
100 Scope Notes
March 22, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
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 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
This raw, emotional, experimental story is a powerful read. In turns melancholy, brutal, and funny, this is an innovative look at loneliness and sexuality.
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.
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.
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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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.
January 4, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
A heartfelt and thoughtful look at a fractured friendship and the transformative capability of love and compassion.
December 9, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor
No amount of creativity, acting, and dreaming can substitute for living an authentic life.
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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by Emily Mroczek-Bayci
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