096 - Pride Reads 2022

Published: June 8, 2022, 7 a.m.

It's June, which means it's Pride month, and to celebrate Gen and Jette dedicate Episode 96 to all things queer lit! We talk about a lot of different books in this one and realized that quite a few of our past episodes feature queer books and writers. Hell yeah!
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\nShow Notes
\nQuite a few of our favourite books get mentioned in this episode and you can find the complete (as possible) list below of everything we talked about.
\nIf you're in Toronto, be sure to hit up Glad Day Bookshop in the Village.
\nKeep an eye out for Gen's blog post this month \u2014 she'll be giving you her Pride reading wish list.
\nLet us know all your favourite queer books! Comment below, DM us, tag us...we want all the recommendations!
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\nBooks and Authors Mentioned
\nThe Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
\nWe Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
\nIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
\nJeannette Winterson \u2013 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Written on the Body
\nKacen Callender \u2013 Felix Ever After, King and the Dragonflies
\nThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
\nThese Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
\nHeartstopper by Alice Oseman
\nCasey McQuiston \u2013 I Kissed Shara Wheeler, One Last Stop, Red White and Royal Blue
\nJames Baldwin \u2013 Another Country, If Beale Street Could Talk, Giovanni's Room
\nA Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
\nClap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
\nJedidiah Jenkins \u2013 To Shake the Sleeping Self, Like Streams to the Ocean
\nCemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
\nA Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
\nThe Shale Project by Avi Silver & Sienna Tristen
\nFun Home by Alison Bechdel
\nTranny by Laura Jane Grace
\nPortrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
\nYou Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
\nSadie by Courtney Summers
\nSlave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
\nLesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
\nTrixie & Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
\nDavid Sedaris

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