The only thing better than reading books is looking at pictures of books on the internet or, better yet, looking at pictures of bookSHELVES on the internet. There are so many cool lit pinterests, here are some of my faves.
This is an exclusive Autostraddle interview with Andrea Gibson. Happy National Poetry Month, queermos!
Last year the NMA nominated zero ladies in its prime categories but this year we snagged half the noms! Why? Plus, I’ve got an epic rundown on everything you need to know about every ladyjourno finalist.
Making sense of a new study that says we don’t like our books to have “mood words” anymore, except for scary ones.
Didja hear? Google reader is being deactivated on July 1st. Here are a few replacements.
When a dog goes on a book tour, the rest seems pretty self-explanatory. Get in on this!
Welcome to the latest instalment of A Prairie Homo Companion, in which I proudly inform you that the prairie homo literary movement is indeed here, queer, and fantastic.
“We were thirteen years old, and these stories confirmed our suspicions that the world was a cruel, sad place, riddled with surprise tragedies and untimely deaths.”
There are so many different ways to celebrate. You could have a Virginia Woolf dinner and costume party! You could smoke a pipe until your throat hurts! You could speak with a British accent for a day (unless you’re already British; then it’s too easy and not as much fun).
Davis County, UT school board realizes that maybe letting books help teach students’ tolerance about same-sex families is actually an awesome idea.
If you enjoy Shakespeare, other classical texts, and poetry, your brain has superpowers.
The feminist sci-fi language that never got to jump off the page and do what it was supposed to.
There’s no wrong way to read a word, but sometimes there are so many ways it’s hard to choose which fits you best. Let’s review your options so you can always ride the reading rainbow with ease.
Ali’s Team Pick: Ever want the entire text of a book on a tee shirt? How about on a poster? Me too! This is a thing I want! And Litographs can give it to me!
“Imagine how wonderful it would be to take a class on French lesbian poetry in university, but wait, who’s that British man in a suit, aspirating your French lesbian poetry textbooks into his bag-free vacuum cleaner?”
emily m. danforth answers 36 of your questions about “Cameron Post” and then we’re all gonna talk about the book!
We’re eight days away from our Cameron Post discussion, and Lindsey Lloyd, Cameron’s dyke fairy godmother, would like to mail you a care package (mix tape included). It’s a giveaway!
Leah Horlick is an ass-kicking, award-winning Canadian poet who is taking the queer literary world by storm.
“While we can’t see what’s going on beneath the table, their physical reactions reveal that there is definitely a vibrator involved.”
“At some point during my childhood, I may or may not have tried to float across a body of water in a wooden barrel. It didn’t turn out well. Thanks for the splinters Pippi Longstocking.”