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September 14, 2020 1 min read

The following is excerpted from The Contradictions (Drawn & Quarterly), a heartfelt fictionalized coming-of-age story by cartoonist Sophie Yanow. About...

Teen Witches on the Move! Read Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers

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September 1, 2020 40 min read

The following is excerpted from The Scapegracers (Erewhon), the debut novel by Lambda Literary Fellow Hannah Abigail Clarke. The young...

Read This! Benjamin Garcia’s Electrifying Thrown in the Throat

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August 11, 2020 7 min read

The following is excerpted from Thrown in the Throat (Milkweed Editions), the debut poetry collection by Lambda Literary Fellow Benjamin Garcia. With exhilarating candor,...

Read This! Peter Cameron’s Suspenseful What Happens at Night

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August 1, 2020 10 min read

The following is excerpted from What Happens at Night (Catapult), the new novel by Peter Cameron. The novel follows an American couple on...

Navigating a Pandemic: An Excerpt from Emma Donoghue’s The Pull of the Stars

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July 20, 2020 14 min read

The following is excerpted from The Pull of the Stars (Little Brown and Company), the new novel by Emma Donoghue. Mirroring our current pandemic moment, The Pull of...