The Low Road Forever Book List
A self-proclaimed "gay feminist harpy since before it was cool," Tara Thorne is situated somewhere between the sharp-eyed urban commentary of Nora Ephron and ribald cultural analysis of Lindy West. In her debut book of essays, the Halifax-based filmmaker, arts critic, and recovering journalist gives readers her unvarnished take on the films and music that made her a feminist, how the #MeToo reckoning led her to write a misandrist vigilante film, what it's like being the only woman in a band, and the snarky tweet that made her lose her position as CBC Radio's arts and culture columnist. Alongside are musings on coming out later in life, remaining resolutely child-free, and why she's decided to step back from being professional to the point of erasure: after two decades, it's time to take the low road. To celebrate her book's launch, she's sharing some of her favourite reads with this list.
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Low Road Forever & Other Essays
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This Is Not the End of Me
Lessons on Living from a Dying Man
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Fallsy Downsies
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The Summer Between Us
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Ocean
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Notes for the Everlost
A Field Guide to Grief
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Out North
An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada
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One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
Essays
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Run Towards the Danger
Confrontations with a Body of Memory
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I Place You into the Fire
Poems