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Loud and Clear – “Gay and Lesbian” Echoing Off the Stands

Karin Kallmaker LIFE + STYLE

Monday night the girls in the family went to the San Francisco Giants versus the Chicago Cubs game at AT&T Park. I’d never been to the new park though my partner had several times. She’s the big baseball fan in the family, as is my daughter. I went because it was LGBT Night, the tickets were a good price and there was the promise of an official Giants hat. Read More

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Do You Review? Blog It!

Karin Kallmaker Awards and Reviews, Business of Books, Readers and Libraries 2 Comments

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Do you take the time to share your impressions of books you read? Where do you post them? Amazon? Goodreads? Barnes and Noble? Facebook, Yahoo or Google groups?

Why not on a blog? But there’s no blog for that, I hear you say. Au contraire—it’s the Internet, the digital age… If there’s no centralized blog for the books you like where you can become a contributor, then blog it yourself! Read More

Book Sale to Aid Long-Time LesFic Supporter

Karin Kallmaker Sisters of the Pen

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Today your superpower can be helping out someone in need. And you end up with books! I learned a few hours ago that a long-time supporter of lesbian fiction books, a woman who has given countless hours to the Stonewall Library in Fort Lauderdale, touched each and every one of our books on the shelves, alphabetized them, taped up boo boos, acted as a tireless reference and referral for other readers, is battling cancer. As a retiree in Florida, she is without health insurance. Read More