Resource Roundup #11
For the week of June 25th.
Happy Friday, folks. We made it through the full moon, it’s officially summer, and we’ve had a few shockingly low days of humidity here. 75 degrees at 9am in June in Charleston? I’ll take it.
Lots to catch up on for your weekend, below. And as always, if you have a story to share, send it our way and we’ll feature it in an upcoming newsletter.
I only recently discovered Joyland Magazine, a super cool publication that categorizes their writing across multiple American regions. I loved this essay by Cassie Mannes Murray, a writer from coastal North Carolina.
Love this little girl’s perspective on labor:
Plugging my friend Alexis Lawson here again, who runs the Instagram account @HerBlackHand, and published a story and writing prompt for us this week, All The Burned Parts.
Excited about this new podcast, State of Mind, from Texas Monthly, which presents a range of stories about “life in the Lone Star State.”
An interview with writer Matthew Thomas-Reid and the queer Appalachian experience, from 100 Days in Appalachia.
Two of my favorite people and creatives, Joni Mitchell and Cameron Crowe, in conversation in The LA Times. A lot of this conversation revolves around loss and memory, and how we learn to cope with both. I very much needed this.
A list of 56 LGBTQ+ owned bookstores across the country, so you can finally finish your summer reading list.
For serious travel envy, tour Alaska in an RV with The New York Times.
Brooke Eden is a queer country music artist writing songs about falling in love with women. We love to see it, y’all.
I love the amount of incredible musicians I find on TikTok. This one made me cry.