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“Rose Quartz” Review: Poems for the Wounds We Carry

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“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.

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8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month

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Literature

Rainbow Reading: Give Me All the Queer Paleontology Novels!

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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 by writers I truly admire.

danijanae April 18, 2023 16 Comments
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.

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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 April 17, 2023 10 Comments
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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.

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Literature

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LGBT Book Reviews

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Literature

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