malinda lo

alison bechdel

buffy the vampire slayer

book lists

Read All Of The Books: The Fall 2013 Queer Books Preview

The 50 most essential queer books coming this fall.

Ryan Yates —

Aug 21, 2013

kiese laymon

lez liberty lit

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #26: Summertime, and The Reading is Easy

The books of Orange is the New Black, diversity in kids’ books, heroic librarians, subtle ways of convincing those around you to read your favorite childhood novels and more.

Ryan Yates —

Aug 8, 2013

lauren morelli

lez liberty lit

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #25: War and Peach

This week in lit links: book-inspired ice cream, why “women’s stories” aren’t the same as stories about women’s lives, writing gay YA in Russia and more.

Ryan Yates —

Jul 26, 2013

eve ensler

lez liberty lit

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #22: Reading As Performing

Where to find queer books to read, starting books but not finishing them, perceived gender, 1984 and more.

Ryan Yates —

Jun 13, 2013

lez liberty lit

malinda lo

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #20: Remember Library Lesbianism

An excerpt from Michelle Tea’s new novel, chicken lit is the new chick lit, library lesbianism, sexism in publishing and more.

Ryan Yates —

May 17, 2013

lez liberty lit

malinda lo

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #19: Strong Coffee, Stronger Bourbon

Queer Covers, Cristy C. Road, learning to be a lesbian writer in a feminist bookstore, Michelle Tea on trans* and bisexual representation and so much more!

Ryan Yates —

May 2, 2013

lez liberty lit

malinda lo

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #18: Lesbian Literary Detective Work Is Overrated

Topics include finding quality queer books, the Pultizers, Maya Angelou, a big week at the Lesbrary, SO MANY EVENTS and what we’ve been reading.

Ryan Yates —

Apr 18, 2013

Jeanette Winterson

Lambda Literary Awards

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #16: We Log Onto Facebook In Order To Live

Lambda Literary Award Finalists, Lean In, Sister Spit, performance-enhancing drugs for writing, outsider lit for girls, bookish cures and so much more!

Ryan Yates —

Mar 21, 2013

Jeanette Winterson

lez liberty lit

issues

Lez Liberty Lit #15: A Blind Date With Literary Knickers

Underwear from lesbian fiction, a defence of reading, queer love letters, killer courses and more.

Ryan Yates —

Mar 7, 2013

Jeanette Winterson

lez liberty lit

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #14: I Love The Smell Of Novellas In The Morning

Batwoman’s lesbian wedding, queer fiction for Black History Month, Jeanette Winterson on Virginia Woolf and confessions from an analogue-obsessed book sniffer, book cakes and so much more!

Ryan Yates —

Feb 21, 2013

Eileen Myles

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literature

Lez Liberty Lit #12: I Owe Everything To Being Queer

This week in literature: reading writers you hate, choosing your own adventure, evolving libraries, an interview with Eileen Myles, Gertrude Stein and more.

Ryan Yates —

Jan 24, 2013

lez liberty lit

malinda lo

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #11: Just Enough Happiness

In this week’s Liberty Lit: reading a book a day, heroines, books that feature Asian lesbians, bookstore cats and more.

Ryan Yates —

Jan 10, 2013