Lez Liberty Lit #21: A Lemon Wrapped Around A Gold Brick
In this edition of Lez Liberty Lit: the best literary cocktails, reading and forgetting, remembering the queer dead and more.
The House At The End of Hope Street: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview
This book is a feel-good and I highly recommend it for hammock reading! Even if you don’t have a hammock, it should definitely go on your summer reading list.
10 Writers of Personal Essays For Your Heart and Brain
“It can be hard to even get started, because the best way to learn how to write is to read, and by definition your choices are pretty limited when it comes to personal writing. But hey, there’s still been some amazing personal writing whose authors have deemed it fit for public consumption”
37 Books By, For, or About Bisexual or Otherwise Non-Monosexual People
Here you’ll find academic books and nonfiction books documenting the experiences of bisexual people, fiction or memoir that depicts bisexual people and a few online resources!
Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Zoe Whittall’s “Holding Still For As Long As Possible”
Will all these wonderfully complicated characters learn to unravel their complications and fears? Probably not. But will they braid them together to form a community? Don’t you hope so?
Ten Pure Poems
Today on the mountain we’re playing the Pure Poetry Challenge. Here’s the ten poems we’ll be paying homage to, all by pure poets.
Lez Liberty Lit #20: Remember Library Lesbianism
An excerpt from Michelle Tea’s new novel, chicken lit is the new chick lit, library lesbianism, sexism in publishing and more.
Things I Read That I Love #76: Astro-Ride!
Topics include the Khmer Rouge, crisis pregnancy centers + race-baiting, SamRo, coffee, Little House on the Prairie, grief, growing up gay and Kevyn Aucoin!
Read A F*cking Book: Mia McKenzie’s “The Summer We Got Free”
The Summer We Got Free is a story of family, of generational healing and the power of queerness.
Things I Read That I Love #75: Quinoa Cranberry Pilaf, Coregasm
Topics include New York’s fancy gentleman’s clubs, Thelma & Louise, porn in San Francisco, shitty jobs, domestic violence, oxycontin abuse, scientology, band names and so much more!
See The Fascinating Evolution of Cover Art From 12 Legendary Queer Books
Looking back at a century of cover designs from all over the world for beloved queer books like Tipping the Velvet, Orlando, The Color Purple, Annie on my Mind, Rubyfruit Jungle and more.
Mariel Cove: A Masturbation Month One-Handed-Read Review and Interview
Mariel Cove is a sexy new erotica serial by and for queer women, which means I had to have it immediately.
Claire Messud’s Interview Highlights Sexism Against Female Authors, Characters, and Actually All Women
Katie Roiphe thinks that some women writers are too quick to call “sexism” in interviews. We’re not so sure.
Things I Read That I Love #74: I’m The Dopest Ghost In Town
Topics include the kids of the movie “KIDS,” mental health care, public housing, women in the Middle East, SXSW, escaping North Korea, Texas beauty pageants, a year without internet and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #19: Strong Coffee, Stronger Bourbon
Queer Covers, Cristy C. Road, learning to be a lesbian writer in a feminist bookstore, Michelle Tea on trans* and bisexual representation and so much more!
The Future of Gender Is the Present For Trans* Characters in SciFi Novels
What do the leading names in science fiction tell us about the future of gender?
Things I Read That I Love #73: Tear-Smeared Eyeliner
Topics include trans* fiction, female soliders in combat, GoFundMe, the Lady Jaguars, The Wronged Man, food stamps, 90’s slutgrungefashion, breast cancer, Web U, southern cuisine and so much more!
Amber Dawn’s Memoir, “How Poetry Saved My Life”: The Autostraddle Interview
“How Poetry Saved My Life” tells Dawn’s story of sex-work and survivorship through poetry and prose. We spoke with her about this latest work, queer writers and speculative fiction.
Things I Read That I Love #72: Even If She Was Gay Emotionally
Topics include Gia Carnagi, Jenna Lyons, Dodd-Frank, solitary confinement, day care, Q*bert, Khadijah Williams, Prom 1995, Shutterbabe and more!
Lez Liberty Lit #18: Lesbian Literary Detective Work Is Overrated
Topics include finding quality queer books, the Pultizers, Maya Angelou, a big week at the Lesbrary, SO MANY EVENTS and what we’ve been reading.