Today I am talking to the first of four Wednesday book experts, L! If you have any feedback about this epsiode, including if you have read or are going to read any of the books discussed, consider dropping a line using the Jotform set up for the 2025 Exposing the Holes year. You can read L's published stories at https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/8607
L had so many amazing book recommendations and I have taken the opportunity to link as many as possible here today. They said that if you are young and new to queer lit, start here with Judith Butler:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Gender%3F
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_Trouble
Here are some other links to books, authors, etc:
James Baldwin's rejection letter: https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/items/show/115
Book In the Dream House: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Dream_House
Book This is How You Lose the Time War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_How_You_Lose_the_Time_War
Author Casey McQuiston: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_McQuiston
Book My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lesbian_Experience_with_Loneliness
Wikipedia page with yuri overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_yuri_works
This Furry novel will save us: https://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=888
Book Desert of the Heart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_of_the_Heart
Book Stag Dance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_Dance_(novel)
Author Casey Plett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Plett
Essay by Vivian Blaxell: https://www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/wote
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