Big Queer Book Club Podcast

This is our last new episode of 2021 and we're going out with a BANG! In our first erotica we spoke to author Liz Asch about her new collection of mostly queer erotica short stories in Your Salt On My Lips. Liz is an artist, an author, and an acupuncturist and we had such a great conversation with her. You don't want to miss this one!Playful, explorative, taboo-smashing, and delectably liberating, Your Salt on My Lips is a mostly-queer collection of literary e...

The pandemic has been a tough time for all, but add a little lesbian romance to it makes it just a bit better! That's exactly what Michele Reynolds did in her book Six Feet!Six Feet is a contemporary, pandemic romance with the emphasis on romance.Henley Stones Smith, 42, is a psychologist with three foster daughters: Paloma, Jackie and Manhattan.Nicki Zabelle, 28, is a professional video gamer who sleeps in late and always orders take-out.The Covid pandemic hits and Nicki abruptly moves from ...

This week we're posting the crossover episode that we did with our friends, Sarah and Persis, over at Girl on Girl Podcast. If you haven't subscribed to their podcast yet, what on earth are you waiting for!? We talked to Sarah and Persis this week about several queer books that were adapted into movies. We also chatted about a whole lot that has nothing to do with those movies. We always have so much fun talking to these tw...

Get ready to laugh, y'all! Former Kansas Citian, Sophie Santos, shares all kinds of stories about her soon to be released memoir. From being a military kid, playing tackle football, joining a sorority in the South, coming out, mental health, and so much more! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll laugh again! There's something in this book that so many can relate to and we highly recommend it! Book is currently available on AmazonAlso, stay tuned until the end to find out which KC BBQ place i...

This is a special episode because we chat with friend and super-human person, Sam Brinton of The Trevor Project (to name only one thing they are involved with) as well as Dr. Jessie Freyermuth (spouse of 1/2 of the pod). We all read and chatted about the book Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride. This book was unexpectedly sad but overwhelmingly awesome. Sarah McBride is changing our country for the better with her work in the US Government.

In this episode we discuss All Out: The No Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages with Persis and Sarah from Girl On Girl Podcast! We go over our favorite stories, who we would cast as our favorite characters, and cap it all off with... murder?? Guess you'll have to listen to find out Persis's little secret!

"All of us were refugees of the nuclear family..." - Chelsey JohnsonThis is a thought provoking and insightful episode, y'all! Join us as we discuss the intricacies of Stray City with actor Humberly Gonzalez!Book Summary:Twenty four year old artist Andrea Moralez escaped her Midwestern Catholic childhood - and the closet - to create a home and life for herself within the thriving but insular lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon. But one drunken night, reeling from a bad breakup and a ...

This week we chat with fresh young author Upasa Borah about their book Thick and Thin, their fan fiction, and about how they came to be a writer and a poet. They are so talented at only 21 years old, we truly think they are going to do great things. The audio quality is a bit subpar this episode but we promise it will be worth it.(book summary)In Raumah, a city where wealth and familial ties rule all, the four Kings walk a path seemingly paved in gold. Duante, the protector. Stron...

The wait is finally over. This is part two of our episode with D2 from Start the Wave, and in the second half we get a bit more introspective in how this book affected us personally. We always have a great time talking to D2, no matter the subject. After you've finished this book please join us in checking out the Start the Wave pride resource list, as it is filled with many important and incredible books. We are slowly making our way through all of them. Also fo...

This week is part one of another super sized episode! Kendra and Amanda brought back D2 from Start the Wave to read and discuss the novel Sissy: A Coming of Gender Story by Jacob Tobia. This book is on the Start the Wave resource list so we talk more about that resource list, the purpose and the content you'll find there, as well as the first book we read but didn't record an episode about. Sissy: A Coming of Gender Story by Jacob TobiaAs a young child in Nort...