Read A F*cking Book: Ivan E. Coyote’s “One in Every Crowd”
Ivan E. Coyote’s new book, “One in Every Crowd” is a short story compilation for LGBTQ youth, outsiders of all sorts or anyone who has a soul.
Things I Read That I Love #49: I Know You’re Wondering When
Topics include young love, Politico, the Oklahoma City Thunder, used-book shopping, Nickleback, bipolar disorder, life on an Oglala Lakota reservation and the appeal of gay One Direction fanfiction.
Autostraddle Book Club: Emily Answers Your “Cameron Post” Questions and We Throw A Feelings-Fest
emily m. danforth answers 36 of your questions about “Cameron Post” and then we’re all gonna talk about the book!
Things I Read That I Love #48: These Are The People In Your Neighborhood
Topics include heroin addiction and Hurricane Katrina, puppets, insomnia, monopoly, natural disasters, Free To Be You And Me, Monopoly, books about gender and so much more!
Lez Liberty Lit #6: Read More Know More
This week in books: It’s NaNoWriMo! Also, East Coast booksellers deal with Hurricane Sandy, comic books and gay characters, copyright, Random Penguin House, Gore Vidal and what we’re reading.
Autostraddle Book Club #6: The “Cameron Post” 90s Dyke Care Package Giveaway Is Here
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!
Fonseca’s Team Pick – Leah Horlick
Leah Horlick is an ass-kicking, award-winning Canadian poet who is taking the queer literary world by storm.
Things I Read That I Love #47: If It Makes Me Happy
Topics include happiness, solitary confinement, Cosmopolitan magazine, Elliot Smith, public education reform, “the world of a professional naked girl” and so much more!
This NSFW Video Of Teresa Reading Jeanette Winterson Is Relevant To Interests
“While we can’t see what’s going on beneath the table, their physical reactions reveal that there is definitely a vibrator involved.”
Listling Without Commentary: Weird Things You Did As Children Because You Liked That Book So Much
“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.”
Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Darrin Hagen’s “The Edmonton Queen”
“If anything, The Edmonton Queen reads as a triumphant fuck you in the face of death and losing people you love before their time.”
Things I Read That I Love #46: My Fight Album
Topics include affirmative action, moving to New York from Canada, female boxers, Jonah Lehrer, Vancouver, hormones and K-Pop!
Lez Liberty Lit #5: All Poetry All The Time
In this week’s liberty lit: finding comfort in bad books, steampunk and gender identity, an interview with Michelle Tea, a “photographer of books” and the best place to discover new poetry.
Things I Read That I Love #45: To The Skin And Bone And Ragshow Of The Heart
Topics include Star Trek TNG, Strong Female Action Heroes, crime reporting, poverty in rural America, being trans and homeless and SO MUCH MORE!
20 Things You Can Take Away from “The S and M Feminist” Whether You’re Into S and M or Not
“Sex education should tell people how to explore what they want, not just that they should explore.”
Autostraddle Book Club #6: We’re Reading “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”
“Girls kissing girls in barns, in twisty slides on playgrounds, in abandoned hospitals. Miles City, Montana. The 1990s. Swimming. Summer. Cowgirls. Dinosaur discovering. Ferris Wheels. Conversion therapy. Taco Johns.”
Things I Read That I Love #44: Screaming Sounds
Topics include Harriet the Spy, bipolar disorder, Jerry Sandusky, promiscuous reading, rock criticism, right-wing podcasts and online dating!
Lez Liberty Lit #4: I Kept Always Two Books In My Pocket
This week in lit: banned books, Vagina, and lots of lesbian storylines.
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!
Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Alex Leslie’s “People Who Disappear”
Leslie’s stories speak to my top interests in life: gay women, the environment, and Canada.