AfterEllen posted The history behind “Carmilla,” the story of a 19th century lesbian vampire. Gay YA posted How To Make Your Library a Safe Space for Queer Teens. Lambda Literary posted Remembering Nene Adams,1966-2015 Chinelo Okparanta: On Her New Novel ‘Under The Udala Trees’ and Being a Champion of Love New in October:Read More
Danika reviews Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Under the Udala Trees is set in Nigeria during and in the aftermath of the civil war. Ijeoma is sent to live in a safer area of the country with people she’s never meant. She acts as a servant to earn her keep. When she befriends a girl from another ethnic group–in fact, from theRead More
Audrey reviews Warm November by Kathleen Knowles
After a really fun experience with In Every Cloud by Tina Michele, also published by Bold Strokes Books, I downloaded Warm November. Hayley and Merle are both older lesbians, but Hayley’s newly out of the closet, while Merle’s just out of a long-term relationship. The last sentence of the synopsis is, “Can they overcome theirRead More
Elinor reviews Olive Oil and White Bread by Georgia Beers
Olive Oil and White Bread is an unusual romance in that it doesn’t focus on the process of falling in love. Instead, it charts more than two decades between a couple, both their highs and lows. Jillian and Angie check each other out at a New York state softball game in the late 1980s andRead More
Link Round Up: September 29 – October 3
AfterEllen posted The AfterEllen.com Huddle: Banned Books. Autostraddle posted Lez Liberty Lit #81: All Eileen Myles All The Time. Diversity In YA posted Truths and Lies About Diversity in Speculative Fiction. The Lesbian Review posted 10 Great Lesbian Books To Try. “Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance” was posted at The DailyRead More
Link Round Up: September 21 – 28
Autostraddle posted 2015 Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Awards. Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted LGBTQ Fall Book Releases to Be Excited About. Gay YA posted Bisexuality in YA. Jeanne Cordova posted A Letter About Dying, to My Lesbian Communities at AfterEllen. Catherine Lundoff posted Some thoughts about Tragic Queer Narratives. “AfterRead More
Rachel reviewed The Locket and the Flintlock by Rebecca S. Buck
From Bold Strokes Books comes an unusual story of love amidst pre-Victorian England. The Locket and the Flintlock by Rebecca S. Buck starts in 1812 when Lucia Foxe, daughter of a wealthy British aristocrat, and her family are robbed by a band of thieves called Highwaymen. The thieves steal Lucia’s treasured locket and leave, butRead More
Link Round Up: September 14 – 20
Lambda Literary posted Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color Issue 2. “We’re Here and We’re Queer: 35 Indie Titles Doing Right by LGBT Fans” was posted at Comicosity. Dryland by Sara Jaffe was reviewed at Lambda Literary. The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson was reviewed at the Los AngelesRead More
Marthese reviews Scale-Bright by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Scale-Bright by Benjanun Sriduangkaew is a novella based on Chinese mythology that takes place in modern Hong Kong. This was an interesting premise and although I found it somewhat different from the fantasy that I usually real, it came recommended by a friend, so I gave it a go. The story follows Julianne Lau, aRead More
Anna M. reviews Just Three Words by Melissa Brayden
Melissa Brayden’s follow-up to Kiss the Girl is Just Three Words, the second in Brayden’s Soho Loft Romance series about four lesbian/bisexual friends who met in college and started an advertising business called Savvy. This time out, the plot focuses on structure-craving accountant Samantha Ennis and easygoing graphic designer Hunter Blair. The rent is raisedRead More
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