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Overview:

Title: Queer As Folklore
Author: Sacha Coward
Published: August 2024
Genre: Non-Fiction, Mythology
Themes: Queerness throughout history.

One sentence summary: From witches to werewolves, mermaids to vampires, so much folklore has queerness knotted in it, Coward looks at how stories have been lost and how they connect to queerness.

One sentence review: A brilliant review of how queerness shows up in so much of our folklore.

Review:

Queer as Folklore takes a dive into all kinds of mythology, reviewing its queer roots.

Every time I sat down to read this I felt like I was in a history lesson, with a teacher enthused about his subject. Cowards passion absolutely shines through with each chapter and it was a delight to read.

There are going to be familiar names and stories that you’ll learn more about, cleverly described etymology points, new takes on folklore you’ll have heard of and so much more.

I’ve already got a line of people who want to borrow this and I’m excited to share it with others.

Do you like your mythology? Will you be picking this one up?

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