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Joan as Police Woman – To Survive
Cheap Lullaby RecordsThe name Joan Wasser is not well-known to most people, but it should be. Collaborating first with bands like The Dambuilders in the ‘90s and, more recently, Antony and the Johns...
Metronome
By Veronique TanakaComicsLitTold in four image sequences that mimic the rhythmic taping of a metronome, Veronique Tanaka’s comic uses symbols and simple drawings to tell a story of a musician’s se...
Forms of Intercession
By Jayne PupekMayapple PressForms of Intercession by poet and counselor, Jayne Pupek, is filled with haunting, powerful poems that will leave any reader open-mouthed. I like to think Pupek garnered mu...
I’m With Stupid
By Elaine Szewczyk5 SpotI’m With Stupid is a comedic novel about disappointment and adventures in love, written by first time author Elaine Szewczyk. Readers of I’m With Stupid board a plane with ...
A Summer Affair
By Elin HilderbrandLittle, Brown and CompanyClaire appears to have the perfect life with Jason - a handsome and hardworking rock star husband, who was Claire's high school sweetheart and would do anyt...
Chapin Sisters – Lake Bottom LP
Plain RecordingsThe strong and lovely voices of the Chapin Sisters offer a raw, deep-down quality to Lake Bottom LP. Listeners who have ever found themselves betrayed by a lover will relate; a theme o...
Fine Dead Girls
Directed by Dalibor MatanićFirst Run FeaturesI found Fine Dead Girls to be worthy of the critical acclaim it has received; this film was not only selected as Croatia's nomination to the Academy Award...
Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns
By Andrea GibsonWrite Bloody PublishingAs a newer reader of and listener to poetry, I often find it overly dramatic or flowery for my tastes. When I started reading Andrea Gibson’s collection, Pole ...
Spider Lilies
Directed by Zero Chou Wolfe Video In the language of flowers, the spider lily has pessimistic associations in Japan, signifies mutual yearning in Korea, and in China, is a more positive blossom, with...
A Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids
By Margot DatzAtria BooksMargot Datz’s A Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids is a wonderfully colorful picture book for adults - the kind of book that should come with matching postcards, a calen...
She’s a Boy I Knew
Directed by Gwen HaworthOutcast FilmsThis auto-ethnographic documentary offers a nuanced and emotional lens into the experience of transitioning from a male to female gender identity that is, quite ho...
Awesome
By Jack PendarvisMacAdam/Cage“If the garbage man doesn’t come for a couple weeks, we all die of cholera.”If you are unfamiliar with Jack Pendarvis, there is really nothing I can say that would a...
Another Love
By Erzsebet GalgocziCleis PressOn a stormy night in 1959, a young Hungarian woman is shot by guards while trying to cross the border illegally from Hungary to the west and so begins this Eastern Europ...
Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis
By Ali SmithCanongate PressAli Smith’s Girl Meets Boy is a delightful reinterpretation of the myth of Iphis with quite a few surprises along the way. Narrated by two sisters, Anthea and Imogen, Smit...
Madonna - Hard Candy
WEA/RepriseThe great thing about following Madonna’s musical career is to see just exactly what sort of musical guise she’s going to adopt next. She’s always been heralded for her chameleon-like...
Princess Bubble
Written by Susan Johnston and Kimberly WebbIllustrated by Maria TonelliBubble Gum PressPrincess Bubble is a light and fluffy children’s book, primarily for girls. It takes the traditional fairytale ...