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The book cover for Chasing Harmony: A silhouette of a girl sitting at a piano

Author Melanie Bell on her YA Novel “Chasing Harmony” and the Messy Process of Growing Up Queer

“The people I met who were identified as musical prodigies had long journeys involving conflict between their abilities and personal needs and finding who they were beyond the weight of…

Darcy —

Sep 17, 2022

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disability

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Keah Brown on Her New Picture Book and the Importance of Disability Representation for Children

“I was excited to talk about rest for children, to talk about how even rest can be an adventure.”

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Aug 24, 2022

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Lydia Conklin wears large rectangular framed glasses and has a swoopy short haircut and wears a shortsleeved blue buttonup.

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Author Lydia Conklin on Being Queer in the 90s and Writing Characters in Transitional Moments

“Somebody told me that pretty much everyone who grew up queer, especially in our generation, is a secretive person or has an ability for secrecy.”

Annie Liontas —

Aug 22, 2022

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Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang features a mythical bird on its cover

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K-Ming Chang on Writing Sex Scenes, Profanity in Myths, and Letting Flash Fiction Be Messy

I’m finally getting to write the sex scenes of my dreams — some really weird, some really tender, and others in between.

Ruth Minah Buchwald —

Aug 11, 2022

a league of their own

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A League of Their Own’s Roberta Colindrez & Priscilla Delgado on Queer Maintext and Just Playing Ball

“Well, there’s something about me and Lori Petty. Also, Madonna, Rosie, what’s going on? Marla Hooch? Come on. I love baseball, of course. But I love the movie for so…

Heather Hogan —

Aug 11, 2022

a league of their own

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A League of Their Own’s Melanie Field on Platonic Queer Love and Being the New Rosie

“Being in this body, being able to play a fat, queer athlete is mind blowing to me. It’s a responsibility that I take very seriously. I hope and I dream…

Heather Hogan —

Aug 9, 2022

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covid-19

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Joe Osmundson on Expansive Science Writing and Living in an Impossible World

“It is tension: living well on a viral warming planet is too much to ask of any person. And yet it is what our circumstances are asking of us.”

Vanessa —

Jul 26, 2022

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Michelle Tea on Queer Pregnancy and Writing a Memoir in Present Tense

“I really want it to feel like you fell down a rabbit hole into this world, because that’s how I felt. That was the reality of the experience for me.”

Vanessa —

Jul 25, 2022

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The author Chris Belcher is a white lesbian with brown shoulder length hair and bangs, and she is wearing a black shirt under a white blazer.

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Chris Belcher on “Pretty Baby,” Dungeon Dynamics, and the Expansiveness of Queer Sex

“I always envisioned this book as something that would allow me to talk about how I got to know masculinity as an adult through sex work and reflect back on…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 11, 2022

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The cover of X by Davey Davis features a large black letter X against a gold background. The image is repeated three times.

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Davey Davis on “X,” True Crime, and the Fantasy of Screwball Comedy

“The thing that gets me about a lot of people’s just criticisms of Fifty Shades of Grey is, as a romance novel, as a ravishment novel, it’s a lot closer…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 28, 2022

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