Queer Literature, Old and New on Radio Book Club

It’s Pride Month so you better believe our Radio Book Club hosts will be discussing some of their favorite queer works and authors from past and present! From novels by (and about) Patricia Highsmith to James Baldwin classics to the contemporary coziness of T.J Klune. Plus, written work keeping a close eye on doing better in our democracy. Tune in!

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Music in this Episode is ‘Sailing Away’ by Holizna CC

Radio Book Club Mentions & Reviews

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Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny

Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think In Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions by Temple Grandin

A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water by David Gessner

Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Trust by Hernan Diaz

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

The Postcard by Anne Berest

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins

Weather by Jenny Offill

Stolen by Ann-Helen Laestadius

The End of Drum Time by Hanna Pylvainen

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin

Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis, ill. Hannah Templer

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith 

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

Another Country by James Baldwin

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

In the Cut by Susanna Moore

Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable by Joanna Schwartz

Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Democracy by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud

A Renaissance of Our Own by Rachel Cargle

Wolfkiller: Wisdom From a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd by Harvey Leake and Louise Wetherill

Stay True by Hua Hsu

Consent by Vanessa Springora