Book Review
Cold Nights of Childhood
Tezer Özlü’s "Cold Nights of Childhood" is a work of autofiction that spans decades, cities, and one woman’s many lives. A woman grows up in restrictive Istanbul in the 1950s and 1960s. She battles depression. She begins her story...
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Any Other City
Hazel Jane Plante’s novel "Any Other City" puts a transgender punk idol’s story to the page. Tracy St. Cyr lives in a city that could be “any other city” that features creative and queer communities. Her story is structured like...
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American Gospel
In Miah Jeffra’s novel American Gospel, the gentrification of Baltimore, Maryland, is witnessed through alternating points of view—those of the people affecting it, and those of the people who are affected by it. When plans for...
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Café Shira
In David Ehrlich’s contemporary novel "Café Shira", a literary coffee house located in the heart of Jerusalem becomes a temple for the patrons who frequent it. There are many people who regularly spend their time in Café Shira. They...
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Bad Gays
Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller’s "Bad Gays" is about prominent historical queer figures whose “evilness” is often overlooked when discussing the history of queer politics, and whose queerness is often overlooked when discussing the...
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Blue-Skinned Gods
In SJ Sindu’s novel "Blue-Skinned Gods", a child groomed into godhood grows to be a young man whose faith in himself and in others is questioned. The story of Kalki’s godhood was always the same: his blue skin signifies his ability...
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Honey Mine
Camille Roy’s rich literary collection "Honey Mine" features outcasts and shows what it’s like to live as one. In the book’s sixteen short entries (both prose and poetry pieces), the character who speaks is always named Camille....
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The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams
Jonathan Ned Katz’s "The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams" is the biography of a queer Jewish woman whose life sheds light on the times. The short, fascinating story of Eve Adams, born Chava Zloczewer, is presented in full,...