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Love, Respect, and Celebration: The Legacy of Queer Literature

By Vee|2020-08-19T01:15:44-05:00August 22nd, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Readers on Reading, Writers on Writing|Tags: gay, Historical, Queer, Queer Guys|

Caleb Roehrig has written several YA novels starring queer characters, including mystery, heist, and vampire novels. Buy them from one of the author's favorite indies, Literati Bookstore or The Book Cellar! by Caleb Roehrig In 2011, three and a half years before I wrote the manuscript that would become my debut novel, my husband and I put all of our belongings into storage and we moved to Helsinki, Finland. It was a world away from everything we knew, in an unfamiliar country where we didn’t speak the language, and where we had [...]

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Interview: Eleanor Herman, author of the Blood of Gods and Royals series

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:35-05:00June 28th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Blogathon 2016, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: asexual, Fantasy, Historical, New Releases, Queer Guys, Speculative|

Empire of Dust by Eleanor Herman In Macedon, war rises like smoke, forbidden romance blooms and ancient magic tempered with rage threatens to turn an empire to dust After winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands—but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with each new threat. Meanwhile, Hephaestion, cast aside by Alexander for killing the wrong man, must conceal the devastating secret of a divine prophecy from Katerina even as the two of them are thrust together on a dangerous mission to Egypt. The warrior, Jacob, determined to forget his [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:33-05:00June 24th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: Bisexual, Black, Historical, PoC, Queer Girls|

We are HUGE fans of Robin Talley's debut novel Lies We Tell Ourselves. Today, we are THRILLED to reveal the gorgeous new cover that this fantastic book will soon be getting! We also got to talk to Robin Talley and her kick ass editor T.S. Ferguson about the cover redesign, representation, and Robin's forthcoming projects. Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley (Harlequin Teen, 2014) Lies We Tell Ourselves UK Version (MIRA Ink, 2014) In 1959 Virginia, the lives [...]

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Sneak Peek: Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:03-05:00March 19th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Sneak Peek|Tags: Historical, lesbian, Queer Girls, Realistic|

Today, we're honored to be hosting a short excerpt from the newly released Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman. The records on my turntable were stacked starting with Joni Mitchell’s Ladies of the Canyon. When Rox flipped the switch, she listened and said, “I love Joni,” like she was her best friend or something. It was the first time I had ever seen Rox without her waterproof mascara. She looked younger. Also, wearing my flannel nightgown and slippers, she looked downright sweet. “Would you [...]

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5 Reasons to Love Benjamin Alire Saenz’s Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

By Sonia|2020-03-28T13:42:06-05:00March 5th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: Historical, Latin@, Queer Guys, Realistic|

by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2012) opens in the summer of 1987 in El Paso, Texas and follows Aristotle Mendoza’s journey toward self-discovery. Fifteen year old Ari is smart and witty but quite isolated from other boys his own age. However, after meeting Dante Quintana at the pool he begins to feel a renowned interest in life and an unfamiliar feeling for Dante. Benjamin Alire Saenz[1] creates a beautiful flourishing relationship between the two young boys that forces both of them to look inward. Ari and Dante find solace, [...]

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Author Guest Post: Love, War, and Fairy Tale Endings

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:08-05:00January 27th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, New Releases|Tags: gay, Historical, New Releases, Queer Guys|

by Danny M. Cohen Early on in my debut novel, Train, teenagers Alexander and Marko make their way through the midnight shadows of Berlin to The Fountain of Fairy Tales in Friedrichshain Park. Statues of Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Hansel, Gretel, and other familiar storybook characters surround the fountain and watch the teenage boys share a kiss. But this is no fairy tale. This is 1943 Germany and the Nazi machinery of deportation and mass-murder is ongoing. In writing Train, I wanted to tell the hidden stories of Hitler’s often forgotten victims—the Roma, the disabled, homosexuals, political [...]

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Author Interview: Danny M. Cohen

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:08-05:00January 27th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: gay, Historical, New Releases, Queer Guys, Realistic|

Today we are talking with author Danny M. Cohen about his debut novel, TRAIN, which comes out today! Happy release day Danny! Train by Danny M. Cohen (Unsilence Project , 2015) About the book: TRAIN is a YA historical thriller with a particular focus on the Nazis’ persecution of homosexuals. This novel is self-published in partnership with Unsilence Project. “This thriller gives voice to the unheard victims of Nazism — the Roma, the disabled, homosexuals, intermarried Jews, and political enemies of the regime.” (via Danny Cohen's website) Over ten days in 1943 Berlin, six teenagers witness [...]

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Book Review: Fighting Kudzu by Mystic Thompson

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:20-05:00December 22nd, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: Historical, lesbian, Queer Girls, Realistic|

In 1972 on a hot, late spring day in Georgia, five-year-old Noble Thorvald plays contentedly, alone in her suburban backyard. Her only companions...an imaginary professional football team. As she plays in her world of wonder and adventure, Noble is unaware of the challenges life will hurl in her direction-challenges that will redefine her more than once. Fighting Kudzu is the lyrical saga that traces Noble's life as she emerges into adulthood and discovers herself. The plot synopsis given on the back cover, and given above, of Fighting Kudzu by Mystic Thompson comes nowhere near the actual depth [...]

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Hey, Dollface: Pushing the Boundaries of YA in 1978

By Nathaniel|2020-03-28T13:42:23-05:00November 26th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: Historical, Queer Girls, Realistic|

It was around then I began to realize that there was some current between Chloe and me that was unlike anything I’d ever experienced before; it was a vague, clouded feeling that I couldn’t quite place or identify. It didn’t happen all of a sudden; it was more like moments of dim awareness, followed by a gradual recognition that it was there without my understanding what it was. Deborah Hautzig’s Hey, Dollface, written while she was a student at Sarah Lawrence College, was originally published in 1978, one of the first books of its kind. I’ve only ever [...]

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