Literature

Author interviews, guides to the best LGBT Literature, Gay and Lesbian Novels and Memoirs and more!

Book Features Book Lists LGBT Book Reviews

No posts found.

memoir

nonfiction

Melissa Febos "Girlhood" book review: Melissa Febos is in a black turtleneck, next to the cover art of her book "Girlhood." The book title says the word "Girlhood" in dark magenta lettering over and over until it fades into orange, spelling her name, like a sunset. It's all against a black background.

literature

Power Is Searingly Political and Personal In Melissa Febos’ “Girlhood”

Secrets, silence, internalized misogyny, power, desire, and the catastrophic — yet very common — ways in which girls are harmed as they grow into women are all themes that Febos…

Luna Adler —

Apr 9, 2021

lez liberty lit

link roundup

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: How Do Plague Stories End?

How DO plague stories end? Plus, “non-binary” in Italian, was this one feminist classic actually trash, the Tamagotchi cemetery and more.

Ryan Yates —

Apr 8, 2021

essay collection

nonfiction

Three repeating images of the cover of We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival

literature

How New Anthology “We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival” Honors Sex Workers’ Truths

We Too maps out the underground ecosystems of sex worker survival and self-determination that are literally the building blocks of a new world order.

Aegor Ray —

Apr 5, 2021

literary fiction

novel

Three repeating images of the cover of Forsythe Harmon's JUSTINE

literature

Forsyth Harmon’s “Justine” Is a Haunting Book About Intense Teenage Friendship

This tiny book is a quiet horror story in which beauty is a terror and friendship is an undoing of the self. The final line has haunted me long past…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 1, 2021

lez liberty lit

link roundup

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: A Phantom from the Jump

Not reading anything for a week, an interview with jamie hood, bathroom libraries, a short story collection of Sarahs and more.

Ryan Yates —

Mar 25, 2021

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

bisexuality

A collage of the 8 book covers of the books included in this list

book lists

M/F Romances Featuring Bi+ Women Whose Queer Identities and Communities are Front and Center

“I am looking for content more than simply a small throw-away line that the woman is bisexual. I would love to see bisexual women for whom their queer identities and…

Casey —

Mar 22, 2021

Things I Read That I Love

literature

Things I Read That I Love #317: One Moment Could Be Ecstatic and The Next Perilous

Topics include reviewing the book review, TikTok aesthetics, Choose Your Own Adventure books, Soho House, private school, “A Teacher” and so much more!

Riese —

Mar 19, 2021

literary fiction

novel

The cover of Melissa Brooder's Milk Fed: An orange background with an abstract pink breast on the front.

literature

The Audacity of Melissa Broder’s MILK FED

Broder’s coming-of age-tale MILK FED is at turns funny, poignant, and squirm-in-your-seat sexy.

Kate Gorton —

Mar 17, 2021

Become a Member

Become a Member to support queer journalism

What You Get:

EXCLUSIVE AF+ CONTENT

AD-FREE READING EXPERIENCE

PRINT MAGAZINE DELIVERED QUARTERLY

30% OFF PRODUCTS

LEARN MORE

Become a Member

Become a Member to support queer journalism

EXCLUSIVE AF+ CONTENT

AD-FREE READING EXPERIENCE

PRINT MAGAZINE DELIVERED QUARTERLY

30% OFF PRODUCTS

LEARN MORE

Don’t want to see ads? Join AF+

Literature

Join Our Newsletter

Join Our Newsletter

Become a Member

What You Get:

Become a Member