Queer and Pleasant Danger: An Interview With Kate Bornstein
by: The Qu The Qu is honored to be the first stop in Kate Bornstein’s A Queer and Pleasant Danger blog tour! Tony and Ben Kramer, from Fag Rags chat […]
Category Archives: Books
The Exhaled Phoenix: A Tribute to Ray Bradbury
by: Jason Wyman Dearest Ray Bradbury, We never met. We never will. That’s not exactly true. There was a dream once. It came to me in high school when, after […]
No Protection: The Exquisite Suffering of Philip Roth
by: Greg Sato A few years ago, I won a bet by reading every book that Philip Roth ever published. I still haven’t gotten that bucket of Maker’s Mark I […]
The Thrill of the Find: Weighing the Problem With E-Books
by: Katie Vota E-readers are popular, no question. They’re all over the US and, having been traveling for 10 months now. I can tell you they’re all over South America […]
Donate to the Kickstarter Campaign: Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger
by: The Qu We love Kate Bornstein. Recently, her memoir, A Queer and Pleasant Danger, was reviewed by The Qu‘s very own Ben Kramer in his monthly book review, Fag Rags. Stay tuned […]
Florida Bans 50 Shades And I’m Not Sad: Why This Book Is Atrocious
by: Marissa Morales Fifty Shades of Grey, where do I even begin? What can I say that hasn’t already been said? I guess I’ll start simply: No, I did not […]
Fag Rags with Ben Kramer: Queer and Pleasant Danger
by: Ben Kramer (via The Qu) In her new memoir, “A Queer and Pleasant Danger,” self-proclaimed gender outlaw Kate Bornstein tells the amazing tale of their life’s tumultuous journey, from […]
For the Love of Patti Smith: Celebrating World Book Night 2012 in Chicago
by: Joseph Erbentraut When I first caught wind of World Book Night US, it was via the Tumblr feed of Uncharted Books, a used bookstore relatively recently opened in Logan Square, the Chicago […]
What I Would Read at a Sleepover With Susan Faludi: A Feminist’s Defense of Cosmo
by: Khai Devon I’m not supposed to like Cosmopolitan magazine. After all, I’m not a woman and I am a feminist. And it’s pretty common to joke about Cosmo. This […]
How 50 Shades of Grey Ended My Romance With Romance
by: J.C. Johnson Note: This post contains spoilers for the Fifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. James I must make a confession. I love trashy romance novels. Don’t get me wrong, […]
