Christina Tesoro Archives

Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

March 13, 2019 3 min read

In a fit of stress-induced rage, Angie makes a run for it, enlisting Jamboree, Zeke, and jock-outcast Darius on an impromptu roadtrip, the dying wish of her sister. Read More

‘Girls of Paper and Fire’ by Natasha Ngan

Christina Tesoro

Speculative Fiction

November 27, 2018 2 min read

Natasha Ngan’s Girls of Paper and Fire is a delicious slow burn of a book. Read More

‘A Line in the Dark’ by Malinda Lo

Christina Tesoro

Young Adult

January 10, 2018 1 min read

Lo brings her characteristic and unique voice to the cast of A Line in the Dark. Lo instantly invites readers along, enticing them to stay up just a little bit later for the next big reveal, and supplies readers with one final twist that will take their breath away. Read More

‘Not Your Villain’ by C.B. Lee

Christina Tesoro

Young Adult

November 16, 2017 2 min read

Not Your Villain is C.B. Lee’s follow up to her phenomenal first book in the Sidekick Squad series, Not Your Sidekick, and picks up where it ended. Read More

‘Rough Patch’ by Nicole Markotic

Christina Tesoro

Young Adult

April 17, 2017 2 min read

Keira is bisexual, and she lets you know it even if she hasn't told anyone else. She is 15 years old with a lot to figure out, including meticulously planning the moment to come out to her best friend. Read More

‘When The Moon Was Ours’ by Anna-Marie McLemore

Christina Tesoro

Reviews Young Adult

October 23, 2016 3 min read

When The Moon Was Ours is a story of secrets, and of speaking them, and the power of saying--and living--your truth, without fear. Read More

‘Phantom Limbs’ by Paula Garner

Christina Tesoro

Reviews Young Adult

September 29, 2016 3 min read

Phantom Limbs poses the questions: What do we do with the pain begotten by loss? And what do we create in the space that’s left behind to carry ourselves through? Read More

‘Radical’ by E.M. Kokie

Christina Tesoro

Reviews Young Adult

September 12, 2016 3 min read

The novel contains, from it’s very first line, a very well-rendered sense of anxious anticipation that, throughout the course of the novel, builds to outright dread Read More

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

How The Dead Teach the Living: A Dying Reader’s Guide

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

‘Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution’ by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

‘Girls of Paper and Fire’ by Natasha Ngan

‘A Line in the Dark’ by Malinda Lo

‘Not Your Villain’ by C.B. Lee

‘Rough Patch’ by Nicole Markotic

‘When The Moon Was Ours’ by Anna-Marie McLemore

‘Phantom Limbs’ by Paula Garner

‘Radical’ by E.M. Kokie

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta