This Queer Book Saved My Life
Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist and Lambda Literary Fellow John Parker hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing in as conversational partner for posthumous authors. Stay tuned to off-weeks which features new episodes of 7 Minutes in Book Heaven and The Gaily Show.
This Queer Book Saved My Life
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Carol with Lynette D'Amico
This book was a vivid portrayal of queer desire. It didn't have a happy ending, but it had a positive ending.Today we meet Lynette D'Amico and we’re talking about the queer book that saved her life: Carol by Patricia Highsmith.<...
Gay New York with Gabriel Rotello
Between 50-75% of my friends died of AIDS. I was trying to figure out what had happened to our community.Today we meet Gabriel Rotello and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Gay New York by George Chauncey.<...
The Velvet Rage with Max Hovey
This book helped me understand my brain and in particular the queer brain.Today we meet Max Hovey and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: The Velvet Rage by Alan Downs.Max Hovey is a London-based write...
The Passion with Sarah Stone
This book has a very fabulous determined, genderfluid, and Bi character. Reading her released something in me.Today we meet Sarah Stone and we’re talking about the queer book that saved their life: The Passion by Jeanette Winter...
Will Grayson, Will Grayson with Jake Stepansky and David Levithan
Will I as a queer person be able to live openly, boldly, and out of the shadows?Today we meet Jake Stepansky and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green...
