Read Banned Books, Be The Revolution
Banned Books Week is like Christmas for me: it allows me to queer my reading like I queer my gender. Party hard with some inappropriate reading!
California: Selected Poems of a Dream
In case you’re just dreaming.
Malinda Lo and Behold: The Autostraddle Interview
Malinda Lo spoke with Autostraddle about her new book Adaptation, diversity in YA, gay girls making out, and how much she loves us (spoiler alert: a lot).
How To Name Your Child After Beer, Brunch and Roller Derby
Vanessa’s Team Pick: Give your future child the hipstery indie DIY name they so richly deserve.
Millennials Buy The Most Books, Will Save The (Publishing) World
Are you a millennial who likes to read and buy books? Me too! And now there’s a study proving that we all paid attention during Reading Rainbow.
Patti Smith Reads Her Poems To You, Makes You Swoon
Crystal’s Team Pick: “Everyone loves poetry and also Patti Smith” – Laneia
Literary Tumblrs For All You Tumblin’, Book-Lovin’ Queers
Malaika’s Team Pick: Tumblrs about books to read when you don’t feel like a book.
In Which His Death Helped Me Finally Get To Know Gore Vidal
The literary badass and sexual liberation babe passed away last week at 88, and that was how I discovered him.
Top Five Famous Queer Lady Writers and their Dogs
“Girlfriends will love you and leave you, but your four-legged friend’s desire to wake you each morning with an enthusiastic lick will never waver.”
Hey Girl, Feminist Ryan Gosling Is Now A Coffee Table Book
It’s like when the greatest thing in the world gets even better.
I Also Love Vintage Books Your Kid Loves
Riese’s team pick: San Antonio writer Burgin Street is obsessed with vintage childrens books and consequently, I’m obsessed with her blog.
Stories from the Subway: Visit the Underground New York Public Library
If you like books and street photography, UNYPL is going to be your new happy place.
Emma and Nicola Wrote A Novel About Britney Spears: The Autostraddle Interview
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (“The Nanny Diaries”) re-imagine the story of how Britney Spears ended up under her father’s permanent legal control in their new novel.
Emily Dickinson At Last Call, and Other Delightful Drunk Texts
Rachel’s Team Pick: Drunk texts from Sappho!
Ann Bannon, Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Autostraddle Interview
“And so while I would have loved to have done what Laura did, to go to New York and try to find myself, I did the more conventional thing, and I think I was not alone in that.”
Listling Without Commentary: Readers’ Descriptions Of Long-Lost Books From Whatsthatbook.com
“written around 1950’s with main character running in a cabbage patch wearing a diaper at end of novel”
Alison Bechdel Talks In Speech Bubbles With The Rumpus
Rachel’s Team Pick: “You look a lot more friendly in person than you do in your comic.”
In Which We Remember Maurice Sendak
“When everyone else was like, “There’s no such thing as monsters, kid” Sendak was all, “You’re damn right there’s monsters in your bedroom, so you best not give them a reason to eat you.”
Mini Interview: Andrea Askowitz and “My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy”
“Is it a queer memoir and/or a pregnancy memoir? Neither.”
Make Sweet Poetry With Us
First we’ll create poems from nothing and then we’ll write poetry out loud.