Weekly-ish Link Round Up: 2 Week Edition

How many times have I told myself not to neglect the weekly link round up, and yet, here I am again with 175 things starred to share with you.

The big news in queer literature, according to internets, is

A) The American Library Association has added the Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award (for queer children’s literature) to their Youth Media Awards. Read about it at Newser, Forbes, Advocate, New York Times, babble, MG McFarrelly, Lambda Literary, Oh My Godot, etc. Think of the children! (Also, pet peeve: this is not a “gay” award, or a “gay and lesbian” award: it’s a queer award. This should be especially obvious when you quote that it honours books “relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered experience” within your article. Sigh.)

and B) Taiwan’s first gay and lesbian bookstore!, opened 11 years ago, has a bathroom with transparent walls. Why this is suddenly news, or international news at all, I have no idea. But you can read about it at Daily News and Analysis, Education Blog, and many other sites that have copy-and-pasted them.

“Defending The Well of Loneliness” was posted at Barnes and Noble Review.

AfterEllen posted

• Jeanette Winterson to pen a new memoir, horror novella
• Your Gay Fall Book Guide: Books By and About Lesbians
• Portia DeGeneres lets us in with ‘Unbearable Lightness’
• Across the Page: Must Reads
• An interview with Eileen Myles

Bibrary Bookslut posted “New & Notable November Releases” and “Support a Great Cause . . . and Win Yourself a E-Reader!”.

Bookish Butch posted her first post for her lesbian online book club (go join in!).

The Femme’s Guide posted a review of the zine Fucking Trans Women #0, which isn’t only relevant to lesbians, but is written by a self-identified trans dyke.

GLBT Promo posted a video preview and a link to the first chapter of the upcoming lesbian historical romance Beguiled by Paisley Smith as well as a giveaway of Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher.

I’m Here. I’m Queer. What the Hell Do I Read? posted an It Gets Better video of queer author Cheryl Rainfield.

Kissed By Venus posted a piece on appropriation of lesbian literature.

Lambda Literary posted

• “Book Buzz #23 November 2010”
• their nominees for the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards
• an interview with Carol Guess
• New LGBT Books in November
• two poems from Joy Ladin’s forthcoming book, Coming to Life
• My First Queer Book? ‘Curious Wine’
• Don Weise Launches Indie LGBT Publisher, Magnus Books

Our Big Gayborhood posted I Wanna Hold Your Ha-a-a-and: Confessions of a Lesbian Author.

QueerReader posted “Wonderful News For Queer Readers: Magnus Books Begins. The Publisher is Don Wiese!”

QueerType posted November Publishing Notes.

Readings In Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Fiction posted a reading with Lynn Ames and a survey for listeners.

Women and Words posted

• a video with author Cheri Crystal
• 3 It Gets Better videos from lesbian authors Kim Baldwin, Lee Lynch, and Nell Stark
• an interview with Mavis Applewater
• Bold Strokes Books Victory Editions: More than Romance
• a video about tackling weighty issues in lesbian fiction
• a video about reviews

More lesetc author news and book reviews under the cut.

Ann Bannon did a guest post at Our Big Gayborhood.

Ivan E. Coyote was interviewed at The National Post and at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time. She also posted two of her videos.

Cheri Crystal posted an excerpt from her upcoming book Help Wanted Clitoris Missing In Action.

Stella Duffy has been named a hero of 2010 by Stonewall.

Nancy Garden posted a list of her top lesbian teen books.

Malinda Lo posted about “Queerness and fairy tales”.

Rebekah Matthews was interviewed at The Battered Suitcase Blog.

Long Time Passing: Lives of Older Lesbians edited Marcy Adelman was reviewed at Queer Authors 50 Book Challenge.

When Gay People Get Married by M. V. Lee Badgett was reviewed at Queer Reader.

Split the Aces by Jove Belle was reviewed at Loving Venus – Loving Mars.

Butch Is A Noun by S. Bear Bergman was reviewed at The Femme’s Guide.

Biting The Apple by Lucy Jane Bledsoe was reviewed at Bookish Butch.

Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue was reviewed at Kelsey Excelsior’s Book Review.

Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue was reviewed at Nuttermother.

Wildthorn by Jane Eagland was reviewed at QueerYA and Tia’s Book Musings.

Tell It Slant by Beth Follett was reviewed at Reading Through Life.

Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden was reviewed at Worn Books.

Girl Unwrapped by Gabriella Goliger was reviewed at The Vancouver Sun.

Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City edited by Ariel Gore was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The Unlit Lamp by Radclyffe Hall was reviewed at Queer Authors 50 Book Challenge.

The Killing Room by Gerri Hill was reviewed at Paper Adventures.

Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff was reviewed at Bibrary Bookslut.

Wings of Equity by Sean Kennedy was reviewed at Loving Venus – Loving Mars.

Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid was reviewed at Out In Perth.

Pain Au Chocolat by K Christine Martin was reviewed at Loving Venus – Loving Mars.

Side by Side by Isabel Miller was reviewed at Queer Authors 50 Book Challenge.

Strangers In Paradise, V.2 by Terry Moore was reviewed at Stella Matutina.

Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher by Monica Nolan was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

1049 Club by Kim Pritekel was reviewed at Bibrary Bookslut.

The Fact of a Door Frame: Poems Selected and New, 1950 – 1984 by Adrienne Rich was reviewed at Queer Auhors 50 Book Challenge.

New Order by Jess C Scott was reviewed at Bibrary Bookslut.

Do Not Disturb by Carsen Taite was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica edited by Tristan Taormino was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters was reviewed at VA Bibliophile.

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters was reviewed at another cookie crumbles and Brief Bits About Books.

Body Language by Kenna White was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson was reviewed at a grand and one.

Turn For Home by Lara Zielinsky was reviewed at Lambda Literary.