Welcome to our first Guest Lesbrarian post! This one is by Stefanie for lesbian writer Susan Stinson’s book Martha Moody, published in 1995. She also recommends some of Stinson’s other fiction, including Venus of Chalk and Fat Girl Dances with Rocks. Please, send in your own guest lesbrarian review! Susan Stinson’s Martha Moody is anRead More
Danika reviews Halfway to Silence by May Sarton
I wanted to update with something new that I’ve read, so I picked something small: Halfway to Silence by May Sarton. It’s a collection of her poetry. This is the first book by her I’ve read, though she’s written many. I have a funny relationship with poetry. I love it, in some ways: right nowRead More
Lesbrary Lust: Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Well, I haven’t read any new lesbrary books since last post (I’m still working through a stack of library books), so I thought I’d introduce a new feature: Lesbrary Lust. Lesbrary Lust posts are about books I desperately want to read, but don’t yet own and can’t get through my library. This Lesbrary Lust postRead More
Kicked Out edited by Sassafras Lowrey
I’m sorry I’ve taken so long to get the first review up, but don’t worry: it’s a good one. Kicked Out is an anthology of LGBTQ homeless youth. Somewhere between 20-40% of homeless identify as LGBTQ, which is a staggering number. Kicked Out was created to tell these stories, and to prove to those LGBTQRead More
Bi & Lesbian Book Recommendations
If you’re not sure where to start with queer women books, here are some of my favourites. The Classics 1) Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown This 1970s novel is not only a lesbian/queer women classic, it also entertaining and challenges social norms even to this day. I still remember the day I realized IRead More
Introduction
Welcome to the Lesbrary! I’ve been searching for a lesbian book blog for quite a while now. Since I still haven’t been able to find one, I decided it was time to make my own. The Lesbrary (“lesbrary” from “lesbrarian”) is a place for reviews of books that have queer women content, or are writtenRead More