Andrew Sean Greer’s Less won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Is this sequel necessary? Does it live up to the original? … More Turns Out Less Really Is More: My Review of Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer
Andrew Sean Greer’s Less was a surprise winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Did it deserve to win? And what does that mean anyway? … More Is Less Secretly Toxic? And What Type of Book Deserves to Win Major Literary Prizes? The Case of Less (A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive)
Alison Cochrun’s queer holiday romance follows a woman who agrees to a fake engagement with someone who turns out to be the brother of the woman of her dreams. Chaos ensues. … More The Cinnamon Bun Romance I Needed Right Now: Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
The author of the gay classic Dancer From the Dance has released a new novel about a gay man facing old age and death. Is it worth reading? … More Life, Decline, and Death: The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran (Book Review)
Douglas Stuart returns with Young Mungo, his second novel, about a tender boy growing up in a violent world and trying to find his place. … More A Dangerous Coming of Age in Glasgow: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
I’ve been sitting on this review for a while now because I keep turning it over and over in my head, and to be brutally honest, I’m trying to decide how much I actually like this book. Published in 1978, Dancer From the Dance is a perfect encapsulation of the gay subculture that thrived in … More My Deep Dive into Dancer from the Dance
Here are some LGBT+ focused books that I think everyone should read. … More Essential Queer Reads
Just in time for Pride Month, here are the LGBT+ books on my TBR pile. Need a book from a queer author or featuring queer life? This may help. … More My LGBTQI Reading List
What if gay teenagers were allowed to be the stars of a romantic comedy? It might look a little something like Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera’s new YA novel. … More What If It’s Us Gives Gay Teenagers the Romantic Comedy Treatment
Eleanor Roosevelt’s relationship with Lorena Hickok has been a source of controversy since the days it was happening in real-time. Were they secret lovers? Merely close friends? The topic has been endlessly debated. White Houses assumes that they were lovers, which seems reasonable, and purports to tell the story of their relationship. And it does, but … More The Secret Love Life of Eleanor Roosevelt: White Houses, by Amy Bloom
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