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Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

“How many scenes have had people work something out at a diner? Can’t that happen at an Olive Garden?”

Drew Burnett Gregory

Mar 11, 2025

BOOK FEATURES

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

“I tried not to do that. I tried to keep the most important thing the…

Riese

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Feb 17, 2025

BOOK FEATURES

Read an Excerpt From ‘Broughtupsy’, a Queer Jamaican Diaspora Novel

Chirp of tree frogs floating sonorous, each piercing chirrup rising on the wane of the…

Christina Cooke

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Jan 28, 2025

Slapping Leather Queer Cowfolx at the Rodeo

LGBT HISTORY

A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer

Slapping Leather addresses how the idealized white masculine cowboy has always been a myth.

Lauren Herold

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Jan 9, 2025

Kristen Arnett holding copies of her book Stop Me If You've Heard This One on a Florida bookstore road trip

TRAVEL

We Took a Gay Literary Road Trip Through Central Florida, and You Should Too!

As Florida now leads the nation in book bans, putting together a little Florida road…

Kristen Arnett

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Jan 7, 2025

book features

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

“I tried not to do that. I tried to keep the most important thing the story and the storytelling, because I think it gets annoying when you have an agenda.…

Riese —

Feb 17, 2025

book features

Read an Excerpt From ‘Broughtupsy’, a Queer Jamaican Diaspora Novel

Chirp of tree frogs floating sonorous, each piercing chirrup rising on the wane of the last. I’m in my childhood home.

Christina Cooke —

Jan 28, 2025

lgbt history

A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer

Slapping Leather addresses how the idealized white masculine cowboy has always been a myth.

Lauren Herold —

Jan 9, 2025

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book features

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

“How many scenes have had people work something out at a diner? Can’t that happen at an Olive Garden?”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 11, 2025

climate change

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book features

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

“I tried not to do that. I tried to keep the most important thing the story and the storytelling, because I think it gets annoying when you have an agenda.…

Riese —

Feb 17, 2025

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novel

book features

Read an Excerpt From ‘Broughtupsy’, a Queer Jamaican Diaspora Novel

Chirp of tree frogs floating sonorous, each piercing chirrup rising on the wane of the last. I’m in my childhood home.

Christina Cooke —

Jan 28, 2025

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lgbt history

A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer

Slapping Leather addresses how the idealized white masculine cowboy has always been a myth.

Lauren Herold —

Jan 9, 2025

#affiliatemarketing

florida

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We Took a Gay Literary Road Trip Through Central Florida, and You Should Too!

As Florida now leads the nation in book bans, putting together a little Florida road trip travel guide oriented around independent bookstores feels meaningful. There’s more to this place than…

Kristen Arnett —

Jan 7, 2025

interview

Kate Moennig

book features

Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You

We talked to Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig about Allstora’s PANTS Pod book club and its mission to uplift queer authors, connect with pod listeners and read some really good…

Riese —

Dec 20, 2024

dorothy allison

book features

20 Dorothy Allison Quotes I Think About All The Time

“Two or three things I know, but this is the one I am not supposed to talk about, how it comes together — sex and violence, love and hatred.”

Riese —

Nov 16, 2024

death is sad

dorothy allison

book features

Dorothy Allison, Lesbian and Feminist Writer and Activist, Has Died. We Must Keep Learning From Her Life’s Work and ‘Remake the World’

Dorothy Allison died at the age of 75 from cancer earlier this week. Some of my favorite teachers in the world are people I’ve never shared a classroom with, and…

Stef Rubino —

Nov 9, 2024

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interview

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

"How many scenes have had people work something out at a diner? Can’t that happen at an Olive Garden?"

Drew Burnett Gregory

book features

climate change

featured

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

“I tried not to do that. I tried to keep the most important thing the story and the storytelling, because I think it gets annoying when you have an agenda.…

Riese —

Feb 17, 2025

#affiliatemarketing

novel

Read an Excerpt From ‘Broughtupsy’, a Queer Jamaican Diaspora Novel

Chirp of tree frogs floating sonorous, each piercing chirrup rising on the wane of the last. I’m in my childhood home.

Christina Cooke —

Jan 28, 2025

#affiliatemarketing

A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer

Slapping Leather addresses how the idealized white masculine cowboy has always been a myth.

Lauren Herold —

Jan 9, 2025

#affiliatemarketing

florida

We Took a Gay Literary Road Trip Through Central Florida, and You Should Too!

As Florida now leads the nation in book bans, putting together a little Florida road trip travel guide oriented around independent bookstores feels meaningful. There’s more to this place than…

Kristen Arnett —

Jan 7, 2025

SURPRISE ME WITH AN ARCHIVE ARTICLE

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Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

BOOK FEATURES

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

BOOK FEATURES

Read an Excerpt From ‘Broughtupsy’, a Queer Jamaican Diaspora Novel

LGBT HISTORY

A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer

TRAVEL

We Took a Gay Literary Road Trip Through Central Florida, and You Should Too!

book features

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

book features

Read an Excerpt From ‘Broughtupsy’, a Queer Jamaican Diaspora Novel

lgbt history

A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer

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