This Queer Book Saved My Life

In this special episode, J.P. reads his essay Naming Names. This episode was part of his fundraiser to attend the 2022 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. The draft essay is part of his essay collection tentatively titled: A Home at the Beginning of the World. Follow J.P. on Twitter for updates from the retreat and on the status of his collection. @jpderboghossian

Welcome to our LGBT podcast 7 Minutes in Book Heaven – presented to you by This Queer Book Saved My Life!

In this short podcast, we spend 7 minutes in our virtual studio interviewing LGBTQ authors about their new and upcoming books for us to love and cuddle up with.

Today, we meet Eli Cohen and his upcoming book A Body Hair Experiment. What’s it about? Eli removes all the hair from one side of his body, the left side. From his chest down to his toes. This photo essay captures Eli's body, body part by body part, all while he writes about the experience. The luscious photos were taken by O Zhang.

The book comes out in January 2023. The book is not available for pre-order just yet. Follow Eli on social for all the details when they are available.

Twitter: @spacioushuman

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacioushuman/

Website: https://spacioushuman.com

“We all have two lives. The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”

Laurel Morales hosts this podcasts featuring stories of people who have faced darkness and how those moments transformed them.

2 Lives has been featured on Apple Podcasts shows “WE LOVE,” ranked fourth in the personal journals category, and listed among “Spotify’s Top Episodes of 2021.”

We meet Dianna Hunter and her new novel Clouded Waters which releases today: October 10!
What's it about? When a local water scientist goes missing, newspaper owner Susan B. Ellingson follows a trail of evidence from a tiny, off-grid community into a global tangle of lies, corruption, whistleblowing, and danger. All the while her mother-in-law leads a group of Ojibwe and Métis grandmothers fighting to protect the water, and when after an intriguing new woman comes to town, Susan isn't sure how to feel or act.
Dianna Hunter (she/her or they/them) is the author of Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life and Breaking Hard Ground: Stories of the Minnesota Farm Advocates. Both were finalists for the Minnesota Book Award. Dianna was a farmer and farm advocate before beginning a career in writing and college teaching. She earned an MA in English (Creative Writing) from Iowa State University,
Buy Clouded Waters
Visit our Bookshop at bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbook or buy directly right now: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781737405160
Also, we talked about the poem "Election Season" by Julie Gard. It's in Julie's collection I Think I Know You. Buy it here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781952593338
Connect with Dianna Hunter
Website: diannahunter.com
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Quatrefoil Library
Quatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1
Credits
Host/Founder: J.P. Der Boghossian
Executive Producer: Jim Pounds
Associate Producers: Archie Arnold, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean Smith
Patreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Steven Flamm, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.
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As we shield ourselves for the next four years, please consider attending the Creating Change conference. It will be in Las Vegas from January 22-26, 2025. It is the largest LGBTQ conference in the United States. Registration fees are sliding scale to keep it affordable, with free registration if you sign-up to volunteer. Learn more: thetaskforce.org

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Today, Executive Producer Jim Pounds and I sit down to reflect on favorite moments from Season 3, what we have planned for this summer, and our upcoming Season Infinity!
Connect With Us
twitter and instagram: @jpderboghossian
website: jpderboghossian.com
facebook: @JimPounds
Buy The Books We Feature On The Podcasts
Visit our Bookshop at thisqueerbook.com/bookshop
Become an Associate Producer!
Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbook
Credits
Host/Founder: J.P. Der Boghossian
Executive Producer: Jim Pounds
Associate Producers: Archie Arnold, Natalie Cruz, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean Smith
Patreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.
Quatrefoil Library
Quatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1

Register and Support Unstoppable Stories: A Banned Books Festival
Register: https://uucf.org/unstoppable
Donate: https://onrealm.org/UUCF/give/BBFestText: UUFAIRFAX BBFest to 73256.All donation options: thisqueerbook.com/unstoppable

A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops next week on March 5th! In our off weeks, we air the most recent episode of The Gaily Show which J.P. hosts for AM950 Radio.

On today’s episode, J.P. interviews Amy Spalding about her new novel At Her Service that dropped this week. Plus, a review of BOOM BOOM Bruno on HBO Max. Then, the upcoming Queer Writes Festival on February 25 and the new rom com Love and Other Wild Things by Alyson Root.

Watch and Listen

Visit our show page to see all the different ways you can listen and watch The Gaily Show: thisqueerbook.com/gailyshow

Credits

Host/Founder: J.P. Der Boghossian
Executive Producer: Jim Pounds
Production and Distribution Support: Brett Johnson, AM950
Marketing/Advertising Support: Chad Larson, Laura Hedlund, Jennifer Ogren, AM950
Accounting and Creative Support: Gordy Erickson
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