Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! My girlfriend’s and my 10-year anniversary was this month, and I figured it was well past time we bought our own volume of Sappho. For those who don’t know, Sappho was a poet from the island of Lesbos who lived around the turn ofRead More
Sea Monsters and Lesbian Pirates: The Abyss Surrounds Us & The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie
Bookshop.org Affiliate Link The Abyss Surrounds Us and The Edge of the Abyss feel like one book that’s been split in two. And I mean that in the best way possible—one of my biggest frustrations with young adult fiction is when it doesn’t take the time to slowly and properly develop its themes, characters, narrativeRead More
An Epic Queer Fantasy With Some Uncomfortable Straightness: A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Samantha Shannon’s high fantasy novel Priory of the Orange Tree made a pretty big splash when it came out in 2019. Not only did it have detailed and expansive worldbuilding that supported a rich cast of compelling characters, the book was also huge—a full 830 pages long. I’veRead More
A Sapphic Sequel to Shakespeare’s The Tempest: Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Out of all of Shakespeare’s comedies, The Tempest has always stuck out to me as particularly odd. The play’s initial premise hardly seems like it belongs in a comedy at all—an ousted duke raises his daughter alone on a magical isle, binding spirits to his will and planningRead More