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Book cover of "Forced By Circumstance" by Norma Alarcón featuring a person with large red butterfly wings against a muted background.

❤️‍🔥 Introducing Forced by Circumstance: Chicana Feminist Essays (1981-2024) by Norma Alarcón. A landmark collection of the work of pioneering Chicana scholar Norma Alarcón. 🗓 Debuting November 7, 2025! Pre-order today: https://bookshop.org/a/99607/9781951874100

Meet the Authors of our recently released book, Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu!
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Buy your copy and get spooked: bookshop.org/p/books/cara...

CARAMELLE & CARMILLA by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu has been circling the world this last week. We love seeing Aunt Lute books "in the wild."
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Snag your copy today at: https://bookshop.org/a/104270/9781951874094

We love seeing Aunt Lute authors out and about, reading and sharing their bold books in the world. Kathya Alexander, author of Keep A'Livin' (Aunt Lute, 2024), had a lot of exciting events this past year. Her debut historical fiction is available at: https://ow.ly/6bfc50Xc5bP

❤️‍🔥🩸CARAMELLE & CARMILLA by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu is out TODAY - just in time for spooky season! Available here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/caramelle-carmilla-jewelle-gomez/5a0321eeca90286a?ean=9781951874094&next=t

We're very excited to celebrate The Divining Season by Gwendolyn Paradice (Aunt Lute Books, 2026) with the world next year!

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! One way to honor Indigenous Peoples Day is to read books by queer indigenous authors. Four books we love and recommend: (1) The Divining Season by Gwendolyn Paradice (Aunt Lute Books, 2026). (2) Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq (Penguin Random House 2019). (3) The Way We Make Sense by Dawn Karima Pettigrew (Aunt Lute Books, 2002). (4) Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022).

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! One way to honor Indigenous Peoples Day is to read books by queer indigenous authors. Four we recommend are:

The Divining Season by Gwendolyn Paradice
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
The Way We Make Sense by Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel

Info graphic by: @ODDDAUGHTERCO Heading: ways to honor indigenous people today & every day. -learn about whose land you live on -read books by indigenous authors -research issues that directly affect the native population and vote accordingly -support native artists and businesses -educate yourself and honor the lives of missing and murdered indigenous women

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day ✨

Jewelle Gomez standing outdoors near a modern building with large windows.

The latest from Jewelle Gomez is out in 4 days! 🩸❤️‍🔥 Two vampire stories. Two authors. Two striking meditations on dependency and desire. Pre-order Caramelle & Carmilla from Bookshop.org: https://ow.ly/EyL650X9X5c

Great list! 😍

Thank you to Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) for including Babaylan in your 2025 reading list! 📚Happy #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth, everyone. Find your next read: https://www.clmp.org/news/a-reading-list-for-filipino-american-history-month-2025/

Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social

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Borderlands: La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa! ❤️‍🔥

Whether you're reading Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan La Fanu, or Doll Seed by Michele T. Berger, come get spooky with us! Explore the latest Aunt Lute book and preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/cara...

❤️‍🔥 Introducing Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Two #vampire stories, two authors, two striking meditations on dependency and desire. 🗓 Debuting October 14, 2025. Link in bio to pre-order! #speclit

Graphic acknowledging Hispanic Heritage Month featuring four Lammys winners or finalists: "Call Me Cassandra: A Novel" by Marcial Gala, "The Prince of Los Cocuyos" by Richard Blanco, "Jawbone" by Mónica Ojeda, and "Her Body and Other Parties" by Carmen Maria Machado.

September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. ✨ Celebrate with one of these Lammys winners or finalists by Hispanic authors.

A Reading List for Filipino American History Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses For Filipino American History Month, observed annually during the month of October, we asked our member presses and literary magazines to share some of the literature by Filipino American writers…

October is #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! Celebrate with us by picking reads from our 2025 reading list featuring indie presses and lit mags: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...