Hello! A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops October 13th! In our off weeks we air episodes from The Gaily Show. It’s the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the US! John hosts it and it airs in ten markets across the U.S.! In this episode, authors Greg Howard…
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Hello! Today we meet Jeff Copeland and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Miss Rona by Rona Barrett. Jeff is the author of Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn and co-author with Holly Woodlawn of Low Life in High Heels: The Holly Woodlawn Story. An Emmy award nominee, he worked for nearly…
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Hello! How do I be a lesbian, and a writer, at the same time? Today we meet Kim van Alkemade and we’re talking about the queer book that saved her life: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Kim is the author of the novels Orphan 8, Bachelor Girl, and Counting Lost Stars. Her forthcoming novel Upstate comes…
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Hello! This book told me I was not alone and set me on a journey of queer lit. Today we meet Greg Howard and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White. Greg’s critically acclaimed, debut middle-grade novel The Whispers was nominated for an Edgar Award and…
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Hello! This book opened a door and no one could ever close that door again. Today we meet Patrick Doyle and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet. PLEASE NOTE: This is an explicit book and so our episode is too. There is strong…
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Hello! We have such an issue with: what should we educate children with? Today we meet Dr. Helen Webberley and we’re talking about the queer book that saved her life: My Daddies! by Gareth Peter. And Gareth joins us for the conversation! Dr. Webberley is a doctor, gender specialist, and medical educator with years of…
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Hello! As a kid I always wondered where do I belong? Today we meet Mario Elías and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: The Color of Summer by Reinaldo Arenas. Mario Elías is a multidisciplinary artist of Cuban and Syrian descent based in Chicago. His work spans fiction, nonfiction, photography, painting,…
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Hello! I had never discovered a queer character who didn’t die at the end. This book changed that. Today we meet Gregory A. Kompes and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Maurice by E.M. Forster Gregory is founder of The Writer Workshop and an award winning, bestselling author of fiction, poetry,…
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Hello! This book raised something that was running sort of subterranean in my system back to the surface again. Today we meet J. Brooke and we’re talking about the queer book that saved their life: Transition: Becoming Who I Was Always Meant to Be by Chaz Bono. J’s full-length poetry book, I Can Tell You…
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Hello! Why would I ever want to have a body and why should I allow it to want what it wants? Today we meet Jill Rosenberg and we’re talking about the queer book that saved her life: Sea of Tranquility by Paul Elliott Russell. And Paul joins us for the conversation! Jill is a graduate…
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