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Adib Khorram’s Kiss&Tell (Book Review)
Adib Khorram’s Darius The Great Duology was incredible; how could he create the same energy with his third book: Kiss&Tell? Hunter isn’t able to speak out to the public, but more importantly, to his bandmates. He wears whatever “gay” clothes The Label puts him in, but when his private texts are leaked online, he’s pushed…
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Why Are We Banning Books?
In honor of Banned Books Week, I’m writing about why we ban books, what books are targeted, and the effects of those actions. Banned books need to be talked about, and we each need to take our own action against the unfair annihilation of representation. Banned books aren’t chosen because of the reason’s the lawmakers…
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Transgender and Queer Memoirs Are Important (Book Reviews)
I can’t stress enough how important it is to see yourself in literature, especially in non-fiction books such as memoirs or biographies. I’ve read many books that were written by authors who provided representation because they wished that they could have seen characters like them when they were young. Yes, You Are Trans Enough by…
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Francesca Zappia’s most Recent Success: Katzenjammer (Book Review)
The young adult horror novel begins, “My eyes are gone. Figures. I stare into the mirror in the girl’s locker room for a full two minutes, examining the new blackness in the eyeholes of my mask. Then I wait another minute before I jam a finger two knuckles deep into my eye socket. Nothing there.…
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Adib Khorram’s Darius the Great Duology (Book Reviews)
I recently read both of the fun, quick paced, and humorous Darius the Great books by Adib Khorram. I couldn’t set either book down, and they are two of the few books that I think would still be amazing upon re-read. Since publishing both Darius the Great books, Adib Khorram has gone on to publish…
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