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Laura Sackton

Laura Sackton is a queer book nerd and freelance writer, known on the internet for loving winter, despising summer, and going overboard with extravagant baking projects. In addition to her work at Book Riot, she reviews for BookPage and AudioFile, and writes a weekly newsletter, Books & Bakes, celebrating queer lit and tasty treats. You can catch her on Instagram shouting about the queer books she loves and sharing photos of the walks she takes in the hills of Western Mass (while listening to audiobooks, of course).

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What SFF Taught Me About Queer Family Making

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A Note of Gratitude to Mary Oliver on Her Birthday

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5 Black-Owned Publishers You Need to Know About

5 Black-owned publishers currently operating in the United States, including publishers of poetry, literature, nonfiction, and children's books.

When The Books You’re Reading Start Talking to Each Other

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Audiobooks: My Unexpected Journey to a Happier Life

How audiobooks made this reader a happier person.

10 Books to Read Out Loud with the Grown-Ups in Your Life

A selection of great books to read out loud as an adult.

How to Have a Massive TBR Pile that Doesn’t Make You Panicky

One reader's method for managing a giant list of to-be-read books.

The Magic of Reading More Than One Book at a Time

How reading more than one book at once greatly improved the writer's reading life.