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Tag: LGBTQIA+

March 22, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Playing to our Strengths (and Other Insights on Co-Authoring a Novel): A Conversation with Nicole Melleby and A. J. Sass

There are people out there–often whole communities–just waiting to embrace and celebrate you for who you are.

March 17, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

The Necessity of Writing Queerness Without Romance, a guest post by Maria Ingrande Mora

The nature of Brynn and Skylar’s relationship doesn’t make Brynn or the book less queer. Giving Brynn a meaningful relationship that was neither romantic nor sexual was a very intentional move on my part.

March 14, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: Different for Boys by Patrick Ness with illustrations by Tea Bendix

This raw, emotional, experimental story is a powerful read. In turns melancholy, brutal, and funny, this is an innovative look at loneliness and sexuality.

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The Importance of Books, a guest post by Aden Polydoros

February 20, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

With the unprecedented rise in book bannings and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation targeting marginalized youth, I feel the need to use this opportunity to talk about books and their significance to me.

Book Review: Always the Almost by Edward Underhill

February 17, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

I ended up burning through this super-readable book about love, identity, and trans joy and can't wait to see what else Underhill does.

Book Review: Man o’ War by Cory McCarthy

February 9, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

McCarthy makes it clear that there is joy and love to be found in moving from the captivity of anger and pain to the liberation of being able to be exactly who you are.

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How My Local Library Changed — and Saved — My Life, a guest post by Mike Albo

January 17, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

I didn’t set out to make the library so central in Another Dimension of Us, but as I was writing this book, the library became the one place where the characters felt safe — just like it was for me when I was like Tommy: a gay-but-definitely-not-out 15-year-old in the 80s.

Book Review: Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

January 4, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

A heartfelt and thoughtful look at a fractured friendship and the transformative capability of love and compassion.

The Roles We Play, a guest post by Z. R. Ellor

December 9, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

No amount of creativity, acting, and dreaming can substitute for living an authentic life.

He Couldn’t Read It, So He Wrote It, a guest post by Justin Arnold

November 11, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I wanted to write a party mix of all of it, those things that I love, in a story world where I and everyone else exists, because that’s the book I wanted to read as a teen but couldn’t find.

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