by Torrey Peters
- “Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” ★★★★½
- “The Chaser” ★★¾
- “Stag Dance” DNF
- “The Masker” ★★★
Category archives: read
The Portable Feminist Reader
by Roxane Gay (Editor)
★★★¾
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
by Bob the Drag Queen
★★★¾
Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun: An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood
by Jackie Wang
★★★½
Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World without a Bullhorn
by Omkari Williams
★★★★
Into the Bright Open
by Cherie Dimaline
★★★★
Great Granny Webster
by Caroline Blackwood
★★½
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me
by Rain Pryor
★★★
Strange Pictures
by Uketsu
★★½
A Queer Trade
(Rag and Bone #0.5)
by K.J. Charles
★★★½
Isaac’s Song
by Daniel Black
★★★★
Rag and Bone
(Rag and Bone #1)
by K.J. Charles
★★★★¼
The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories
by andré m. carrington (Editor)
- “Bludgeon” by Thaddeus Howze ★★★¼
- “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i” by Alaya Dawn Johnson ★★★¼
- “Calendar Girls” by Justina Ireland ★★★½
- “Spyder Threads” craig by Laurance Gidney ★★★
- “The Orb” by Tara Campbell ★★★
Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences
by Richard Pryor
★★★¾
It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism: Why It’s Time to Break Up and How to Move On
by Malaika Jabali
★★★¼
The Last Gifts of the Universe
by Riley August
★★★½
Blob: A Love Story
by Maggie Su
★★¾
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
by Hiromi Kawakami
★★★
Breasts and Eggs
by Mieko Kawakami
I appreciate that female friendships and fulfilment without a romantic relationship are themes in the author’s work. Writing about poverty and classism from the opening chapter also boded well, but in the end I was disconnected from every one of the characters’ thought processes and motivations. Disengaging scenes … Read more
Nails and Eyes
by Kaori Fujino
★★½