These recent memoirs echoed events in my own life, sometimes in unexpected ways

A selection of cultural concoctions to get you through this heavy week

We’ve got picks for every letter of the acronym in this week’s Queer Culture Catch-Up

The Calgary-based writer took home the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel “The Sleeping Car Porter”

The author of “Heretic: A Memoir” talks about why fantasy and mystical things appeal to queer people

REVIEW: Trynne Delaney’s genre-breaking debut novella introduces us to a group of Black survivors imagining their future

S. Bear Bergman is back with a curated collection of culture creations

EXCERPT: Kirsty Loehr’s playful new book, “A Short History of Queer Women,” introduces us to women across history who weren’t just friends

With “Young Mungo,” Douglas Stuart solidifies his legacy as the chronicler of working-class queer Scotland

In John Irving’s latest novel, “The Last Chairlift,” the straight cis protagonist feels like a minority amidst all the queerness

In “Running Down a Dream,” Candy Palmater recounts how dating the woman who was to be her wife felt different from dating men

“Despite trauma and tragedy, we Indigenous people and queer people produce joy in our lives”: Billy-Ray Belcourt on his new novel

REVIEW: In “Fayne,” literary legend Ann-Marie MacDonald takes us out for a walk upon the moors in a tale that references “Jane Eyre” and “Orlando”

In Jessi Hempel’s collaborative memoir, “The Family Outing,” the journalist is just the first to show her authentic self

The literary debut of Argentina-born New York trans and sex work activist deserves all the adjectives

Plus more of what’s up and on starting Sept. 29

Julián Delgado Lopera’s oral history collection gave me the confidence to engage in community storytelling

REVIEW: A new horror anthology, “Queer Little Nightmares,” sets the monsters loose among us—and we are delighted to be so scared

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