Marcel the Shell Has Shoes On, Also New Children’s Book
“Well, you know what they say: Lint is a shell’s best friend.”
Be Still My Heart: Eileen Myles Tackles the Female Life; Black Lesbian Poets Hit the Road
I am convinced that something Eileen Myles loves is something I will love. That is, if I don’t love it already.
Banned Books Week: The Conspiracy to Shield Queer Books From Your Eyes
School libraries are one of the best places to find LGBT teen literature…which is why anti-gay adults are so afraid of them. Luckily, you can do something about that.
Autostraddle Book Club #4: We’re Reading Fun Home!
We’re going to read Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home and it’s going to be great.
(Un)Official Declaration of Visit Your Local Independent Bookstore Day
Borders is in the process of no longer existing, Amazon mistreats its employees, and it’s banned books week. Get thee to a(n independent) bookstore!
Missed Connections Might Be The Best Thing About Monday
Rachel’s Team Pick: What if Missed Connections were REALLY PRETTY?
Hot Authors Have a Way With Words, Are Also Really Hot
There’s a really amazing picture of Michelle Tea inside this post.
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.”
“Straightening” Gay Characters in Young Adult Fiction: Are YA Books Keeping You a Secret?
Is Young Adult fiction unfriendly to LGBTQ characters? The answer is “absolutely not” or “yes,” depending on who you ask.
Top Ten Fantasy Novels That Have Gay People In Them
This is a list of YA fantasy novels that fall somewhere between tangentially gay and really, really gay. They all fall under “read this immediately.”
Nina Katchadourian Sorts Books, Makes Them Even More Awesome
Rachel’s Team Pick: Look at this really cool thing that this person does with books!
Broad! A Literary Zine For Broads Both Classy and Otherwise
Rachel’s Team Pick: You should submit something to Broad! A Gentlelady’s Magazine!
Preview Of Laurie Weeks’ Zipper Mouth: Gay, Obsessed, Addicted
Laurie Weeks’ debut novel Zipper Mouth is coming out this October. You might have feelings about this.
Eileen Myles Believes In Evil But Not Witch Hunts
Rachel’s Team Pick: “I think it’s quietly genocidal. I mean in a spiritual sense. Instead of pole dancing you can be a pleasure rug. Just lie down! The money will come.”
100 Awesome Magazine Covers Starring Lesbians
This gallery is seriously epic, and will appeal to anyone who likes lesbians and/or time travel.
On “Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels”
“So much second-guessing involved every decision that I made that I became a paradox in a way, a combination of bravado and insecurity.”
You Probably Want to Read Some Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Summer is almost over! Try to forget about that by reading some lesbian pulp fiction.
On What We Owe Allen Ginsberg
“The original hipster had come down to Earth.”
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?
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.