This Queer Book Saved My Life

J.P. Der Boghossian
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This Queer Book Saved My Life

Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist and Lambda Literary Fellow J.P. Der Boghossian hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing in as conversational partner for posthumous authors. Stay tuned to off-weeks which features new episodes of 7 Minutes in Book Heaven and The Gaily Show.

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    7 Minutes in Book Heaven with Lev AC Rosen and Rough Pages

    We have a special Christmas episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life dropping next week! Today, Once Upon a Crime Books presents 7 Minutes in Book Heaven, the podcast where we interview LGBTQ authors about the new books they have coming out for us to love and cuddle up with.Once Upon a Crime Books is an independent bookstore specializing in mystery fiction. Located in Uptown Minneapolis, you can shop in their store Monday through Saturday 11am – 5:30pm. Or, visit their website! There, you can...

    11 min

  2. 10 DÉC.

    Love Me Tender with Chloé Caldwell

    How do you go on in life after losing a child who is still alive?Today, Chloé Caldwell returns to the podcast! But this time, we talk about the queer book that saved her life: Love Me Tender by Constance Debré.Chloé is the author of the national bestseller, Women (Harper Perennial, 2024). Chloé’s next book, Trying, is forthcoming from Graywolf, on August 5th, 2025. She is also the author of the books I’ll Tell You In Person (2016), The Red Zone (2022), and Legs Get Led Astray (2012).Love Me T...

    39 min

  3. 3 DÉC.

    7 Minutes in Book Heaven with Leslie Karst and Molten Death

    We have a new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life coming up December 10!Today, Once Upon a Crime Books presents 7 Minutes in Book Heaven, the podcast where we interview LGBTQ authors about the new books they have coming out for us to love and cuddle up with.Once Upon a Crime Books is an independent bookstore specializing in mystery fiction. Located in Uptown Minneapolis, you can shop in their store Monday through Saturday 11am – 5:30pm. Or, visit their website! There, you can browse all ...

    12 min

  4. 26 NOV.

    Annie On My Mind with Haley Steinhilber

    I don't know who I was fooling by bringing this book to school with me and being like, "I am not gay."Today we meet Haley Steinhilber and we’re talking about the queer book that saved their life: Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden.Haley Steinhilber is a public historian and host of Q4Q: The Queer Personals Podcast.In Annie On My Mind, when Liza Winthrop meets Annie Kenyon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she knows there is something special between them. But Liza never knew falling in love co...

    30 min

  5. 19 NOV.

    7 Minutes in Book Heaven with John Copenhaver and Hall of Mirrors

    Today, Once Upon a Crime Books presents 7 Minutes in Book Heaven, the podcast where we interview LGBTQ authors about the new books they have coming out for us to love and cuddle up with. Once Upon a Crime Books is an independent bookstore specializing in mystery fiction. Located in Uptown Minneapolis, you can shop in their store Monday through Saturday 11am – 5:30pm. Or, visit their website! There, you can browse all of their books, from new releases to classic mysteries.In this new epis...

    12 min

  6. 12 NOV.

    I Will Greet The Sun Again with René Zadoorian and Khashayar J. Khabushani

    This is a level of "relate" that I hadn't read in other books.Today we meet René Zadoorian and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: I Will Greet The Sun Again by Khashayar J. Khabushani. And Khashayar joins us for the conversation!René Zadoorian, is an Armenian writer with a degree in creative writing from California State University, Northridge. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and now resides in Los Angeles. He is a reader for Fahmidan and Orca, A Literary Journal. His short ...

    38 min

  7. 29 OCT.

    Angels in America with David Reddish

    This book gave me an understanding of the queer community that I hadn’t found anywhere else.Today we meet David Reddish and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Angels in America by Tony Kushner.Self proclaimed uber-geek David Reddish is the award-winning author of Sex, Drugs & Superheroes trilogy. The third novel in the series, The Wrath of Comic-Con, came out earlier in 2024. His novel The Passion of St. Sergius & St. Bacchus celebrates its 10th anniversary this y...

    56 min

  8. 15 OCT.

    The Hours with Samantha Mann

    Who am I going to be and what is my life going to look like?Today we meet Samantha Mann and we’re talking about the queer book that saved her life: The Hours by Michael Cunningham.Samantha writes essays & articles exploring culture, mental health, motherhood, & LGBTQ issues. Her work has been featured in The Cut, Vogue, Elle, TODAY, Romper, and more. Her forthcoming collection, Dyke Delusion, debuts June 2025.The Hours tells the story of three women: Virginia Woolf, beginning to write...

    45 min
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Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist and Lambda Literary Fellow J.P. Der Boghossian hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing in as conversational partner for posthumous authors. Stay tuned to off-weeks which features new episodes of 7 Minutes in Book Heaven and The Gaily Show.

Informations

  • Création
    J.P. Der Boghossian
  • Années d’activité
    2022 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    102
  • Classification
    Tous publics
  • Copyright
    © 2024 This Queer Book Productions, LLC
  • Site web de l’émission
    This Queer Book Saved My Life

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