Set against the authoritarian backdrops of the McCarthy era and George W. Bush’s post 9/11 America, “Endpapers” asks: What happens when we stop trying to force ourselves to be something we’re not?
We live in a society so oppressive to those of us who dare to imagine better that we have very little incentive to keep imagining.
This is not an exhaustive list of butch memoirs, and I would love to hear about more.
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to write a responsible dystopia.
My internal identity journey as a black genderfluid person involves engaging with my relationship to masculinity.
Mairead Sullivan’s new book, Lesbian Death: Desire and Danger between Feminist and Queer explores and aims to disrupt our contemporary anxieties around the disappearance of the term “lesbian” as an identity, political standpoint, and theoretical concept.
Also, the HarperCollins Union’s strike IS SOMEHOW STILL GOING ON. Rainbow Reading wholeheartedly supports the union as they pursue a fair contract for their workers.
Michelin-star chef Iliana Regan takes you back to her family’s farmhouse.
Once I started Judas Goat, it was nearly impossible to put down.
As someone who grew up in a rural place, I really appreciated how authentically rural this novel felt.
Lee Winter is back with an age gap, ice queen romance that leaves you hanging.
In a time when so many popular examples of queer art have their edges sanded down, Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is all edge.
I’ve gathered eight LGBTQ books in translation from around the world in various genres and forms. Take the quiz to get matched with one.
Rainbow Reading kicked off as a biweekly LGBTQ+ lit news column one year ago!
Like all the Graceling books, Seasparrow allows the woman at its center to be angry, and hurt, and confused, and scared and messy and even downright unlikable sometimes. That’s what makes the series great!
Welcome to 2023, which promises to be yet another spectacular year for feminist and queer books. This winter is only the beginning!
Cafes became hubs for marginalized members of the communities they were in, and learning their history helps us understand the power of their impact.
Kiss Her Once for Me is a truly stellar example of not just a holiday romance or a queer romance, but of any kind of romance.
Poetry, contemporary YA, science fiction, short stories, essay collections, graphic novels, and more!
Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art is a book about selfies and our relationships to them.