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Month: August 2018

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“I approached my queerness like a research project.” This comment - made by one of the Leeds queer book club organisers at a lovely alt pride event w @thebookishtypeleeds & @leedsqueerfilm - stuck with me. As a bookish someone who has dis/uncovered their queerness relatively late in life - well, not when I was a teenager, which is when we’re led to believe is the one and only time for discovering such things - this is exactly the approach I’ve taken. Though I didn’t realise this was what I’d been up to until I heard that comment. It’s not the kind of research which reaches any conclusions; if anything, it’s the opposite. Anyway, here are a few of my recent reads which depict a lot of different kinds of queernesses and are interesting and funny and 🔥. From top: Virtuoso by @yelenamoskovich - Rabbit by @sophiepoetry - Starling days by @rowanhisa - Black Wave by @michelleteaz - Girl, Woman, Other by @bernardineevaristowriter - On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. If I hadn’t read it on the kindle, I’d also picture In At the Deep End by @katyemdavies which is really too hilarious. Any recommendations, send them way!

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