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.
Low Road Forever & Other Essays
This Is Not the End of Me
Lessons on Living from a Dying Man
Fallsy Downsies
The Summer Between Us
Ocean
Notes for the Everlost
A Field Guide to Grief
Out North
An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
Essays
Run Towards the Danger
Confrontations with a Body of Memory
I Place You into the Fire
Poems