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Sapphic Book Reviews

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Marthese reviews Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea

November 24, 2016 by Danika Ellis

Mermaid in Chelsea Creek is yet another book I have been meaning to get into and the hype did not disappoint. This young adult fantasy book is set in Chelsea, Massachusetts and follows Sophia a teenage girl with Polish ancestry. Sophia and her best friend Ella like to play the pass-out game because it’s the onlyRead More

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Elinor reviews How to Grow Up by Michelle Tea

March 11, 2015 by Danika Ellis

My wife and I are currently trying to buy a house, which is surreal, and it’s made me wonder about what it means to be–or feel like–an adult. Like magic, I found a copy of Michelle Tea’s latest memoir on that very topic. Since I’m a fan of Tea’s other writing, I picked it up.Read More

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Hannah reviews Mermaid In Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea

July 15, 2014 by Danika Ellis

This book is a gift to the world. As I read it I imagined wrapping it up in pretty colored paper and giving it to someone I love, to imagine them discovering it for the first time. Mermaid in Chelsea Creek is everything I’ve ever wanted from a Young Adult, “Chosen One” fantasy novel. I began thisRead More

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Jess reviews Coal To Diamonds by Beth Ditto (with Michelle Tea)

March 10, 2014 by Danika Ellis

Coal To Diamonds (2012) is Beth Ditto’s raw and demanding memoir. Written with Michelle Tea, Ditto holds nothing back, sharing family history, The Gossip’s gossip and her thoughts on the world at large. I’ll be honest, I went into Coal To Diamonds with no expectations. I didn’t know about the band The Gossip (sorry fans),Read More

Lesbrary Reviews, Uncategorized

Casey reviews Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea

October 4, 2013 by Danika Ellis

I feel a bit like a terrible literary queer when I say that I haven’t read much of Michelle Tea—I actually saw the film version of Valencia when it was recently at Vancouver’s queer film festival, and I haven’t read the book yet!  While Michelle Tea was in town for the screening, though, I hadRead More

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Laura reviews Sister Spit edited by Michelle Tea

February 22, 2013 by Danika Ellis

In the introduction to Sister Spit: Writing, Rants & Reminiscence from the Road, editor Michelle Tea proudly writes that Sister Spit is what she did instead of college. Reading this collection is like digging through a pile of her study group’s crumpled looseleaf notes at the end of the semester. It’s enough to get theRead More

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Mfred reviews Valencia by Michelle Tea

September 13, 2011 by Danika Ellis

What to say about this book?  I can’t quite put my finger on Valencia, can’t pin it down or summarize my reaction to it. Perhaps my first mistake was to read the introduction.  My copy is a reprint, with Tea adding commentary on her own ambivalent feelings regarding the semi-autobiographical story of being young, queer, drunkRead More

Guest Lesbrarians, Lesbrary Reviews

Guest Lesbrarian Rie reviews The Chelsea Whistle

May 16, 2011 by Danika Ellis

Previous to reading The Chelsea Whistle, I’d attempted a memoir by a smothered-but-privileged writer. This history of Tea’s youth soared where that failed. It’s all those adjectives given to books that end up written by a mom in the midwest–raw, gritty, real, hopeful–but this one’s real. It’s the brutality of childhood that we all experience,Read More

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The Lesbrary is a sapphic book blog that started in 2010. It's run by Danika Ellis, and we have about a dozen reviewers from around the world recommending sapphic books in every genre. Check out the top navigation bar for more about the Lesbrary as well as options to browse by genre, age category, rating, and more.

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