June 15, 2022

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Featuring 329 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children's and YA books; also in this special Pride issue: LGBTQ+ literature in the year of the book ban, plus interviews with Lydia Conklin, Hugh Ryan, medina; and more

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Perspectives

Indie Pride Picks: Queer Leads, Vivid Locations

In the News

LGBTQ+ Book Bans: A Recap of 2022 So Far

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6 Children’s Books That Affirm Queer Identity

Profiles

Tucker Shaw Takes You There

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6 Teen Novels That Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride

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6 New Nonfiction Books About the Queer Experience


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The Magazine: Kirkus Reviews

Featuring 282 reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this issue: interviews with Oyinkan Braithwaite; Thien Ho; Jeff Kinney; and E. Lockhart; and more

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