1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (185+ words) Ahead of his appearance at Children's Institute, and his forthcoming YA thriller You're No Better (Peachtree Teen, Oct.), White discusses feeling at home with monsters and the joys of writing about trans youth. What was one of the first books…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (593+ words) Seven years after its original 2019 publication, Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir Gender Queer has achieved pantheonic status, earning recognition as not just a major achievement in the world of comics, but an important work of literature. Concurrently, it's also become one…...

4+ week, 20+ hour ago  (195+ words) Actor Iman Vellani, best known for playing Kamala Khan in Ms. Marvel, will make her solo comics writing debut this summer with Chachu, a limited series packaged by Tiny Onion and published by Image Comics. Vellani previously collaborated with Sabir…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (197+ words) Publishers Weekly Federal Appeals Court Won't Rehear "Iowa Safe Schools' Case Days after the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals announced it would not rehear Penguin Random House v. John Robbins, a case challenging the constitutionality of Iowa Senate File 496, the court…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (435+ words) Publishers Weekly Appeals Court Denies Petition to Rehear Book Ban Case Plaintiffs in Penguin Random House v. John Robbins received disappointing news on May 11, when the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided not to rehear a case concerning Iowa Senate File…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (237+ words) Plaintiffs in two complaints against Iowa Senate File 496, a bill that has enabled the removal of hundreds of K12 library books in the state, have filed petitions for en banc hearings at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (638+ words) Publishers Weekly New Books Showcase LGBTQ+ Icons Biographical and fictional takes on influential queer and trans figures span 200 years of cultural impact An English lit scholar turned P. I. accepts a bizarre case searching for Alice B. Toklas's fabled horn. Still grieving the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (310+ words) Publishers Weekly Queer History for Kids & Teens Accounts of real-life and fictional LGBTQ+ people illuminate stories from the margins The Fight of Our Lives This "emotionally resonant portrait of the AIDS epidemic in the U. S. ," per PW's starred review, accessibly details…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (940+ words) Historically, queer and trans people have survived and even thrived amid significant oppression by forming community and redefining safety, both physical and emotional. PW spoke with authors whose forthcoming works of nonfiction and historical fiction depict queer life across decades…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (242+ words) Publishers Weekly Hive Mind Seeks to Acquire One of Manhattan's Last Queer Bookstores The Brooklyn LGBTQ bookstore is launching a fundraiser to facilitate the transfer of ownership A queer indie bookstore in Brooklyn has launched a crowdfunding campaign to keep…...