The morning after the election, I took the bus to work. It was a surreal morning. California was, as always, sunny and pleasant. Students were out on Stanford campus with "free hugs" signs. A gaggle of doctors, nurses, and construction workers were playing a pick-up game of soccer on the hospital lawn. There was tension… Continue reading “But what about our sons?”
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This Day in YA
Hello, readers! I return with some fun summer reads from the New YA table. Pick your poison: This Savage Song, Victoria Schwab Vicious, violent sci-fi for the vampire romantic in us all. A ruthless girl with nerves like tungsten returns to her home city and her sort-of mafia, sort-of king father, ready to claim her… Continue reading This Day in YA
It’s Queer, It’s Here, It Should Be on Your Bookshelf
I return from a brief hiatus! On my tumblr, someone asked for book recommendations for science-fiction/fantasy/adventure books featuring PoC and LGBT+ characters. Here's what I came up with. All links are to Amazon, but please consider shopping at your local indie bookstore or checking them out at your library instead. It's the best way to… Continue reading It’s Queer, It’s Here, It Should Be on Your Bookshelf
Introductions
Hello, world! Welcome to my corner of the Internet. After a decade on the web, I've had a lot of social media platforms to shout from: Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, various teenage blogs with bad early-2000s aesthetics, etc. Now, after a year as a bookseller and with a lot of book reviews, opinion pieces, and anxious… Continue reading Introductions
