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Arts & Culture

The queer fiction boom is here to stay

By  Sarah Stark and Isabelle Earl
   

For generations, LGBTQ literature was inaccessible to many readers. But over the past few years, queer people have had more opportunities than ever to see themselves in the stories on the shelves of their local bookstores and public libraries.

Reset explores the growing landscape of queer fiction with three guests who have built careers on it.

GUESTS: Beatrice Hitchman, author of All of You Every Single One

Anita Kelly, author of Love & Other Disasters

Laynie Rose Rizer, bookseller and TikTokker

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