Read Your Way Through Cabin Fever
Maybe you aren’t quite in the mood to binge-watch TV shows or watch movies when the temperature plummets. Instead, you may feel tempted to read your way through the winter, diving into narratives that focus on ...
The Memoirs of a Southern Gay Teacher
Every summer for the past few years, Randy Fair worked on his book. A retired Atlanta educator who now lives in Florida, Fair felt called to document his time in the classroom, hoping it would serve as a tippin...
Reading is What? Fundamental!: Organizers Prepare for 2019 Decatur Book Festival
The Decatur Book Festival kicks off this Labor Day Weekend, and it’s all about reading to learn! Nearly 80,000 lovers of books are expected to converge on downtown Decatur in hopes to take in inspirational word...
The Truth Is Just As Queer As Fiction
While it’s great to have queer representation in TV shows, movies, video games and the like, it’s even better when that representation comes from queer creators. Not only is the representation more authentic wh...
Celebrate Pride Month With These LGBTQ Reads!
Pride month will be a busy one, so we suggest taking some down time to enjoy a little reading! Here’s a list of several LGBTQ-themed books to give you the history of where our pride comes from and where its lea...
Fifty Shades Author EL James Teases Gay Romance Novel
Fifty Shades author EL James hinted at the possibility of writing a gay romance BDSM novel in an interview with The Times. James is best known for her erotic series exploring the romantic and sexual relation...
Call Me By Your Name Sequel to Hit Bookshelves in October
André Aciman, the author of the gay novel Call Me By Your Name, has confirmed the sequel, Find Me, will be published in October of this year, according to Vulture. The sequel will be set in the future, after...
The Myth of Sisyphus: Grappling Suicide with Absurdity
My childhood friend took his own life when I was fourteen years old. I walked every day to school with him, a one and a half block stroll along a street called African Road. I’d been out of touch with him for a...
Marvel Reveals First Ever Drag Queen Superhero
Meet Shade: Marvel’s first ever drag queen superhero in an X-Men series. The superhero mutant drag queen, created by out writer Sina Grace and artist Nathan Stockman, was introduced to audiences in last month’s...
‘Call Me By Your Name’ Author André Aciman Confirms He’s Writing a Sequel
André Aciman is penning a sequel to “Call Me By Your Name.” In November, the film’s screenwriter James Ivory told Film Stage that Aciman wasn’t interested in writing a sequel to the 2007 novel. “André Aci...
New Memoir Recalls Horrors of Growing up in Scientology
For most of her young life, Michelle LeClair was a worrier. She had to be: her mother was somewhat of a free spirit who married often and “was gone a lot.” For that, LeClair grew up as the Independent Responsi...