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Cover of Slutflowers by Amanda Earl and Matthew Walsh. The title is in bold yellow font over an impressionist swirl of paint.

Slutflowers by Amanda Earl; Matthew Walsh

August 18, 2026 by Jamie Kitts

It’s very difficult to be gender-expansive in 2026. I won’t belabor the point when it’s not hard to find bad news. But one thing that’s brought me comfort in these trying times is the queer literature of the mid-late 20th century. Not because the content is particularly comforting, but because it is relatable. We are …

Speechless by Anne Simpson

February 28, 2021September 9, 2020 by Ian Colford

In Anne Simpson’s gripping third novel, Speechless, A’isha Nasir, a Nigerian teenager, has been convicted of adultery and, in keeping with Sharia, or Islamic Law, been sentenced to death by stoning. But A’isha’s situation is neither simple nor straightforward. Raped by a man in her village, the fact that she has had a child out …