Nonsense Newsletter
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Best queer books I read in 2024
Sometimes when I’m scrolling on social media, as I do, I come across creators or users who start a video by saying “I read 100 books this year”, or “All the books I read this month”, and it’s something diabolical like seventeen, and they’re all more than 700 pages long. And then I’ll end up…
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“To write well you need to read, and read widely”: Charlee Brooks aka Grandpa’s Book Club on the internet, queer literature and his undying love for Patti Smith.
In the background of the voice notes that Charlee Brooks has sent me, I can hear quiet birdlike chatter, the rolling of wheels on tracks and the metallic sound of loudspeaker announcements. He’s on a train, coasting through small towns in Europe on his way to Amsterdam. He apologises for the noise.
julia kittelty 