Newsletter #377

For anyone who wants to be a trans ally—or who doesn't understand more than the male-female binary—I urge you to read this memoir. The author's young daughter transitioned at age 6 in a conservative t... (Doree)

Ethel Wilson lived over ninety years, most of them in Vancouver, B.C., and many of them as a self-described “doctor’s wife,” but starting when she was nearly sixty, she published a handful of books, i... (Tom)

Dictionary contains all the words that have ever been read, but unlike the other books, she doesn't tell her own story. So one day she decides to bring her words to life, starting with a hungry alliga... (Haley)

Six students of various ages and backgrounds all sign up for a new master's level art class at a university in England. The senior art tutor needs this class to work so it can be added to the universi... (Doree)

Lucienne and Gaston “believe as much in their country as in their love.” Their country is Algeria, which at the time (the late '20s) was also France; their love is mismatched (Tom)