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Lez Liberty Lit: Literary Manspreading, Now for Women Too

Fighting words about literary organizational systems. Plus animals that break into libraries, writers on the books that inspire them, new poetry from Indigenous women and more.

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Aug 16, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Library Lovin’

Why conservatives are afraid of libraries, what to read that’s out in August, why writing matters in an age of despair and more.

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Aug 2, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Anything Can Be A Beach Read

Tarot and psychotherapy, reading anything at any time of year, give yourself permission not to finish that book you don’t really want to finish and more.

Ryan Yates —

Jul 19, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: The Queer Erotic Debut Novel of the Summer

How queer writers create queer stories, the history of writing as a history of book burning, queer bookstores to visit and more.

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Jul 5, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Queer People Deserve Happy Endings Too

It’s fun to delete stuff. Plus: feminist zine culture, a Lumberjanes quiz, the 2017 VIDA count results and more.

Ryan Yates —

Jun 21, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Language as Control

Language is a way to exercise control. Also some Pride reading lists, three Latinx zines, dying languages and more.

Ryan Yates —

Jun 7, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Hypnotic Decay

How lesbian pulp fiction saved lives, Michelle Tea’s Against Memoir, gay love letters, what counts as “well read” and more.

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May 24, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Going Analog

Nobel-cancelling sex scandals, writing by hand, what to read if you want to read funny women, the myth of women authors with only one good book and more.

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May 10, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Forget Books

A history of twentieth century women critics, why “being nice” is a scam, queer books for teens, Independent Bookstore Day and more.

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Apr 26, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Recovering Narratives

New thoughts on South Asian cultural identity in YA, writing recovery and addiction narratives, Joan Didion’s reading list, how Judy Blume taught girls to be feminists and more.

Ryan Yates —

Apr 12, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: Possibly Infinite Meaning

Books as medicine or advice, what’s happening to feminist bookstores, addiction and recovery narratives and more.

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Mar 29, 2018

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Lez Liberty Lit: In the Dictionary Like a Dumpster Fire

Complaining about language, a new zine about sisterhood beyond gender, Lambda Literary finalists, “dumpster fire” makes the dictionary and more.

Ryan Yates —

Mar 15, 2018