Fingerplay and Handmaidens: The Queer and Subversive Pleasures of Reading Sarah Waters
In Sarah Waters’ writing, historical queer female desire is inferred, inserted, and re-imagined
Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace on Crafting Her New Punk Rock Memoir
“I found a lot of parallels between recording an album and writing a book. I came to find myself looking at each chapter like a song.”
‘The Wonder’ by Emma Donoghue
In her latest novel, Donoghue’s child characters once again shine in their imaginings when faced with creating solace in unimaginable circumstances
‘Wedding Pulls’ by J. K. Daniels
Here we encounter poetry as archery: precise, adept: each enjambment taut as a bow, each image piercing as the head of an arrow
‘Queer: A Graphic History’ by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele
Queer: A Graphic History sets out to be a guide, to sum up the history of queer theory and activism. With text and graphics, this book breaks down each evolution of queer politics
‘Indomitable: The Life of Barbara Grier’ by Joanne Passet
Grier’s life emerges as an interesting through line of lesbian activism in the twentieth century
‘Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal’ by Ed Luce
This collection is a visual smorgasbord, packed with one-page wrestling matches, posters, fake ads for Oaf hair care products, and…paper dolls
2017 Writers Retreat Faculty
Diana Cage (NONFICTION) is an author,
‘The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories’ by A.C. Wise
The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories is achingly smart, sad, and weird in equal measure
