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Tag: Identities

June 7, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

“You Mean Not Everybody Feels Like This?”: Self-Discovery Through Writing, a guest post by Andrew Joseph White

When I was growing up, if I had a big feeling about something, books were the first place I turned…but there was nothing on the shelves that could have helped me learn about being queer, or trans, or autistic.

March 4, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

The Fellowship and the Festival: What Inspired The Book of Living Secrets, a guest post by Madeleine Roux

The unvarnished truth of our teen years, of the secrets, darkness, beauty, and possibility, all deserve to be seen. The Book of Living Secrets tussles with that darkness, embraces that beauty, all while being as weird and wild as the experience of growing up itself.

September 1, 2016 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Wired Man and Other Freaks of Nature by Sashi Kaufman

Publisher’s description Ben Wireman is partially deaf and completely insecure. The only two things that make him feel normal are being a soccer goalie and hanging out with his best friend, Tyler Nuson. Tyler is the golden boy, worshiped by girls and guys alike, and he no longer seems interested in Ben. Without Tyler, Ben […]

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