Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s “Pet” and “Bitter” Explore the Costs of a Different World
A new world isn’t possible without people believing it is.
In Queer Horror Anthology “It Came From the Closet,” Carmen Maria Machado Considers Jennifer’s Body
On queerbaiting, bisexuality, and Jennifer’s Body. This essay is an exclusive excerpt from the queer horror anthology It Came From the Closet, on sale next week.
Rainbow Reading: Book Hangovers Are Real and I Have One
The latest LGBTQ+ book releases are full of queer dark academia vibes.
In “Nona the Ninth,” Tamsyn Muir Zooms In on Her Goth Puzzle Box World
If you want to feel the dazzling space-goth world of Gideon and Harrow within reach, to pull it close enough to see its day-to-day details, then Nona will feel like a veritable feast.
Author Melanie Bell on her YA Novel “Chasing Harmony” and the Messy Process of Growing Up Queer
“The people I met who were identified as musical prodigies had long journeys involving conflict between their abilities and personal needs and finding who they were beyond the weight of expectations. When I was younger, successes and failures felt huge, and this is the case for Anna too.”
Things I Read That I Love #328: You Never Called That Girl Back Even Though You Were Dating
Topics include the mall, Tinder, Gabby Petito, the abuse scandal at an acclaimed L.A high school, Choose Your Own Adventure books, Crime Junkie, amusement parks, dog breeds and more!
“I’m the Girl” Is a Harrowing, Complex Story of Abuse That’s Difficult To Read
Courtney Summers’ latest thriller tries to hold our culture accountable for its crimes against teen girls. Does it succeed?
Rainbow Reading: Book Recommendations From Hot People Just Hit Different
It’s a great time to immerse yourself in some LGBTQ+ sci-fi and genre fiction.
A+ Read a Fucking Book Club Q&A with Sarah Thankam Mathews
This time, we’re reading All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews, a book our Managing Editor Kayla called “so good I dreaded finishing it.”
Queer Graphic Novel “Coven” Will Fill the Buffy-Shaped Hole in Your Heart
Do you like witches, gays, and found family, and fictional teen angst? Is there a Buffy- or Baby-Sitter’s Club- or Motherland: Fort Salem-shaped hole in your heart? Good news, this one’s for you!
103 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Fall 2022
I can guarantee there is something for everyone on this list of fall 2022 queer and feminist books, whether your jam is graphic novel fairy tales, memoirs about queer family, or anything in between.
“Middlesex” Has a Complicated Legacy — 20 Years Ago, It Changed My Life
When I read Middlesex, I felt that tinge of recognition I think a lot of queer and trans people look for when they realize something is different about themselves.
Get in Your Back-to-School Feelings With These 10 Queer YA Books
Back-to-school time is my favorite time of the year now that I’m an adult.
Slow Takes: “Stone Fruit” and Choosing Given Family
I learned about the concept of chosen family from a heterosexual uncle I don’t talk to anymore.
Juniper Fitzgerald’s Queer Memoir-in-Fragments Examines Her Identities as a Sex Worker and Mother
Enjoy Me Among My Ruins bypasses the expectation to tell one’s story in a neatly contained narrative.
In “Diary of a Misfit,” Casey Parks Creates Records of Lives Left Out of History
What is most compelling about Diary of a Misfit is how brilliantly organized it is. All at once, we get a biography, a memoir, a family history, and the active history of a place that most people are unfamiliar with.
Queer Naija Lit: “We Are Flowers” Documents the Beauty and Resilience of Nigeria’s Queer Community
We Are Flowers, a Queer Nigerian anthology, is defiant and audacious. It has no choice but to be.
Rather Than a Coming Out Story, “Body Grammar” Is About Queer Characters Coming Into Themselves
Jules Ohman paints the harsh, sharp-angled modeling industry with soft, tender prose and tells many queer narratives at once in the novel.
In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Big Life Change
I have never lived anywhere that wasn’t in Pennsylvania. This state is my home, but I’m ready to move on from it.
Rainbow Reading: Even the Crows Are Queer in This Upcoming Speculative Novella
Catch up on the latest LGBTQ+ literature news in Rainbow Reading.