Zoe Keller

This Christmas by Georgia Beers -- A small red barn house. Two women with their backs to the audience, wearing winter clothes. There are dogs in the snow all around them.

Book Review: THIS CHRISTMAS

Zoe Keller

This Christmas is Georgia Beers' latest sapphic novel. Does the dog-themed holiday book stand up to other holiday classics? Read on for our review.

Cover of David R. Slayton's Rogue Community College. The book cover is written in a "collegiate font" over a school emblem on a flag. The colors are purple, green and yellow

Book Review: ROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Zoe Keller

David R. Slayton's back with a new series! Rogue Community College tells the story of Isaac, a reluctant hero. Read on for our review.

A photo of the Take All of Us book cover for a book review, featuring many teen characters of different genders and ethnicities in the background. In the foreground is a crouched white, blonde boy with zombie eyes, holding a sippy cup with a radioactive symbol.

Leif Talks TAKE ALL OF US and a New Brand of Zombieism

Zoe Keller

We recently had the opportunity to interview Leif, author of the very creative zombie book, Take All of Us. Check out what they had to say!

WYNONNA EARP and the Bulshar Industrial Complex

Zoe Keller

The TV show Wynonna Earp, particularly Bobo Del Rey's storyline, is an allegory for the Prison Industrial Complex. Read on to find out why!

Jeremy, Waverly and Nicole of Wynonna Earp with a rainbow filter over them.

My Favorite Queer Things About WYNONNA EARP

Zoe Keller

Wynonna Earp has always been unapologetically queer. Join us in celebrating some of our favorite queer moments over the show's history.

Blue background: In red at top: "The Last Dream." Below: A photo of Pedro Almodóvar, a white man with grey hair, his eyes closed. He's wearing a blue jacket with a red shirt.

Book Review: THE LAST DREAM

Zoe Keller

Pedro Almodóvar's collection of short stories and personal essays is (finally) being released in English. Read our review of The Last Dream.

From left to right: The movie poster for The Proposal: Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds stand back to back. Movie Poster for Cyrano De Bergerac. In the bottom left, a white woman faces the viewer. In the upper, just off center, is a man in 16th century garb. On the right, a poster for Much Ado About Nothing -- many characters in Renaissance Garb form a circle (just their busts)

The Origin of Tropes: Fake Romance

Zoe Keller

How many times have you seen a fake romance plot and wondered where the trope came from? That's what this Origin of Tropes explores.

The Origin of Tropes: Dragon Lore

Zoe Keller

Dragons have a rich history of global mythology beyond the European fire-breather. Find out about dragon lore in The Origin of Tropes.

Fran Hart's The Other Ones book cover, featuring a small image of a house Large image of two boys, one brow skinned, the other white, facing each other, a flashlight between them.

Book Review: THE OTHER ONES

Zoe Keller

Fran Hart's The Other Ones deals with hauntings big and small. Does this young adult novel come together? Read on to find out.

Book cover of Violet Duncan's Buffalo Dreamer, featuring a young Native girl wrapped in a white blanket with earthy toned stripes leans her head against a giant buffalo's head.

Book Review: BUFFALO DREAMER

Zoe Keller

Buffalo Dreamer, by Violet Duncan, is a middle-grade novel about a young girl and North American residential schools. Read on for our review.

Title words: Rules for Ghosting Shelly Jay Shore in white over black background. Small images of a haunted house, purple caskets, candles, a casket with a maegen david and two hands holding eachother around the words

Book Review: RULES FOR GHOSTING

Zoe Keller

Shelly Jay Shore's debut novel, Rules for Ghosting, combines several elements: Jewish family life, hauntings and romance. Read on for our review.

An image of two girls (Vietnamese), both wearing ao dai, leaning agains at food cart. Title A Banh Mi for Two written in cursive on top of image

Book Review: A BANH MI FOR TWO

Zoe Keller

Trinity Nguyen's A Banh Mi for Two is a love letter to Sài Gòn, food and second-generation Vietnamese American teens. Check out our review!