Tag Archives: Book Review

Bisexuality, Witches, and Relationships: A Nostalgic Review of Meags Fitzgerald’s Graphic Memoir LONG RED HAIR

Posted on April 21, 2016 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

It may be impossible for me to review Montreal-based artist, illustrator, graphic novelist, and animator Meags Fitzgerald’s graphic memoir Long Red Hair with any sense of how this book might affect people other than me, or people very similar to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, comics, Coming-of-age, Graphic, memoir, Young Adult | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

“a lush firecracker in the dark”: A Review of Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature

Posted on April 13, 2015 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature is certainly a unique anthology.  As the editors Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti point out in the introduction, it’s only the second anthology of LGBTQ2 Native literature ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthology, Black, Fantasy, Fiction, Indigenous, Lesbian, Non-Canadian, Poetry, Postcolonial, Queer, Rural, Short Stories, Trans, Trans Feminine | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

“go explode the whole known world”: A Review of Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s Poetry Collection Bodymap

Posted on April 12, 2015 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

If you’ve never read anything by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, you probably have no idea how much of a real treat you’re in for when you pick her latest poetry collection, Bodymap.  It’s her strongest set of poetry yet.  Lyrically these are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Poetry, South Asian, Toronto | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Gorgeous, Twisted, and Erotic: A Review of Fist of the Spider Woman, Edited by Amber Dawn

Posted on September 6, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Gorgeous, twisted, and erotic: it’s a strange but tantalizing combination that is the collection Fist of the Spider Woman.  Edited by the ever-fabulous Vancouver-based writer, filmmaker, and performance artist Amber Dawn, this book of “tales of fear and queer desire” … Continue reading →

Posted in Amber Dawn, Anthology, BDSM, Canadian, Erotica, Fiction, Lesbian, Poetry, Queer, Sex Work, Short Stories, Transgender | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

A Review of Farzana Doctor’s Six Metres of Pavement: A Moving Novel about Chosen Family

Posted on August 29, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I bought and started reading Farzana Doctor’s second novel Six Metres of Pavement with specific and high expectations: not only has it just been shortlisted for the 2012 Toronto Book award, it was named one of Now Magazine’s top ten books … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Farzana Doctor, Fiction, Queer, South Asian, Toronto | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments