Fuck Yeah Lesbian Literature (and more)!

[image description: a photo of two people. The person on the left is Malinda Lo, and she is holding her book Huntress. End description.]

[image description: the cover of Sister Mischief. It features a person with long curly hair wearing a purple hoodie with the the hood up. Ze is looking into the camera and not smiling. The rest of the cover has colourful designs, with a cityscape visible in one section. End description.]

I don’t often read contemporary young adult novels. It’s not because they’re not good — some of them are amazing — but I’m a genre reader at heart, so it takes a special hook to pull me into a contemporary YA. Sister Mischief by newcomer Laura Goode had plenty of those hooks: it’s about queer girls; it’s about hip-hop; it’s about an interracial romance.

And it is one of my favorite books of 2011.

Sister Mischief by Laura Goode was reviewed by Malinda Lo. (via the Lesbrary)

[image description: the cover of Ash by Malinda Lo. The background is black, apparently grass. In the center is a person, presumably Ash, curled in a ball. She is curled up and is wearing a white dress. She has dark hair and light skin. She appears to be barefoot and to have her eyes closed. End description.]

relationship status: more than just an issue friend

Forever Young Adult reviewed Ash by Malinda Lo. (via the Lesbrary)

L to R: [Malinda Lo], Cris Beam, Jacqueline Woodson, David Levithan, Cindy Pon (moderator) at the New York LGBT Center

Malinda Lo with her book Huntress.