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Tag: Queer
Let’s Talk About Coming Out (in Life and Fiction), a guest post by Jen Ferguson
Here’s to many come outs. Here’s to not having to come out at all. Here’s to coming out for your own reasons, on your own timeline. Here’s to our bookshelves and our libraries reflecting all of this—and much more!
Joy, Connection and Community: Finding Pride in Books During a Pandemic, a conversation between Robin Stevenson and Tom Ryan
Robin Stevenson and Tom Ryan talk about writing "a big queer Canadian YA novel" together.
The Queer Kids Are All Right, a guest post by James Sie
James Sie's message: Your stories are worth telling. You are seen. And you are loved.
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Queer Joy, Pain, and the Other Side of Silence, a guest post by Steven Salvatore
Queer trauma should never be a selling point for queer narratives, and if pain is written as shock value or a central plot point for a straight character, it’s incredibly harmful. But not all pain on the page is harmful.
There’s Something About Insta-Love, a guest post by Phil Stamper
On rom-coms and insta-love: "As an author of queer YA, I get to take it one step further. I can break the trope apart and put it back together the way I want—celebrating the similarities and differences of queer love in all its forms."
Book Review: The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley
Ultimately, my review comes down to just simply saying THIS WAS ADORABLE.
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Book Review: Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson
This is a powerful and painfully honest memoir that looks at surviving while finding your place, your people, and self-acceptance.
WRITING YOUR OWN STORY (SORT OF), a guest post by Greg Howard
Greg Howard joins us to talk about his forthcoming middle grade debut, THE WHISPERS, absent mothers, and turning reality into fiction---sort of.
Book Review: Girls Like Me by Nina Packebush
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the December 2017 School Library Journal Xpress Reviews. PACKEBUSH, Nina. Girls Like Me. 204p. Bedazzled Ink. Nov. 2017. […]
Book Review: Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Publisher’s description From critically acclaimed author Alice Oseman comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic new teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said “could put her among the great young adult fiction authors.” Frances Janvier spends most […]
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