The New Year for GayYA!
The new year for GayYA is looking pretty amazing! Thank you to everyone who answered our end of the year survey, who helped with questions about representation, libraries, and everyone who was a part of GayYA's [...]
January Book Club: Just Girls by Rachel Gold
Happy New Year, all! We're just getting geared up for our newest book club. We'll be reading Just Girls by Rachel Gold! Just Girls by Rachel Gold (Bella Books, 2014) Jess Tucker sticks [...]
Sneaky Stand-Up Stands Up to Homophobia
I don’t care if you dislike memoirs. I don’t care if you aren’t a fan of hip hop, stand up comedy, deaf people, or Jews (Actually, I do care about those last two, a lot [...]
Women In Love
Make sure to check out the Twinja Book Reviews Diversity Month, where they feature interviews and guest posts from all sorts of great bloggers and authors-- it's happening now! I’m catching up on Orange Is the [...]
Orphan Blade by M. Nicholas Almand & Jake Myler: Review
“Orphan Blade is pretty gruesome,” the email warned. “You don’t have to review it if you’re not a fan of blood, gore, guts and monsters.” Nonsense! I thought blithely, cheerful and ready to accept whatever queer YA literature [...]
Book Review: Fighting Kudzu by Mystic Thompson
In 1972 on a hot, late spring day in Georgia, five-year-old Noble Thorvald plays contentedly, alone in her suburban backyard. Her only companions...an imaginary professional football team. As she plays in her world of [...]
Author Interview: Mystic Thompson
Author Shannon LC Cate was nice enough to share with us an interview she had with Mystic Thompson, about her novel "Fighting Kudzu". Let's read what Mystic had to say about it! Fighting Kudzu [...]
On Queer Characters of Color
Black Lives Matter Series: Day 3 – Previous Posts: Black Lives Matter, But Where Are We? - I Was Made To Believe There Was Something Wrong With Me – Introduction to Black Lives Matter Series by Aleah Things have grown and [...]
Black Lives Matter But Where Are We?
Black Lives Matter Series: Day 2 - Previous Posts: I Was Made To Believe There Was Something Wrong With Me – Introduction to Black Lives Matter Series by Aliya As a black girl, when I was younger [...]
I Was Made to Believe There’s Something Wrong With Me: Why #BlackLivesMatter in YA Lit
Black Lives Matter Series: Day 1 - Previous Posts: Introduction to Black Lives Matter Series by Nakiya I’ve been reading LGBTQ YA fiction for almost five years and I’ve never read a book focused on a [...]