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Link Round Up: Sept 4 – 18

Posted on the 18 September 2013 by Lesbrary @lesbrary

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AfterEllen posted “Batwoman” writers resign, say DC won’t allow Kate and Maggie to get married and AfterEllen.com Book Club: “Will of the Empress” and “Ammonite”.

Autostraddle posted

  • Lez Liberty Lit #28: Reviewing Reviews of Reviews
  • Batwoman Creative Team Quits After DC Editors Prohibit Planned Lesbian Marriage
  • DC Hires an Openly Gay Writer for Batwoman to Appease Audiences
  • The Poet and the Scientist: Gambling Gays Go To The Bookstore!
  • You Should Go: Fun Home the Musical is Finally Real, Going to Be Magic

Band of Thebes posted The Polari LGBT First Book Shortlist 2013 (also check out Jon Dolores’s blog about the Polari evening).

Bonjour, Cass! posted Five Ways to Write Better LGBTQ Book Reviews.

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Good Lesbian Books posted Non-Human Lesbians in Fantasy Fiction (Mermaids, Elves and Immortals).

Lambda Literary posted

  • Notes on Smut: A Look at Lesbian Literary Erotics
  • Celebrating Gertrude Stein at The Brooklyn Public Library & MoMA PS1 (Tomorrow!)
  • Read an Excerpt from Sarah Schulman’s ‘After Delores’

Over the Rainbow Books posted OTR Summer 2013 Nominations.

Queer Books Please posted Episode 33 – Nevada, The Wives of Bath, Lost and Delirious and Episode 34 – She Rises.

Tor posted Batwoman’s Lesbian Marriage Problem.

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“Where Are The Gay Parents In Children’s Literature?” was posted at KRISTINE CARLSON ASSELI.

Ellis Avery’s Stonewall Fiction Award Acceptance Speech.

Masha Gessen, Russian lesbian author, pleas ‘Get Us the Hell Out of Here’ (also covered at GNN).

Shira Glassman posted My experiences with bi erasure, and a guest post about the sensual parts of The Second Mango.

Karin Kallmaker posted Appearing at June Mazer Archives on September 21 in WeHo.

Malinda Lo posted 1 week till INHERITANCE! Plus events!

Sarah Schulman was interviewed by Arsenal Pulp Press.

Sarah Waters will have a new book out autumn 2014!

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Bella Key by Scarlet Chastain was reviewed at Loving Venus – Loving Mars.

The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin was reviewed at ELIXHER.

Anything That Loves edited by Zan Christensen was reviewed at Bisexual Books.

Hood by Emma Donoghue was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

Leap by Z Egloff was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan was reviewed at QueerYA.

Orangesarenottheonlyfruit   patienceandsarah   takenbythewind

Being Emily by Rachel Gold was reviewed at the Magpie Librarian.

The Passion of Alice by Stephanie Grant was reviewed at The Rainbow Reader.

Taken By the Wind by Ellen Hart was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Patience & Sarah (Little Sister’s Classics) by Isabel Miller was reviewed at That’s All I Read.

Mask of the Highwaywoman by Niamh Murphy was reviewed at Loving Venus – Loving Mars.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson was reviewed at Iris On Books.

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