Hosted by John Parker · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 138 episodes
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Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist and Lambda Literary Fellow John Parker hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing in as conversational partner for posthumous authors. Stay tuned to off-weeks which features new episodes of 7 Minutes in Book Heaven and The Gaily Show.
John Parker hosts This Queer Book Saved My Life, a arts show with 138 episodes published.
We know we promised a new episode today, but Pride month got the best of us with The Gaily Show and we're taking the week off to recuperate. So, our next episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops July 7th! In our of
Our next episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops June 30th! In our off weeks we air episodes from The Gaily Show. It's the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the US! John hosts it and it airs on AM950-KTNF (Mi
This book raised something that was running subterranean in my system back up to the surface again. Today we meet J. Brooke and we’re talking about the queer book that saved their life: Transition: Becoming Who I Was Alw
Why would I ever want to have a body and why should I allow it to want what it wants? Today we meet Jill Rosenberg and we’re talking about the queer book that saved her life: Sea of Tranquility by Paul Elliott Russell. A
Our next episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops June 2nd! In our off weeks we air episodes from The Gaily Show. It's the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the US! John hosts it and it airs on AM950-KTNF, WCP
I came out and needed to understand: what kind of gay am I? Today we meet Dr. Perry Zurn and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg. Dr. Zurn is Provost Associate Pro
This book was a vivid portrayal of queer desire. It didn't have a happy ending, but it had a positive ending. Today we meet Lynette D'Amico and we’re talking about the queer book that saved her life: Carol by Patricia Hi
Between 50-75% of my friends died of AIDS. I was trying to figure out what had happened to our community. Today we meet Gabriel Rotello and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Gay New York by George C
This book helped me understand my brain and in particular the queer brain. Today we meet Max Hovey and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: The Velvet Rage by Alan Downs. Max Hovey is a London-based wr
This book has a very fabulous determined, genderfluid, and Bi character. Reading her released something in me. Today we meet Sarah Stone and we’re talking about the queer book that saved their life: The Passion by Jeanet
Will I as a queer person be able to live openly, boldly, and out of the shadows? Today we meet Jake Stepansky and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and J
What happens when the world tells you you're too much and you start shrinking yourself to survive? Today we meet William Ollayos and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Reverie by Ryan La Sala. And Ry
This question has followed me around my whole life: where do I come from? Today we meet Karsten Vagner and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: The Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco. And Richard
In some ways, the characters in this book were my first lovers. Today we meet Michael Horvich and we're talking about the queer book that saved his life: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Michael is a retired Elementary
How can we hold together idealism and authenticity even when the world is homophobic? Today we meet Lucas F. Schleusener and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bay
One of the world's oldest surviving novels was a queer book?! Today we meet Neil Laird and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: The Satyricon by Petronius. Neil is a multiple Emmy-nominated Executive P
We have a new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life on December 16th! Today, Once Upon a Crime Books presents 7 Minutes in Book Heaven, the podcast where we interview LGBTQ authors about the new books they have coming
Can you have a happy ending in a gay relationship? Today we meet Bobbie Smith and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Coming Out by Wallace Hamilton. Bobbie has been a community activist for 35 years.
Am I in love with a woman or am I a woman who's in love with women? Today we meet Lauren Sanders and we’re talking about the queer book that saved her life: Nightwood by Djuna Barnes. Lauren Sanders (she/they) is the aut
A lot of us get to our 30s and we don't know what the next step is. Sometimes you make a big pivot. Today we meet Aj Writer and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. Aj
Perry Zurn
1 appearance on this show
Ryan La Sala
author of The Honeys
1 appearance on this show
Richard Blanco
The Inaugural Poet · NRLA
1 appearance on this show
Neil Laird
Producer/Director of historical films · Discovery, BBC, PBS, History Channel
1 appearance on this show
Abdi Nazemian
1 appearance on this show
Caro De Robertis
1 appearance on this show
Jordy Rosenberg
author and professor · University of Massachusetts-Amherst
1 appearance on this show
Martha Wells
1 appearance on this show
Eric Marcus
Making Gay History
1 appearance on this show
Rex Ogle
1 appearance on this show
Michelle Tea
1 appearance on this show
Becky Albertalli
1 appearance on this show
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