Drawn in by the promise of bookbinding and sapphic secrets, cohosts Amber and Annika discuss Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly.

Dawn is at a point in her life where her art feels blocked, she doesn’t know where her relationship is going, and she isn’t sure who she is and how she wants to be perceived. When she comes across a letter on the back of a lesbian pulp novel cover, hidden in the endpapers of a book she is restoring for work, she thinks that maybe finding answers to that mystery will help her figure out her own life.

Discussion topics include: finding the people who will support you as you are, the Lucas haters club©, gender, art as a form of expression and protest, and texting in 2003.

CW: homophobia, violence, panic attacks, anxiety

If you're interested in reading Endpapers after listening to this episode, consider borrowing it from your local library or purchasing it from an independent bookstore!

Sometimes what we need for Christmas is a spicy story (“raunch-com?”) about chaotic bisexuals making a Hallmar- we mean, Hope Channel movie while pretending to be Wholesome©. Hopefully nobody realizes that one of them is an adult film star and that the two of them hooking up on the down low. Join cohosts Jamie and Ashley as they discuss A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone.

If you're interested in reading A Merry Little Meet Cute after listening to this episode, consider borrowing it from your local library or purchasing it from an independent bookstore!

Robin Gow joins cohosts Ashley and Amber in this episode as they discuss faer YA book, A Million Quiet Revolutions. A beautiful story about two trans boys, A Million Quiet revolutions discusses so many aspects of queer youth including themes of family, acceptance, change, and community. We couldn’t wait to ask Robin all manner of questions about his experience with queer history, using poetry to tell stories, and what one actually does at a reenactment.

If you're interested in reading A Million Quiet Revolutions after listening to this episode, consider borrowing it from your local library or purchasing it from an independent bookstore!