Author Mac Crane on the Eroticism of Basketball and Writing Queer and Trans Pleasure

"Basketball is extremely hot, and I wanted that to come through in the book."

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Edgar Allan Poe’s Wildest Story Inspired Fall of the House of Usher’s Scariest Moment

There's something so intimate and terrifying about mouth horror.

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K-Ming Chang on Queer Horror Novel “Organ Meats” and Feeling at Home in the Monstrous

"I feel a sense of belonging among things that are terrifying..."

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Before and After the Library

Kristen Arnett writes on growing up in a house where books were banned.

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How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are.

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EXCERPT: In “Thin Skin,” Jenn Shapland Considers What It Means to Live a Childfree Queer Life

Read an excerpt from Jenn Shapland's new essay collection Thin Skin.

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Things I Read That I Love #332: Massage Parlors, Daily Harvest, Climbing, Branson, Britney and More

Topics include the late shift at a Toronto massage parlor, Baptist Vegas, the New Ken circa 2017 by Caity Weaver, Buy Nothing, Daily Harvest, a missing girl in the Ozarks, a mountain-climbing death that changed everything and more!

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The Erotics of Asexuality

The concept of “asexual erotics” emphasizes non-sexual intimacy.

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A Queer and Trans Reading of Tammy Wynette

How come so many LGBTQ people worship divas and pop stars?

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A Queer and Trans Reading of Tammy Wynette

How come so many LGBTQ people worship divas and pop stars?

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