Harry has been a bookseller his entire adult life and will buy anything put out by Maggie Nelson, Richard Kadrey, Tamsyn Muir, or Thomas Page Mcbee. When not at work he can be found running for Abel Township and cooking (poorly, but enthusiastically) with DnD streaming in the background.
Tart and overwhelming as a warhead with a slow, satisfying ending…this book is immaculate. I would read a hundred more stories about this town and these people. - Harry
I love the graceful shapes and vibrant colors of this sweet book! This is an instantly rereadable work of art, any of these pages would be at home in a frame. ~Harry
I’m calling it now, in July, I’ve found my favorite book of the year. This is the warmest and most romantic book I’ve ever cried on public transit over. Poignant and sweet in equal measure I turned the pages as slowly as I could to make it last. ~Harry
This slick book grabbed me by the throat last year and I can still feel it. Totally unique yet deeply, uncomfortably familiar, this is a story I felt in my bones. ~Harry
This is a loving and graceful book about a young child separated from her mother by incarceration and the ways her family stays close and whole together. Inspired to act? --Harry
Mariame Kaba can also be found in the Sociology aisle - We Do This 'Til We Free Us
This is my favourite book about the moment you realize for the first time that other people have different experiences...wow!! --Harry
There is tangible power in knowing your history and feeling the love of those who came before you. If you are intimidated by tomes of queer nonfiction or jaded by corporate pride parades, this is the perfect book for you. --Harry
I can vividly remember reading ‘My Pullups Parable’ for the first time and thinking...yes! I’m so glad this wonderful piece of transgender history has been conserved, and I especially recommend it if you’ve been missing your queer community lately. --Harry
The warmth and compassion of these stories can't be overstated - they made me hungry in every way possible. Deesha Philyaw sets up snapshots that feel deeply intimate without voyeurism and universal without vagueness. I will, without question, be reading this over and over. --Harry
To live in the world is to make your peace, every day, with a certain amount of pain. The way Kate Baer turns her ugly-caustic-condescending incoming mail into poetry is refreshing to the soul. To see these familiar messages held up to the light and declawed is delightful. --Harry
Our Poet Laureate is a storyteller of grace and insight, keenly connected to the flow of the world. To read her work is to be spoken to intimately, and to be guided down her intense and passionate path is a privilege I highly recommend. --Harry
This is a warm and heartening series for folks with a strong stomach - Angel Crawford is my hero. --Harry
If you like for urban fantasy to have a sense of humour then Felix Castor is your man. This series is dark and vibrant simultaneously with characters to root for til the end. --Harry
This series is the most fun I’ve had reading since I was ten. It’s an irreverent comedy. It’s a deeply intimate tragedy. It’s a puzzle. It’s unlike anything else. --Harry
I read this book at least once a year and at LEAST seven times per breakup. Bluets will get you through it. --Harry
This raw and raunchy book will swing you between laughter and catharsis before depositing you at the end, panting, exhilarated. If you read the first page and like it it only gets better from there. --Harry
It did. This gorgeous, bare collection found a home in my heart I hadn't realized was vacant. --Harry
Karen Russell is a master of tone, somehow always perfectly capturing Florida beaches and swamps exactly as I remember them. This collection includes both of my favourite short stories ever - Proving Up and Dougbert Shackleton's Rules for Antarctic Tailgating - as well as many other creepy, funny, creepily-funny tales. --Harry
Readers familiar with ¡Hola Papi! as an advice column will recognize JP Brammer's warm and generous writing immediately. Through the years I have felt profoundly understood both by the author and his audience - such a gift in a genre I had previously felt no connection with. I wholeheartedly recommend this book, and his work as a whole, to all. --Harry
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This omnibus began as a webcomic in 2009 which ran for many years - I vividly remember the day the final page was posted! Come for the incredible landscapes and gorgeously composed explicit pages, stay for the frank and authentic story. --Harry