An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and consent, and the pressures of society? This accessible examination of asexuality shows that the issues that aces face—confusion ...

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and consent, and the pressures of society? This accessible examination of asexuality shows that the issues that aces face—confusion ...

For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality--and an incisive interrogation of the sex-obsessed culture that invisibilizes and ignores asexual and A-spec identity.Everything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong.The notion that everyone wants sex--and that we all have to have it--is false. It’s intertwined with our ideas about capitalism, race, gender, and queerness. And it imp...

Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history—Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.Madame Restell is a sharp, witty Gilded Age medical history which introduces us to an iconic, yet tragically overlooked, feminist heroine: a glamorous women’s healthcare provider in Manhattan, known to the world as Madame Restell. A celebrity in her day with ...

For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality--and an incisive interrogation of the sex-obsessed culture that invisibilizes and ignores asexual and A-spec identity.Everything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong.The notion that everyone wants sex--and that we all have to have it--is false. It’s intertwined with our ideas about capitalism, race, gender, and queerness. And it imp...

Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history—Madame Restell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.An industrious immigrant who built her business from the ground up, Madame Restell was a self-taught surgeon on the cutting edge of healthcare in pre-Gilded Age New York, and her bustling “boarding house” provided birth control, abortions, and medical assistance to tho...

Now a Shirley Jackson Award and Locus Award Finalist!Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Eden Royce pens a Southern Gothic historical fantasy story of a contentious funeral."A tale of loss and hope and how the present can give way to new futures."—Kirkus ReviewsPhee St. Margaret is a daughter of the Reconstruction, born to a family of free Black business owners in New Charleston. Coddled to within an inch ...

A halfling and a goblin must learn to love each other despite their differences in this cozy fantasy romance, brimming with warmth and popular romance tropes—perfect for fans of The Honey Witch and The Spellshop**.**What if cottagecore and goblincore fell in love?When a halfling, Pansy, and a goblin, Ren, each think they've inherited the same cottage, they make a bargain: they'll ...

**"Charming and utterly unputdownable." ―Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal LongingsLonglisted for the Aldiss AwardAM Kvita's wickedly funny debut introduces New York's most powerful family of witches—and a world of secrets, spells, and supernatural shenanigans.**After seven long years, Joan Greenwood is coming home.Unfortunately, her family totally forgot about it.Overshadowing her return is the news that someone has c...

One of the Best Books of the YearELLE • Autostraddle • Debutiful • Chicago Review of Books • MUBI • Dazed • LitHub • Library Journal • them •Loosey“Devious and diabolical, Herculine is a jaw-dropping and completely unpredictable literary bewitchment about trauma, desire, and identity.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • STONEWALL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION FINALIST • LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST • PUBLISHING TRIANGLE BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY STONE BOOK AWARD FINALISTPraised as “a marvel” by Elliot Page and “a must-read” by Janet Mock, Black transgender luminary Tourmaline’s definitive biography brings to life the revolutionary LGBTQIA+ activist Marsha P. Johnson“Thank god the revolution has begun, h...

NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD AND THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD!Annihilation meets Manhunt in this gloriously queer psychedelic trip into the heart of an eldritch wood and the horrors of (cis)terhood.I see something out there, in the woods. It does not have a face.They call it the King’s Breakfast. One bite and you can understand the full scope of the universe; o...