Results for: book
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Autostraddle Read A F*cking Book Club
You look really pretty and smart today, and I wanna read a book with you. Then we can talk about it after, and I’ll tell you how soft and shiny your hair is. Does that sound good? I think so too.
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Some Weird and Not So Weird Habits of Famous Authors
Intern Bren’s Team Pick: Are you weirder than some of history’s weirdest authors? Probably and that’s why I love you.
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100 Awesome Magazine Covers Starring Lesbians
This gallery is seriously epic, and will appeal to anyone who likes lesbians and/or time travel.
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Writing and Eating and Drinking
Riese’s Team Pick: What do famous writers eat and drink while writing? What did Carson McCullers hide in her thermos? What do food writers eat? How much does Amy Sedaris know about Literary Drinkers?
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On What We Owe Allen Ginsberg
“The original hipster had come down to Earth.”
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Little Girl, Big City: The Kit
“I said I’d gone to New York to be a model, and I hadn’t. I’d gone there for life and sex and cruelty.”
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Autostraddle Book Club Reads Inferno: It’s All Happening on November 19th
In perhaps the most unsurprising move of 2010, we have chosen Eileen Myles’ ‘Inferno’ as our first official book club pick. Get excited!
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Patti Smith’s “Just Kids” Belongs to Lovers, Artists and Outcasts
Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids’ is an incredible story. I want to tell you about it.
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Crystal’s Team Pick: 25 Lessons For Creatives In Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids’
#1 – Never apologize for being an artist.
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Win a Signed Copy of ‘ThxThxThx’ and Obliterate Your Ingratitude
“Leah Dieterich’s mother always told her to write thank you notes. So she does.”
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Top 10 Lesbian Romance Novels (Currently on My Kindle)
topics explored include work-related circumstances, tragic accidents, hot lady cops, confusing figures from the past, lesbian power suits, raunch and deceased lovers. Oh and sex. Lots of sex.
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Read a F*cking Book: Fall 2010 Preview or “The Rise of the Novel”
I’m excited for the fall because of books! You should be too! THE NOVEL OF THE CENTURY! A lesbian “poet’s novel”! “Gender Outlaws” 2.0! Amy AND David Sedaris! Also, so much more!
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Agustina Woodgate Brings Poetry to a Thrift Store Near You
Carmen’s Team Pick: There’s just something about a girl who makes art.
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Read a F*cking Book: Ten Lesbian & Bisexual Poets To Fall in Love With
You probably don’t read enough poetry and you would probably be smarter if you did.
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How Will We Save LGBTQ Bookstores?
More and more gay bookstores are closing, which is bad for my bookstore addiction. Let’s talk this out.
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Mary Gray Knows What it Feels Like For Gay Kids in Rural America
“I’m not less gay when I take the rainbow sticker off my car. I just know that if I have that in my car, I’m going to piss off people who are already angry at me.”
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Riese’s Team Pick: Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender & Sexual Orientation
“microaggressions are constant and continuing experiences of marginalized groups in our society; they assail the self-esteem of recipients, produce anger and frustration, deplete psychic energy…”
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Oscar Wilde’s “Dorian Gray” Gets Uncensored and Totally Gay
Listen up, you heathen bookworms! The Picture of Dorian Gray’s uncensored, homogay tendencies have been restored.
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Stronger Than Yesterday, “Venus With Biceps” Do It Nothin’ But Their Way
So, The “Trapeze Disrobing Act” is basically exactly what it sounds like.
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What Five Books Changed Your Life? Open Thread!
Look, it’s a new open thread! We love to talk about books, so why don’t you talk about them with us!