Little Queer Library

Content Warnings: transphobia, racismAlong with some amendments from the previous episode, we chat a little bit about problematic authors and what do we do about it after the fact!Books Mentioned:Real Queer America by Samantha Leigh AllenOriginal Plumbing 2009-2019 compilationLove After the End by Joshua WhiteheadFelix Ever After by Kacen CallenderA History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray BelcourtX-Factor (2020) Vol.1 by Leah Williams + David BaldeonSleepless Vol. 2 by Sarah Vaughn + Leila Del DucaRoyals Vol. 1, 2 by Al EwingTraplines by Eden RobinsonMonkey Beach by Eden RobinsonSon of a Trickster by Eden RobinsonSchool of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterYou can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected]

Content Warnings: passing mentions of racism, homophobia and transphobia, mentions of stigma against sex workers.Here's food for thought: what makes you pick up a book? Is it genre alone? What draws you in? Conversely, what makes you put down a book while reading? What tropes do you avoid? This week, we talk a little bit about our own personal preferences!Buy Wake's Book: https://www.wildstarpress.com/product-page/irisBooks Mentioned:Misery by Steven KingHow to be Anti Racist by Ibram X. KendiKiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T Crenshaw Sleepless by Sarah Vaughn and Leila Del DucaLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh TagameGentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeRed White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThings in Jars by Jess KiddTwilight by SmeyerSaga by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona StaplesRunaways by Rainbow Rowell and Kris AnkaCarry On by Rainbow RowellThe Martian by Andy WeirPride of Chanur by C.J CherryhThe Monster Ball by A Bunch Of Clowns You can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected]

Content Warnings: mentions of enslavement, racism, transphobia, violence, death.This Week, we are talking about The Deep by Rivers Solomon, as well as other Science Fiction Fantasy books with queer themes by Black authors! This episode was supposed to come out last week at the tail end of Black History Month, but life happens, sometimes!Books Mentioned:If it was easy, they'd call the whole damn thing a honeymoon: Living with and loving the TV addicted, sex-obsessed, not so handy man you married (2011) by Jenna McCarthyOn a Sunbeam by Tillie WaldenPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Deep by Rivers SolomonBabel-17 by Samuel R. DelanyBread and Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York by Samuel R. DelanyDread Nation by Justina IrelandThe Gilda Stories by Jewelle GómezThe Wicker King by K. AncrumThe Weight of Stars by K. AncrumDarling by K. AncrumFalling in Love with Hominids by Nalo HopkinsonSkin Folk by Nalo HopkinsonPrey of Gods by Nick DraydenTemper by Nick DraydenEscaping Exodus by Nick DraydenStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergGender Outlaws by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear BergmanParrotfish by Ellen WittlingerYou can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected]

Content Warnings: abortion, death, homophobia, racismHappy Black History month continued! Today, we are talking about Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, some of the themes of the book, and how Baldwin's life paralleled the fiction he created!Books Mentioned:Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin Comics for Choice: Whit Taylor, Hazel Newlevant, Ø.K. FoxBurgers in Blackface: Anti-Black Restaurants Then and Now (2019)Marbles, Ellen ForneyOutlaw Marriages, Rodger StreitmatterHorror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from 1890's to Present (2011), Robin R. Means ColemanThe Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValleThrough the Woods, Emily CarrollMouthful of Birds, Samanta SchweblinBones of the Coast, Cloudscape AnthologyPeek at Next Week: The Deep by Rivers SolomonComics for Choice (link: [http://comicsforchoice.com/](http://comicsforchoice.com/))Victor LaValle's website: [http://www.victorlavalle.com](http://www.victorlavalle.com/)You can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected]

No content warnings this week!Happy Black History Month! This week, we are going to be looking at comics and graphic novels by queer Black authors. **Sources:**Prism Comics: [https://www.prismcomics.org/about/](https://www.prismcomics.org/about/)Color Bloq: [https://www.colorbloq.org](https://www.colorbloq.org/)FIYAH: [https://www.fiyahlitmag.com](https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/)Danny Lore: [https://dannylore.com](https://dannylore.com/)Tee Franklin: @MizTeeFranklinVita Ayala: @definitelyvitaVita Ayala Interview: [https://www.cbr.com/vita-ayala-interview-keep-comics-fun-shatter-barriers/](https://www.cbr.com/vita-ayala-interview-keep-comics-fun-shatter-barriers/)Queer Comics Database: [http://queercomicsdatabase.com](http://queercomicsdatabase.com/)**Books Mentioned:**Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir (Kai Chen Thom)Comics: A Global History (1968 to Present) (Alexander Danner + Dan Mazur)Bingo Love (Tee Franklin + Jenn St-Onge)Jook Joint (Tee Franklin + Alitha Martinez)Love is Love Anthology (Various)The Last Exorcist (Danny Lore)The Moon and Other Beasts I Keep With Me (Danny Lore)A Phoenix Must Burn (Danny Lore)The Wilds (Vita Ayala + Emily Pearson)Submerged (Vita Ayala + Lisa Sterle)Quarter Killer (Vita Ayala + Danny Lore + Jamie Jones)The Prince and the Dressmaker (Jen Wang)Saga (Brian K Vaughn + Fiona Staples)The Witch Boy (Molly Ostertag)The Four Story Mistake (Elizabeth Enright)You can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected]

Hi all! There was a weird audio echo we couldn't get rid of. Hope that it doesn't bug you too much. We are getting fancy microphones soon so hopefully this problem will go away soon!Content Warnings: Suicide and death.Under the sea or out of the closet? This week, we are talking about Hans Christian Andersen and *The Little Mermaid!*Books Mentioned:Mostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettGrit by Silas Denver MelvinFairy Tales Told For Children by Hans Christian AndersenOutlaw Marriages by Rodger StreitmatterGender Outlaw by Kate BornsteinStone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergA History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray BelcourtFierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng ThomGenderqueer: A Memoir by Maia KobabeYou can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected]

What says "POW", "WHACK", and "ZAP"? What features flamboyantly dressed men having fantastical adventures? What has blood and guts? What thrives on horror, thrilling romances, and daring fight scenes? If you answered "classic comics", you would be right! ... Or would you?In this week's episode, we dive into the history of the Comics Code Authority and how its iron grip of censorship shook the world of North American comics. Oh, and did we mention that gay characters were censored under this act, too? Because they were.Trigger Warnings for this episode:Mentions of sex and violence, homophobiaBooks Mentioned:Tinker Belles and Evil Queens by Sean P. GriffinSave the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica BrodySeduction of the Innocent: The Influence of Comics on Today's Youth by Fredric WerthamBatman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon by Will BrookerMonster Culture (Seven Theses) by Jeffrey Jerome CohenCheck Please! by Ngozi UkazuWhy Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller[River's Book Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wildstarpress/the-curse-of-clan-blackwood)Go ahead and give that a follow so you're alerted when the Kickstarter starts up!You can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected][The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen](http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_merma.html)

Trigger Warnings: suicide, death, mentions of transphobiaIf you like memoirs, autobiographical comics, and feminism, this episode is for you! This week, we take a closer look at Alison Bechdel, author of Dykes to Watch out For, Fun Home, and Are You My Mother?, as well as founder of the Bechdel Test!Books mentioned:Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustinMary by Brea Grant and Yishan LiDykes to Watch Out for by Alison BechelFun Home by Alison BechdelAre You My Mother? by Alison BechdelYou can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected]

SHOW NOTES:Trigger warnings: discussions of (literary) rape, gore/graphic violence, the death of LGBTQ+ people.What do video games, Shakespeare, Dante's Inferno, and anime cat girls all have in common? If you guessed "ancient historical homosexual romance", you would be correct!Who better to start the show off with than the legend himself? This episode looks at the literary footprint of the famous Greek hero, from his debut in the Iliad to the modern retelling The Song of Achilles.Books Mentioned:Dead Mountain by Donnie EicharYoung Avengers by Allan Heinberg (writer) + Jim Cheung (artist)Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonThe Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison BechdelThe Iliad by HomerPlato's Symposium by PlatoThe Sex Myth by Rachel HillsAchilleis by AeschylusThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerAchilled by StatiusInferno by Dante AlighieriTroilus and Cressida by William ShakespeareHomosexuality in Greek Myth by Bernard SergentThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerYou can reach us at:River Instagram: @huckleberry.comicsWake Instagram: @notaclevernamerShow email: [email protected]