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A blog about books and writing, through rainbow-tinted glasses. Every book gets a gay rating.

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Author: James Whitmore

I am a writer based in Melbourne. I’m interested in nature and the environment, and queer books.

Review: Naag Mountain by Manisha Anjali

Be taken into the dreamworld.

Colonialism, Fiji, India, Pacific, Poetry

Review: Detachable Penis by Sam Elkin

The boundary between the professional and personal is arbitrary.

Australian, Contemporary, LGBTIQ, Memoir, Transgender

Review: Anam by André Dao

History as speculative fiction.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical, Novel, Refugees, Vietnam, War

Review: All Fours by Miranda July

In this fervid novel, a 45-year-old married woman sets out from Los Angeles for a holiday in New York after … More

Contemporary, Female writers, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, US

Review: Peripathetic by Cher Tan

Essays exuberantly wandering and open-ended.

Art, Australian, books, Criticism, Cultural theory, Essays, Singapore, writing

Review: The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger

Will make you see your house plants in a new light.

Botany, nature, Nonfiction, Plants, science, US

Review: Wall by Jen Craig

The dangers of telling someone about the art you are working on.

Art, Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel

Review: Chinese Fish by Grace Yee

Poetry that writes back against colonial inequity.

China, New Zealand, Poetry, Racism

Review: Deep Water by James Bradley

How do you tell a story as big as the ocean?

Australian, Climate change, History, Marine science, nature, Nonfiction, Oceans

Review: Plains Of Promise by Alexis Wright

Visions horrifying and beautiful.

Aboriginal writers, Australian, Classics, Fiction, Historical, Novel

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