I didn’t know this book at all until a few months ago. I borrowed it thinking it’d be hilarious to read in public spaces and have people give me questionable stares. That mentality was replaced by the desire to build bridges.
In resisting the tidiness of a happy ending, Conklin demonstrates something profound and important that made me cry at several of these stories.
“It was a political statement to portray sex, to portray queer sex, as it was to demand civil rights in the daytime.”
The new novel takes classic fairytales and a Bachelor-like reality show and twines them into a fresh tale of wronged women.
“Well the premise combined two of my favorite things: being gay and reading, so I was naturally intrigued.”
June is full of LGBTQ+ book releases, but make sure to preorder queer books all summer!
Exalted — a riotous new novel from Anna Dorn — is exquisite chaos.
This is a book to be read and re-read, like all true stories.
Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “straight time” — the way a life unfolds, or is expected to unfold, within heteronormative frameworks.
It’s so hard to have a body. Isn’t it?
The poetry collection is quite a refreshing portrayal of Midwestern teenage girlhood — more focused on exploring the messiness of truth than pleasantries.
Welcome back to Rainbow Reading, your biweekly roundup of LGBTQ+ lit news you can use.
Solo Dance has no illusions that in the present day, the implicit and explicit violence of homophobia still leaves lasting scars on young queer people.
Let’s talk about what just happened with The Believer. Also, calling all my short story gays! Welcome back to Rainbow Reading, your biweekly roundup of LGBTQ+ lit news.
In these books, you won’t necessarily find flowers and natural scenes, but you will find a general feeling of rebirth, of growth, and of finding peace within the things that trouble us.
Behind the scenes with Kristen Arnett, Keah Brown, Rosemary Donahue, Josie Pickens, Vanessa Friedman, Samantha Allen, and Xoai Pham about their contributions to this reimagined cult classic.
Check out the latest updates in LGBTQ+ literature, including an upcoming virtual reading to raise funds for queer and trans youth in Florida and Texas!
When we’re young, we relate to older people who are themselves young. We read maturity where it is not deserved.
If you loved Red, White & Royal Blue or One Last Stop, you’re going to be over the gay moon about McQuiston’s latest novel.
These are mostly contemporary romances, with themes and tropes such as second chance relationships, sports, reality TV, fake relationships, online dating, ghosting, age gaps, and more!