“Dykette” Has Plenty of High Femme Camp Antics
The novel is thought-provoking even in its flaws.
“Human Sacrifices” Is a Latine and Feminist Gothic Must-Read
Gothic is the instrument by which Latine authors have historically been able to explore coloniality, migration, violence, and other horrors of Latin American society.
Things I Read That I Love #329: Goop Cruising, YouTube Tween Cults, Amy’s Kitchen, Botched Plastic Surgery, Et Al
Topics include a novelist who lied about being Cuban, shopping on Temu, shifting science on alcohol consumption, Elizabeth Holmes, the Goop Cruise and more!
Lost Lesbian Lit: A Lesbian Novel From the 1950s and the Continued Importance of Maude’s Abortion Episode
Our perception of history is shaped by who writes the stories and who publishes them.
10 Books To Read in the Bathtub
The perfect bath time book is right around 200 pages or less.
“Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl” Is a Swoony Queer Neurodiverse Romance
I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed and swooned, simultaneously, as much as I did while reading Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl, a queer high school romance that features two neurodiverse characters from wildly different worlds.
In Lesbian YA Debut, Teen Girls Find Love in the Midst of an Asteroid Barreling Toward Earth
The biggest theme in Jen St. Jude’s If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come is mental health.
Autistic Teen Girl Takes On the Rich and Powerful in This Queer YA Thriller
This is Jen Wilde’s first thriller, but I hope not her last.
Rainbow Reading: The Book With “The Most Hilarious Disaster Bisexuals You’ll Ever Meet”
Plus, there are so many exciting queer Muslim voices getting published this year, and I’m here for it!
In “A Recipe for More,” Sara Elise Asks: Who Do You Want To Become?
“We do not have to do anything more to be worthy; we are worthy just because we are.”
“Stars Collide” Is a Fun, Layered Queer Romance About Pop Stars Falling in Love
Like a good pop song, this book is fluff at first glance, and surprisingly deeper when you look closer.
Close Out National Poetry Month by Preordering Queer Poetry Books
Preordering books is a great way to support authors.
“Rose Quartz” Review: Poems for the Wounds We Carry
Shades of pink have followed me through my life, showing up in names, flowers, organs, sex.
“Just as You Are” Is the Gayest Rom-Com I’ve Ever Read
Just As You Are is a full-on enemies-to-lovers romance that exudes queerness at every possible turn.
8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month
If I’ve given you one poetry recommendation, I’ve held back from giving 15.
Rainbow Reading: Give Me All the Queer Paleontology Novels!
Plus, coming out this August, a book that promises “Bridgerton meets Freaky Friday sapphic romcom.”
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 by writers I truly admire.
Sexy, Ambitious Novel “Any Other City” Explores Transition and Transformation
I don’t remember ever reading such sexy queer sex.
“Sizzle Reel” Doesn’t Let Its Queer Romance Be Messy
I don’t want Twitter and TikTok discourse to dictate how books are written.
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.