I recently attended a literary conference focused on lesbian literature and was shocked at how many attendees didn’t know anything about Black lesbian literature outside of two or three authors. Most were familiar with Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, and Audre Lorde, the consummate Black lesbian poet, butRead More
Elinor reviews The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
The Argonauts is an amazing book. It is a memoir but not a neatly narrative one. It’s been called “genre-bending,” which it certainly is. I’d describe it as a meditation of family, queerness, gender, love, bodies, connection, and a whole lot more. Nelson quotes academic theorists as readily as she shares visceral, personal details fromRead More
Link Round Up: July 27 – August 9
Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #103: Permission To Not Finish That Book You Hate. Fuck Yeah Lesbian Literature posted my Master List of Lesbian & Bi Women Book Recommendations: all the lesbian & bi women books I’ve read and loved, separated into genre! Honestly Comics posted Prismatic Pull: a weekly recap of LGBTQIA comicsRead More
Julie Thompson reviews Me and My Boi edited by Sacchi Green
“Gender has no boundaries, and neither does lust.” — Sacchi Green, Introduction Me and My Boi, edited by Sacchi Green, is a collection of twenty erotic encounters between those who, in addition to identifying as lesbian, also identify as bois, butches, masculine-of-center, or eschew gender labels altogether. These individuals seek out sexual romps and emotionallyRead More
Emily R. reviews Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
Vividly rendered at the intersection of liminal spaces of all kinds, Santa Olivia follows the story of Loup Garron as she comes of age on the Mexican-US border. Born to a woman and a genetically enhanced soldier, part of a military “werewolf” experiment, Loup inherits some of her father’s abilities. After being orphaned, she isRead More
Cara reviews Ex-Wives of Dracula by Georgette Kaplan
This is one of the best lesbian vampire books I’ve ever read. While not without its flaws, it stands out for the development of its two protagonists, its prose, its humor, and its well-developed setting. Mindy and Lucia start off by rekindling their childhood friendship on Mindy’s pizza routes, in the easy way that friendships develop when you’re thatRead More
Kathryn Hoss Recommends Lesbian Beach Reads
Every summer my entire obnoxious/lovable extended family rents a beach house in the Carolinas for a week, and every summer I end up scouring Goodreads, Amazon, and the Lesbrary for “lesbian beach reads.” Usually, that phrase yields zero-to-few results. I’m here to change that. Looking for a juicy tell-all for theRead More
Danika reviews Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire by Lisa M. Diamond
This was a life-changing book for me. The only thing I can compare it to in terms of reading experience is Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue, which opened up a whole world of queer women lit throughout time to me that I had never heard of before. Instead of changing my view ofRead More
Shira Glassman reviews Prom and Other Hazards by Jamie Sullivan
Any story that starts with “will you GOAT to prom with me” has got me hooked. The main character may think that’s an awful pickup line, but I’m all over that shit 😛 This was a totally approachable piece of contemporary YA f/f with a happy ending, relatable and familiar characters, and girls in formal wear lookingRead More
Tierney reviews Oath of Honor by Radclyffe
Oath of Honor recounts the reluctant romance between Wes, newly hired head of the White House Medical Unit, and Evyn, dedicated Secret Service agent: though their attraction is immediate (as it so often is in romance novels), the two suppress their feelings in favor of their professions’ singular goal – protect the president. But asRead More
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