It is not in spite of the grit, irreverence and sordid encounters that Cheryl B.’s life serves as an inspiration; rather, it is because of the rawness and honesty with which she relays each and every detail. Without apologies, Cheryl B. within her posthumously published memoir, My Awesome Place, recounts the most tragic and triumphantRead More
Nicole reviews A Good Death by Helen Davis
To begin: this book is very well written. The prose is crisp, adept, and emotionally evocative. I read the entire book in two absorbed sittings. It’s a refreshing piece of literature. It also, towards the end, gets crazy insane. Let’s start from the beginning. This novel covers the story of four close friends: Helen, Sophie,Read More
Danika reviews Gender Failure by Rae Spoon & Ivan E. Coyote
Ivan Coyote is one of my favourite authors, and this is actually the ninth book edited or written by them that I’ve read. Rae Spoon was already one my most listened to musicians before their first book, First Spring Grass Fire blew me away. So it’s no great surprise that I loved this book. IRead More
Abigail reviews Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones
Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones is a fantasy in the style of a historical romance. Set in a world that is not our own but resembles Europe in medieval times, the book tells the story of Margerit, a young heiress who inherits her godfather’s wealth, mansions — and his armin (a duelist andRead More
Danika reviews War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow
An American artist witnesses the Quebec spring 2012 student strike on the streets of Montreal. The brutal police response and their violent tactics trigger an exploration of urban planning and its hidden connections to military strategies. Marshal Bugeaud’s urban warfare tactics in Algeria, Haussmann’s plan for Paris, planning and repression in the New World;Read More
Link Round Up: May 22 – 28
Autostraddle posted Lumberjanes #2 Takes Us On a Wild Ride Through Waves of Water and Emotion! #WeNeedDiverseBooks posted To My Fellow Straight White Writers: On Diversity. Women In Words posted Coming Attractions, June 2014 and Hot off the Press, May 2014. “Paint Branch junior gets [lesbian] novel published” was posted at Gazette. That Certain Something by ClareRead More
Rachel posted Happy Endings Are All Alike by Sandra Scoppettone
In 1978, a lesbian novel was published by Sandra Scoppettone, called Happy Endings Are All Alike. Though it’s almost four decades later, the book still hits home the prejudices, sexism, and hatred against gays and lesbians, and the plight of gays was just being acknowledged to the nation. In Gardener’s Point, a small narrow-minded town,Read More
TB reviews Killing Rosa by Lynn Kear
Former hit man Kell Digby, eager for a distraction after her girlfriend Gretchen dumps her, is hired by ex-boss Rosa to take out a business competitor in Miami. The simple hit turns complicated, and Kell is forced to match wits with a dangerous foe. Lynn Kear’s latest release, Killing Rosa, is the sequel to Black-HeartedRead More
Danika reviews Handmade Love by Julie R. Enszer
Back in January, I read another collection of Julie R. Enszer’s poetry: Sisterhood. I found that little poetry book so powerful that I was eager to pick up another collection of Enszer’s work. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy it as much. Sisterhood had several poems (one especially) that hit me so hard that I re-read them over and over,Read More
Danika reviews Frenemy of the People by Nora Olsen
This is the third Nora Olsen book I’ve read, after Swans & Klons and The End. Both of those I felt had great premises and some strong elements, but they fell a little short of my expectations. Frenemy of the People is a different genre (contemporary) than those, and I had heard good things about it fromRead More
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