Author Brent Taylor

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Aaron Hartzler: Waiting for the Rapture

April 18, 2013 8 min read

"A librarian who read the book recently contacted me and said, 'I loved your book, I just wish there had been more gay content in it.' Of course my response was, 'Me TOO!' I wish I had been able to knock down the closet door at 16 and take the world by storm." Aaron Harzler explores sexuality and religion in his young adult memoir Rapture Practice, published this month by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Read More

Carol Anshaw: Capturing Time

Brent Taylor

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May 20, 2012 3 min read

"I’m queer, much of my world is queer. It would feel weird to create a fictional world without queer characters in it. Plus, the ways we inhabit our lives is fiercely interesting to me. Our place in the greater culture is changing and I want to chronicle that." Carol Anshaw’s Carry the One is a complex story about three siblings, one of which is a lesbian. They are catapulted into different directions after one fatal accident, a moment they can pinpoint as the night that changed their lives. Carry the One is about addiction, love, loss, recovery, and time. It’s harrowing and wonderfully crafted. Ms. Anshaw kindly agreed to answer a few of Lambda’s questions about her new novel. Read More

Emily M. Danforth: Exploring Compelling Young Adult Characters

Brent Taylor

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April 10, 2012 11 min read

"What I hope The Miseducation of Cameron Post offers to its readers is a nuanced picture of a particular time and place as seen through the eyes of a young woman discovering her sexuality and her voice." Author Emily M. Danforth sat down to answer a few questions about her new book, The Miseducation of Cameron Post , her thoughts on LGBTQ YA novels, and writing and growing up gay in Miles City, Montana. Read More

J.H. Trumble: Beyond Self-Awareness

Brent Taylor

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November 30, 2011 7 min read

"I want readers to find themselves in this novel, to see their own potential for greatness, authenticity, to understand that they are not their mistakes and that others do not have the power to define them unless we give them that power, and to see that there is great power in time and perseverance." Read More