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.
This week, Patricia talks about a couple great nonfiction titles to kick off your year!
This week, Patricia talks about a couple great comics from her backlist to help you reach your year-end reading goal!
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.
This week, Patricia talks about two queer comics from her backlist, including The Prince & the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.
This week, Patricia talks about two of her most favorite books from her backlist!
FIYAH literary magazine is the gift that keeps on giving -- treat yourself to a subscription to the award-winning black speculative fiction journal.
This week, Patricia talks about two excellent books: one for learning and one for laughing!
This week, Patricia talks about two excellent books about gods behaving badly!
This week, Patricia talks about two excellent older books for Sexual Health Month!
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the highly anticipated mobile game from Niantic Labs, is now available in the US for both iOS and Android.