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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 129 episodes
This Queer Book Saved My Life
Latest Episodes
The Gaily Show: Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist
Our next episode drops on February 10th! In our off weeks, we air episodes of The Gaily Show. It's the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the US. John conducts a lot of author i...
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Giovanni's Room with Michael Horvich
In some ways, the characters in this book were my first lovers.Today we meet Michael Horvich and we're talking about the queer book that saved his life: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin.Michael is a retired Elementary Sch...
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin with Lucas F. Schleusener and John D’Emilio
How can we hold together idealism and authenticity even when the world is homophobic?Today we meet Lucas F. Schleusener and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
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The Satyricon with Neil Laird
One of the world's oldest surviving novels was a queer book?!Today we meet Neil Laird and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: The Satyricon by Petronius.Neil is a multiple Emmy-nominated Executive Prod...
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7 Minutes in Book Heaven with Anne Laughlin and Clean Kill
We have a new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life on December 16th! Today, Once Upon a Crime Books presents 7 Minutes in Book Heaven, the podcast where we interview LGBTQ authors about the new books they have coming out for us to love and ...
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