finished reading “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler. At its core, the book is about embracing truth and change, which is especially true now — when our world…

Ari

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Apr 10, 2020

literature

Things I Read That I Love #309: Like The Cone With Flowers Coming Out of it to Look Like Ice Cream

Topics include Kinfolk Magazine, the Jazz vs Thunder no-game, 24 hours as EMTS during coronavirus, the opioid crisis, chain pharmacies, Estonia, Katie Porter and so much more!

Riese

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Apr 10, 2020

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Reading Weather

Supporting small booksellers online, Samantha Irby on writing, reading or not reading books about pandemics, why it’s time to keep a journal and more.

Ryan Yates

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Apr 9, 2020

lgbt book reviews

“The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext” Celebrates Latinx Community and Future-Building

“Writing, for me, is a way of reimagining that which I’ve experienced and creating something new. It’s a way of future-building. It’s a way of taking back agency. Each time…

Jaelani Turner-Williams

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Apr 7, 2020

book lists

11 Poems to Read to Your Lesbian Lover in Isolation

11 poems of varying lengths that you can read to your lesbian lover with that expensive wood wick candle flickering on the bedside table.

danijanae

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Apr 6, 2020

lgbt book reviews

Celia Laskey’s “Under the Rainbow” Is Dark, Redeeming, and Very Very Queer

Both light and heavy, dark and redeeming, this book is sure to be a comfort and resource for many, as we try to bridge the growing gap between “coastal elites”…

Kate Gorton

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Apr 3, 2020

book lists

9 Poems to Read in These Trying Times

One place that I have found comfort before and continue to find it now is in poetry, the words of others who have experienced and seen unspeakable things and come…

danijanae

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Apr 2, 2020

lgbt book reviews

Vivek Shraya Remains an Original with New Novel “The Subtweet”

It’s one of many reasons Shraya is such a singular artist. She’s making work for herself and her communities – everyone else is welcome to appreciate her, but she doesn’t…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Apr 2, 2020