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Tag Archives: Black Fiction
LGBTQ Fall Book Releases to Be Excited About
Fall! The leaves are turning colours and everyone is going back to school (well, I am, at least). Fall is also an especially awesome time for book lovers because so. many. books are released in this lovely season. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in asexual, Bisexual, Black, Canadian, Fiction, Lesbian, Marnie Woodrow, Non-Canadian, Non-Fiction, Poetry, South Asian, Trans, Trans Feminine, Transgender
Tagged Arsenal Pulp Press, asexual, Black Fiction, Canadian authors, Canadian Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canadian Queer, fall book releases, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, poetry, polyamory
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Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian # 8: LGBTQ Magic Realism
My friend L writes: Any (well written!) magic realism books with LGTBQ characters? Preferably not YA or NA. Any books where a queer woman protagonist is a scientist of some kind and that’s not used as a shorthand for her … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Dawn, ask your friendly neighbourhood lesbrarian, Black, Canadian, Caribbean, Fiction, latina, magic realism, Non-Canadian, paranormal
Tagged ann-marie macdonald, ask your friendly neighbourhood lesbrarian, Black Fiction, fantasy, magic realism, Myriam Gurba, Nalo Hopkinson, suzette mayr, virginia woolf
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Dionne Brand’s In Another Place, Not Here: A Novel to Give Yourself Over to
For readers unaccustomed to the Black Caribbean vernacular that begins Dionne Brand’s 1996 novel In Another Place, Not Here—like me—there’s a bit of an initial hurdle to leap over to sink into this book. But trust me, it’s worth it; … Continue reading