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UC Riverside buys Le Guin sci-fi novel cover art

January 26, 2024

A renowned science fiction collection at UC Riverside has purchased the original cover art for Ursula Le Guin's award-winning 1969 novel "The Left Hand of Darkness."

Guest Opinion: Author writes of foster care system in new memoir

by Mark Daley
Jan 17, 2024

A few nights earlier, I'd gone down a research rabbit hole. What began with one question — was there one singular risk factor that could forecast child abuse or neglect? — quickly budded into dozens more.

Fabulosa to host banned books reading marathon

by Jim Provenzano
Sep 26, 2023

Books with LGBTQ themes are under attack while anti-gay harassment is spiking nationwide. To counter the book bans, Castro district Fabulosa Books has organized Read For Filth, a 24-hour celebration of queer literature, on October 7-8.

B.A.R.'s Bestie balloting begins

by Cynthia Laird
Sep 25, 2023

It's time for Bay Area Reporter readers to cast their ballots for the LGBTQ newspaper's annual Best of the Bay contest.

Guest Opinion: Let's create more indie bookstores

by Ken White
Sep 13, 2023

When I worked at A Different Light Bookstore on Castro Street in the 1990s, it was the cultural hub of the LGBTQ neighborhood.

Myriam Gurba's 'Creep: Accusations and Confessions'

by Laura Moreno
Sep 6, 2023

"Creep: Accusations and Confessions" is a truly worthy new collection of essays about the evil that exists all around us. It is written by the very talented Mexican-American writer Myriam Gurba.

Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states

by John Ferrannini
Jul 11, 2023

A Castro neighborhood bookstore is doing its part to fight homophobic and transphobic book bans by sending boxes of books with LGBTQ themes to organizations in conservative areas.

Queer Reading: Book celebrates queer historical figures

by Brian Bromberger
Jun 21, 2023

As people gather this weekend for San Francisco Pride, many can't help but remember past friends, loved ones, and community leaders who have helped to make the LGBTQ community the vibrant one that is being celebrated.

Queer Reading: SF State prof sees reasons for rethinking LGBTQ history

by Brian Bromberger
Jun 20, 2023

For Marc Stein, professor of history at San Francisco State University, queer history is a calling, realizing he is part of a network and a community of gay intellectuals.

Out in the World: Photo book provides an intimate look inside queer Chinese youths' lives

by Heather Cassell
Feb 16, 2023

A new photo book, "Solace: Portraits of Queer Chinese Youth helps give LGBTQ Chinese youth a voice at a period in their country's history when its government is cracking down on homosexuality and being queer is taboo.

Invitation to a Feast: 'A Sturdy Yes of a People: Selected Writing by Joan Nestle'

by Yeva Johnson
Nov 22, 2022

Joan Nestle's "A Sturdy Yes of a People: Selected Writings" showcases her body of work as a writer, academic, activist, and mentor who has contributed so much to the liberation of lesbians, queer people and their allies, and many other peoples.

Queer Reading: Book by gay Catholic theologian finds new publisher

by Brian Bromberger
Oct 26, 2022

It was a disturbing email notification that was received in June by Miguel H. Díaz, Ph.D., a gay man and former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and currently the John Courtney Murray, S.J. University Chair in Public Service at Loyola University Chicago.

Out in the Bay: Author Dwayne Ratleff on 'Dancing to the Lyrics'

by Eric Jansen
Aug 18, 2022

Longtime San Franciscan Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black, poor, and gay in 1960s Baltimore.

Queer Reading: Author explores DC's gay past in 'Secret City'

by Brian Bromberger
Jul 20, 2022

A new book, "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington," is an exhaustive recounting of homosexuality in the federal government, organized by presidencies starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration and extending through Bill Clinton.

Nonbinary author has 'most banned' book in US

by Brian Bromberger
Jun 22, 2022

Maia Kobabe has the distinction of having written the most banned book in America, according to the American Library Association and PEN America, the writers' advocacy group Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.

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