I’ve had a copy of Adrian Tomine’s beautifully drawn graphic novel Shortcomings (2007) around for quite a while; when I was working at a bookstore a few years ago I borrowed it, accidentally spilt coffee on it, and ended up having to buy it. Until I recently reread it, I didn’t really think of itRead More
Anna M. reviews Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin
I was fortunate enough to receive a review copy of the forthcoming Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin. This historical coming of age tale is set in the Minnesota resort town of Excelsior. It’s 1926, and sixteen-year old Garnet Richardson is spending summer with her haughty relatives in order to give her warRead More
Guest Post by Gayle Pitman, professor of psychology and women’s studies at Sacramento City College, and blogger at The Active Voice.
I’d like to take this opportunity to talk in more detail about this new project I’m working on – and how you can potentially be a part of it. The working title for my new book is Fringe: On the Edges of the Mainstream Gay Community, which will explore the experiences of people who exist on the edgesRead More
AfterEllen posted Introducing the AfterEllen.com Book Club! Arsenal Pulp posted Rae Spoon: book trailer for “First Spring Grass Fire”. Autostraddle posted Gay YA Novels Reflecting Reality for LGBT Teens, Including Homelessness. Bold Strokes Books posted The Amazon Trail. Curve Magazine posted Page Turner: Meredith Maran. Elisa posted Literary Heritage: Jeanette Winterson (born August 27, 1959) and LGBT Ebook and Print Releases August, 2012. I’mRead More
Jasper reviews Glass Houses by Laura J. Mixon
I read about Laura J. Mixon’s “Glass Houses” in K. Cadora’s article “Feminist Cyberpunk.” Cadora, author of the novella “Stardust Bound” (which I recommend), argued that, in “Glass Houses,” Mixon translates the tropes of cyberpunk out of a male-only worldview into a wider, more equitable worldview. As a sometimes cyberpunk and noir fan, I wasRead More
Link round up: August 15-21
AfterEllen posted Batwoman #12: Happy anniversary, lesbian superhero! Here, have a Wonder Woman! Autostraddle posted Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Shani Mootoo’s “Cereus Blooms at Night” Queer Ladies Speed-Dating at Strand Bookstore Happened, Was A Huge Success Lez Liberty Lit: Your New Biweekly Guide To Queer Lady Literature (The Lesbrary is featured in this article!!)Read More
Danika reviews Shadow Swans by Laura Thomas
I was intrigued as soon as I heard about the premise of Shadow Swans: a reclusive young woman who lives in an abandoned building filled with handmade wire hummingbirds falls in love with another young woman who lives in the subway tunnels. Together, they explore the tunnels beneath the city. If I had read the descriptionRead More
Casey reviews Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon
Ann Bannon’s pulp novel Odd Girl Out (the first of the famous Beebo Brinker series) is the first, and so far only, 1950s lesbian pulp novel I’ve read. I knew vaguely going into this that things didn’t usually work out so well for the lesbians in these books—publishers usually insisted on a distinct lack ofRead More
Guest Lesbrarian Shanna Shadoan reviews Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
I just read an awesome YA novel. It’s set in Victorian England, and features a young woman who was committed to an asylum for “moral insanity”. Basically, she wasn’t behaving in a properly feminine way. She falls in love with one of the attendants there, so it is a sweet lesbian love story, which isRead More
Lesbrary Link Round Up: August 8-15
The Advocate posted 21 LGBT Biographies or Memoirs You Should Read Now. AfterEllen posted Batwoman and Batgirl team up for an epic battle of epicness in “Batgirl #12”. Autostraddle posted Read a F*cking Book: 20 Best Young Adult Novels For Queer Girls. Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian posted Montreal’s Queer Between the Covers Bookfair (August 18): Fun Times for Queer Nerds.Read More
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