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A Life of Books with Forsyth Harmon, author of Justine
You may recognize the name Forsyth Harmon. If you do, you’re lucky enough to have read tremendous books that she has illustrated like the essay collection, Girlhood, by Melissa Febos.
Now Forsyth has her own illustrated novel out called Justine and it is exquisite. Set in 1999, the story follows Ali as she meets Justine in a life changing series of events. Justine takes Ali under her wings at a local store where the two start as coworkers and blossom into something more. Harmon’s work is intimate. It’s cozy in the way that you want a book to be but allows you to be uncomfortable with the realities of these young lives.
I wanted to know more about what makes Forsyth Harmon tick and asker her to fill out Debutiful’s A Life of Books questionnaire. Read her answers below.
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Detransition, Baby is a bourgeois melodrama, just like Torrey Peters wanted
DECEMBER 1, 2022 UPDATE: This track has been temporarily taken down due to Profile Books claiming copyright infringement. Debutiful is currently figuring out who and what Profile Books is and why they claimed copyright on an original conversation.
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Detransition, Baby, the debut novel by Torrey Peters, is a pretty easy-to-follow domestic romance drama. There’s a woman whose ex wants to raise a baby with her that he accidentally conceived with a coworker.
Oh, the woman in trans. The man has detransitioned. And the coworker is cisgender.
Continue reading “Detransition, Baby is a bourgeois melodrama, just like Torrey Peters wanted”Anjimile gives us beauty and takes nothing in return
Anjimile grew up in a religious household in Houston where he had to go to church every day and suppress who he really was. Teenage independence led to an adulthood struggle with alcohol where he sometimes forgot what songs he wrote until he rediscovered them in rehab.
Those rediscovered songs were a reawakening for Anjimile, who breathed new life into them for his debut album Giver Taker.
After many self-released efforts, Giver Taker is Anjimile’s proper debut to the world. Throughout nine songs clocking in just under half an hour, the Boston-based singer takes listeners on a spiritual emotional journey of addiction, sobriety, and becoming less of an asshole.
6 debut books you should read this October
Each month, Debutiful will recommend a handful of buzzworthy and under-the-radar debut books for you to read.
Continue reading “6 debut books you should read this October”Digital Book Tour – Carter Sickels, The Prettiest Star
With so many author tours being canceled, Debutiful has invited any author who had events canceled or postponed due to COVID-19 to do a reading and a brief interview as part of the Digital Book Tour podcast series.
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Continue reading “Digital Book Tour – Carter Sickels, The Prettiest Star”Genevieve Hudson’s Boys in Alabama explores what it means to be queer in the Deep South
Genevieve Hudson’s debut novel Boys of Alabama comes with a lot of buzz. After he debut story collection Pretend We Live Here mad a big splash in 2018 with their electric prose and fascinating characters, this book builds on those skills they so carefully displayed across the stories.
Boys of Alabama is about Max, a boy who may or may not bring dead animals back to life. When his father is transferred from his German company to Alabama, Max becomes entwined with Pan, a confident boy who wears dresses and believes in and is fascinated with witchcraft. The book expertly dissects queer coming-of-age and refreshingly leans into teenage love, lust, drama, and growing pains.
Continue reading “Genevieve Hudson’s Boys in Alabama explores what it means to be queer in the Deep South”6 debut books you should read this May
Each month, Debutiful will recommend a handful of buzzworthy and under-the-radar debut books for you to read.
Continue reading “6 debut books you should read this May”Tomasz Jedrowski shines a light on queer romance in Poland in ‘Swimming in the Dark’
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski is a captivating portrayal of queer love in Europe at a time when relationships between men were staunchy looked down on. Though, as Jedrowski explained in a letter that accompanied the advance copy of his debut novel, he reminds readers that many of the LGBTQ+ community in Poland still hides their true identities out of fear.
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