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Big Swiss by Jen Beagin features a woman howling and laying on the floor with a white milkmaid dress on

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“Big Swiss” Review: On the Queer Age Gap Novel Set in a House Full of Bees

Big Swiss veers from horny to humorous to macabre in zigs and zags.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 21, 2023

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The cover of Endpapers, by Jennifer Savran Kelly. The book has a dark yellow background, and the title and author are collaged, interspersed with the collaged parts of a white person's face and the NYC skyline.

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“Endpapers” Is a Glimpse Into One Artist’s Fight To Be Themselves

Set against the authoritarian backdrops of the McCarthy era and George W. Bush’s post 9/11 America, “Endpapers” asks: What happens when we stop trying to force ourselves to be something…

Darcy —

Feb 8, 2023

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I Keep My Exoskeletons To Myself by M Crane features a blue cover and a black shadowy figure

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Dystopian Commentary Bares Its Teeth and Heart in “I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself”

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to write a responsible dystopia.

Yashwina —

Feb 3, 2023

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Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s “The Death of Vivek Oji” Delves Into What Is Born in Death

Emezi’s ability to immerse the reader into multiple characters’ realities and tell a story that isn’t just one narrative but infinite is reminiscent of Toni Morrison, even as Emezi creates…

Chinelo Anyadiegwu —

Nov 8, 2022

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Fatimah Asghar’s New Novel Is a Salve for My Reality of Grief

Nothing lasts, though — not our parents, not our homes, not our relationships, not us.

shea wesley martin —

Nov 1, 2022

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya takes a mirror selfie, surrounded by copies of her novelette HELEN HOUSE. A small ghost comes out of her phone.

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya on Writing a Lesbian Horror Protagonist Who Has Been to Therapy

Autostraddle Managing Editor Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya’s debut book — Helen House, a queer horror novelette — comes out October 18.

Nico —

Oct 6, 2022

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Rather Than a Coming Out Story, “Body Grammar” Is About Queer Characters Coming Into Themselves

Jules Ohman paints the harsh, sharp-angled modeling industry with soft, tender prose and tells many queer narratives at once in the novel.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 26, 2022

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All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

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“All This Could Be Different” Review: A Novel So Good I Dreaded Finishing It

Whether she’s writing about Gantt charts or economic turmoil or oysters or blue and green or sex or hunger, Sarah Thankam Mathews’ sentences seduce and swathe.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 23, 2022

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The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed features a sweeping landscape of West Texas and a blue sky with clouds.

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“The Golden Season” Is a Queer Love Letter to West Texas

The writing is gorgeous and filled with beautiful imagery and insightful quotes.

Katie —

Aug 4, 2022

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Patricia Wants To Cuddle by Samantha Allen features a furry arm with painted red nails holding a white woman with blonde hair, sun hat, and sunglasses who is taking a selfie.

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Did Somebody Say Lesbian Sasquatch Horror-Comedy “Bachelor” Parody?

An epistolary lesbian love story, monster horror, final girl thrills, and sharp commentary on reality television and social media collide in this bloody, hilarious, chilling novel.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 1, 2022

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