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! January 24, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple more great nonfiction titles!

All the Backlist! January 10, 2020

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction titles to kick off your year!

All the Backlist! December 13, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great comics from her backlist to help you reach your year-end reading goal!

All the Backlist! November 29, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about a couple great books from her backlist, including Gmorning, Gnight! Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun.

All the Backlist! November 22, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two queer comics from her backlist, including The Prince & the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.

All the Backlist! October 18, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two of her most favorite books from her backlist!

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All the Backlist! October 4, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two excellent books: one for learning and one for laughing!

All the Backlist! September 20, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two excellent books about gods behaving badly!

All the Backlist! September 6, 2019

This week, Patricia talks about two excellent older books for Sexual Health Month!

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