In June 2015, two days before gay marriage became federally recognized, Hayley Kiyoko released her song “Girls Like Girls”. At the time, Kiyoko was 24 years old and had built a fan base from her acting roles in Disney Channel. But she was now performing an explicitly Sapphic song at a time when she had
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week, including the hottest summer books, an AI chatbot in Google Play Books, the winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards, and more. The hottest summer reads of
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The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence – Before It’s Too LateBy Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow has, by his own estimation, produced over 30 books. Whenever you pick up Doctorow, there’s a real question: Is it going to be a thrillingly controversial, like, “Enshitification,” which is required reading
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Every month, there’s a flood of new books fighting for a spot on your TBR. But with so much competing for your attention, it’s easy to lose sight of the ones you’re most excited about. And often, you only hear about the titles with the biggest marketing budgets. So, how do you keep up with
Scott Simon talks with author Judy Blume at the Santa Fe International Literature Festival in May. Tira howard photography./Courtesy Santa Fe International Literary Festival hide caption toggle caption Tira howard photography./Courtesy Santa Fe International Literary Festival Judy Blume is a renowned author of books for young adults including Are you there, Lord it’s me Margaret,
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Leading literary magazine Granta will no longer publish the winning entries of the annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize after widespread allegations of the use of AI were made against one of this year’s winners. The magazine said it would no longer engage in “external publishing partnerships” over which it has no editorial control. In a
Horror is having a moment, and femdom is a big part of it. But what is femme, and why is everyone else? Guardian To Cosmopolitan Talking about it? Let’s dive into this weird and wonderful horror subgenre, shall we? Famegore is a subset of what Reddit would call “Weird Girl Literature.” But where Weird Girl