First, let us acknowledge Shamim Sharif not only for her book, but for her book’s title. Perhaps it’s just me, but I’m still amused by I Can’t Think Straight. I Can’t Think Straight is written through the alternating viewpoints of British-Indian Leyla, an aspiring writer, and Palestinian Tala, four-times-engaged and quickly becoming a headache for her traditionalRead More
Krait reviews Positive Lightning by Laurie Salzler
Positive Lightning –- After first reading the title, I had to start with researching what the heck “positive lightning” actually is. Was it just a play on words? In short, no – positive lightning is a rare phenomenon where an extraordinarily powerful lightning strike runs from cloud to ground (rather than the other way around), and theyRead More
Danika reviews This Is What Happened In Our Other Life by Achy Obejas
Almost all of my poetry reviews begin the same way: with me expressing that I don’t know how to review poetry. With that in mind, I’m going to keep this review pretty brief, because I don’t think I have much to add to the conversation. As a personal preference, I usually enjoy poetry thatRead More
Danielle Ferriola reviews Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
Goosebumps formed on my skin the moment I began reading Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh. Aesthetically pleasing and beautifully written, Maroh immediately captured my attention and my heart. The story begins with Emma reading diary entries written by her love, Clementine. Although Clementine has passed, her memories are very much alive. ClementineRead More
Danika reviews Lizzy & Annie by Casey Plett
Lizzy & Annie by Casey Plett is an illustrated short story bound zine-style. It follows a romance between two trans women in New York City and it’s pretty much perfect. When I heard about about the premise of Lizzy & Annie (trans lesbians story? trans lesbians of colour? written by a trans woman? with gorgeous watercolour illustrations??), IRead More
Link Round-Up: May 8 – 15
AfterEllen posted The AfterEllen.com Book Club: “Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution” and “Lumberjanes” is the comic for the little queer Girl Scout in your heart. Autostraddle posted 14 Locations Conducive To Lesbianism According To 1954′s “Female Homosexuality” and 12 (More) Ladies Who Were Writing Sexy Lesbian Love Letters Before You Got Born. Diversifya posted Introducing: the DivYAQnA. Read More
Danika reviews When I Was Straight by Julie Marie Wade
When I Was Straight is a brief (42 pages) poetry collection by Julie Marie Wade. It is split into two sections: “Before.”, in which all the poems are titled “When I Was Straight” and “After.”, which are titled “When ___ Learns I am a Lesbian”. Because the first half of the collection has theRead More
Danika reviews Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older
Long Hidden is an anthology of stories that take place between the 1400s and early 1900s, include some element of speculative fiction (mostly fantasy, some horror, a little sci fi), and are about marginalized people. This is not an all-lesbian collection, as you probably guessed, but it does include at least two lesbian stories (at leastRead More
Danika reviews Inheritance by Malinda Lo [Spoiler-Free for Adaptation!]
As you may recall, I read Adaptation by Malinda Lo about a month ago and really, really enjoyed it. Easily one of the best YA I’ve ever read, nevermind queer YA. So I was excited to pick up and the next and final book in the duology (I originally thought it was a trilogy and wasRead More
Ashley reviews The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to Their Younger Selves edited by Sarah Moon
It is a truth universally acknowledged that LGBTQ teenagers must be in want of queer mentors. Thanks to Editor Sarah Moon, it’s now possible for them to glean the wisdom of a variety of LGBT role models in just one trip to the library. The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to Their Younger Selves is aRead More
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