Category Archives: Amber Dawn

Responses to Queer Book Detective Frustrations; Also, Apparently Queers Don’t Buy Enough Queer Books and Some Lesbians Hate Lesbian Books

Posted on April 13, 2013 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Wow: so a lot of folks have things to say and feelings, feelings, feelings about being queer book detectives and queer readers and queer writers.  I honestly was not expecting the response that I’ve gotten to Why I Don’t Want … Continue reading →

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“And, yes, poetry must be thanked too”: A Review of Amber Dawn’s How Poetry Saved My Life

Posted on April 9, 2013 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I debated whether or not to use a really tired cliché when I sat down to write this review of Vancouver writer, filmmaker, and performance artist Amber Dawn’s recently released memoir, How Poetry Saved My Life.  In the spirit of … Continue reading →

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Springtime Book Tours and Prizes, Prizes, Prizes: Rae Spoon, Alex Leslie, Anne Fleming, Amber Dawn, and Imogen Binnie!

Posted on March 22, 2013 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

It’s been a while since I’ve written a news-focused post and there are a few exciting things happening in queer bookland!  First of all, the Lambda literary and Triangle awards have been announced and there are a few Canadian contenders … Continue reading →

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“Poetry is the muscle, the winged dream of liberation”: A Review of the Queer Issue of Poetry is Dead

Posted on December 3, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I knew as soon as I read Alex Leslie’s smart, heartfelt introduction to the queer issue of Poetry is Dead–a poetry journal based out of Vancouver–that I was going to love what was between its pages.  She writes, for example, … Continue reading →

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Gorgeous, Twisted, and Erotic: A Review of Fist of the Spider Woman, Edited by Amber Dawn

Posted on September 6, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Gorgeous, twisted, and erotic: it’s a strange but tantalizing combination that is the collection Fist of the Spider Woman.  Edited by the ever-fabulous Vancouver-based writer, filmmaker, and performance artist Amber Dawn, this book of “tales of fear and queer desire” … Continue reading →

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