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Lavender Lit Club
by Lavender Lit Club
Lavender Lit Club is a queer book review podcast hosted by Julie Arhelger and Julian Kurashima. Every month we discuss a book written by queer authors or that takes on LGBT+ themes and features queer and diverse characters. We'll delve into it all: scifi and speculative fiction, thrillers and mystery, poetry and nonfiction, classic novels and emerging writers.
Episodes
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Episode 11 - Carmilla
In this episode we review one of the first queer books, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu as edited and introduced by Carmen Maria Machado. We talk queer coding and blood sucking and female sexuality. While vampires are a fun distraction, we'd like our listeners to know about some changes…
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Episode 10 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong's debut, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, is a complicated novel tackling themes of trauma, poverty, homophobia, and death. We discuss language, what is accessible and not, but also the beauty of poetry and how Vuong's themes carry from his poetry into his prose.
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Episode 9 Carry On
In this episode we discuss the parody/fanfiction/spinoff thing that is Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. This is a silly and queer alternative perspective on the Chosen One trope we all already love reading, and we dig into what that means and if it reaches it's queer potential.
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Episode 8 Poetry Minisode 2
In our second poetry minisode, we read and discuss five of our favorite queer poems. "Come slowly--Eden" by Emily Dickensen, "After God Herself" by Justice Ameer, "Hubble Photographs: After Sappho" by Adrienne Rich, "Tonight in Oakland" by Danez Smith, and "Ardent" by Jill McDonough.
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Episode 7 The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
In this episode we get wild and rowdy with Tom Spanbauer's gay western The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon. A problematic fave, for sure, this novel is a trip right from page one. We follow a Two-Spirit Native American named Shed as he reclaims his life and tells his mythic tale of love and...
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Episode 6 - The House of Impossible Beauties
In our sixth episode we look at The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara, a fictionalized biographical novel which depicts the lives of various members of the House of Xtravaganza. Made famous in the documentary Paris is Burning, The House of Xtravaganza resides in the middle of late…
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Episode 5 - Her Body and Other Parties
In the fifth episode of Lavender Lit Club we review a collection of speculative fiction by Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties. The stories in this collection blend well genre fiction and queer themes, and stand out against toxic masculinity, gender inequality, that long standing...
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Episode 4 Poetry Minisode 1
In our first poetry minisode, we read and discuss four of our favorite queer poems. "On nights when I am your husband" by Meg Day, "Recreation" by Audre Lorde, "Because it's summer" by Ocean Vuong, and "Feast green and stained" by Paul Cunningham.
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Episode 3 - Rubyfruit Jungle
In the third episode of Lavender Lit Club we review the cult classic Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown. Despite this novel being one of the first of it's kind, a landmark lesbian coming of age novel, it is full of touchy topics and difficult to accept racist and TERF sentiments. We follow a...
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Episode 2 - Tomboy Survival Guide
In our second episode we discuss the memoir Tomboy Survival Guide by storyteller, author, and musician Ivan Coyote. A moving collection of stories from childhood paired with affirming discussion of defying gender stereotypes, Tomboy Survival Guide is first a well-crafted autobiography, and second…
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Episode 1: An Unkindness of Ghosts
In our first episode we discuss Rivers Solomon's debut An Unkindness of Ghosts. A scifi adventure on the generation ship Matilda, An Unkindness of Ghosts follows Aster in her quest to solve the mystery of her mother's death and navigate the dangers of the ship and its legacy of trauma. This book…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Lavender Lit Club is a queer book review podcast hosted by Julie Arhelger and Julian Kurashima. Every month we discuss a book written by queer authors or that takes on LGBT+ themes and features queer and diverse characters. We'll delve into it all: scifi and speculative fiction, thrillers and mystery, poetry and nonfiction, classic novels and emerging writers.
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How many episodes does Lavender Lit Club have?
Lavender Lit Club currently has 11 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Lavender Lit Club about?
Lavender Lit Club is a queer book review podcast hosted by Julie Arhelger and Julian Kurashima. Every month we discuss a book written by queer authors or that takes on LGBT+ themes and features queer and diverse characters. We'll delve into it all: scifi and speculative fiction, thrillers and...
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