Patricia Elzie-Tuttle

Patricia Elzie-Tuttle is a writer, podcaster, librarian, and information fanatic who appreciates potatoes in every single one of their beautiful iterations. Patricia earned a B.A. in Creative Writing and Musical Theatre from the University of Southern California and an MLIS from San Jose State University. Her weekly newsletter, Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice offers self-improvement and mental health advice, essays, and resources that pull from her experience as a queer, Black, & Filipina person existing in the world. She is also doing the same on the Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice Podcast. More of her written work can also be found in Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy edited by Kelly Jensen, and, if you’re feeling spicy, in Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 4 edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Patricia has been a Book Riot contributor since 2016 and is currently co-host of the All the Books! podcast and one of the weekly writers of the Read This Book newsletter. She lives in Oakland, CA on unceded Ohlone land with her wife and a positively alarming amount of books. Find her on her Instagram, Bluesky, and LinkTree.

All the Backlist! September 4, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including an older nonfiction she learned about years ago!

All the Backlist! August 21, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great comic and graphic novel backlist titles!

More Fascinating and Free Things From the Library of Congress Website

From concerts to images and so much more, find some fantastic free treasure available on the Library of Congress website right now!

All the Backlist! August 7, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great comic and graphic novel backlist titles!

All the Backlist! July 24, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles, including one title she’s gifted multiple times!

All the Backlist! July 10, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction backlist titles, including one title that blew her mind!

All the Backlist! June 26, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction backlist titles, including one title that may change your life!

All the Backlist! June 12, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including a nonfiction book that should be on everyone’s list!

All the Backlist! May 29, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including an excellent queer YA graphic novel!

All the Backlist! May 15, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction backlist picks and her growing TBR!