Proud and ambitious woman

Today we have a two-way header! First, you’ll hear our team’s favorite LGBTQIA+ books over the past few years and offer a variety of suggestions from a variety of different types. Then, through an interview with Amber Oliver, the author who hit the music, was inspired as she shared personal insights about ambitions and how she wrote ambitions into her novel.

A strange love (0:22)

Join FBC contributors Jordy, Shoshana and Nox to celebrate Pride Month celebrations with intense conversations about their favorite queer books. From joyful romances to powerful memoirs and border-fiction novels, it’s a heartfelt and fun chat full of advice and a love for queer storytelling.

Notes and roots of ambition (9:55)

Ashley sat down with Amber Oliver, the author of the music playing, to talk about the challenge of becoming an ambitious woman. Amber shares her personal experience as an ambitious black woman in the publishing industry and how she wrote her ambitions into her first novel.

References/Resources mentioned and recommended:

Glass scientist By Sh Cotugno

The track of winter Everina Maxwell

Fiancée farce Alexandria Bellefleur

Three seconds TJ Alexander

Not your companion By CB Lee

Teeth River Sarah Gailey

moon cake Suzanne Walker

On the ice Kelly Farmer

Prince and Knight Daniel Haack

Charly’s Clothing CK Malone (picture book) illustrated by Alejandra Barajas

Quick and easy guide to their/their pronouns Tristan Jimeson and Archie Bongiovanni

The Edge of Glory Rachel Spangler

Change the rules of the game Rachel Reid

Spindle splitting Author: Alix E. Harrow

Wonderful light Freya Marske

Cemetery boy By Aiden Thomas

Venom and Oath Written by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliot McLemore

xoxy: Memoir Kimberly M. Zieselman

Dark blue Niki Smith

The most enthusiastic: mixing pride and prejudice Gabe Cole Novoa

This Biology of Vicious Heart Written by Kalynn Bayron

Cinderella is dead Written by Kalynn Bayron

Fall in love with being a human Kai Cheng Thom

Gun cluce Steven Rowley

The Witches of Thistle Grove Series By Lana Harper

When the music is played Amber Oliver

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the land of the Dakota ancestors.

Original music In Amarin

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