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Tag Archives: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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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The Wisdom of Youth, The Perspective of Age: A Review of Letters Lived: Radical Reflections, Revolutionary Paths Edited by Sheila Sampath
I feel pretty lucky to be regularly sent books to review. Free! Books! It’s like a dream come true. Often I haven’t heard of the book or author and I am glad to be made aware of a new writer … Continue reading
Posted in Anthology, Asian, Black, Canadian, Graphic, Indigenous, Lesbian, Non-Canadian, Non-Fiction, Postcolonial, Queer, Toronto, Trans, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine, Young Adult
Tagged Coco Riot, Cristy C Road, Juliet Jacques, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Lee Maracle, Rae Spoon, Sheila Sampath, Victoria B Robinson
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“Poetry is the muscle, the winged dream of liberation”: A Review of the Queer Issue of Poetry is Dead
I knew as soon as I read Alex Leslie’s smart, heartfelt introduction to the queer issue of Poetry is Dead–a poetry journal based out of Vancouver–that I was going to love what was between its pages. She writes, for example, … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Dawn, Canadian, Gay, Graphic, Lesbian, Poetry, Postcolonial, Queer, Sex Work, South Asian, Toronto, Trans Feminine, Vancouver
Tagged Adrienne Gruber, Alex Leslie, Alexandra Sebag, Antonette Rea, bill bissett, books, Leah Horlick, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, LGBTQ, Lisa Foad, literature, writing
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