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Grace Sherman (they/she)
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writer. quilter. erudite bimbo. they/she.
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March 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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CAMP FEARLESS is where queer boys go to become happy, healthy, and heterosexual. But when camper David Avery meets his “ex-gay” counselor Luke Kelly, their infatuation with one another forces them to choose between freedom and survival.

Queer upmarket // 95k words

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A mood board depicting two teenage boys facing away from the camera, surrounded by images from a Christian summer camp. Images include legs dangling off a dock, a bonfire, a rustic chapel, a group of teen boys with shaved heads, a lunch tray, and hands raised in prayer. At the bottom is an image of a list of rules with two consenting signatures that read “Luke Kelly” and “David Avery”.
March 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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why i’m like this
#newsies #hadestown #radicalized
March 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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No pride without trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️
Put the fucking T back
Cis people: pick up bricks

#trans #stonewall #transphobia
February 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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An agent's guide to CAMP FEARLESS #Q #U #P2Ppit
an image of two pairs of white legs dangling off a dock, feet just touching the water. The title reads "CAMP FEARLESS", the caption reads "queer upmarket fiction, 96,000 words, dual POV" A background of pale skies and pine trees with the title "PITCH". The text reads: "Camp Fearless is where queer boys go to become healthy, happy, and heterosexual, but in the summer of 1998, camper David Avery cannot change the way he feels about his seemingly ex-gay counselor, Luke Kelly. And Luke, despite the purity-ring-wearing fiancé waiting for him at home, is equally fascinated with David. They become tangled in a reckless fling that ends in heartbreak, forcing David to flee the camp. Twelve long years later, when their paths cross in a Brooklyn bar, David is disgusted to find Luke is a conversion therapy superstar spokesman with a wife, two kids, and a secret Grindr profile. When Luke begs him not to expose their history to the press, David must decide what he owes to a man who is both a proponent and victim of the therapy that wounded them both." At the bottom is a picture of the book Swimming in the Dark by Toasz Jedrowski, and a picture of the movie But I'm A Cheerleader; two comps for this book. At the top is a polaroid of Luke Kelly, a blonde teenage boy looking away from the camera. The text next to it reads: " When Luke was little, his father would tell him that God had x-ray vision. That he could peer down from heaven right into the pits and crevices of Luke’s heart, looking for lies. The idea had screwed itself tight into Luke’s child-mind. He would lie awake at night, thinking about it; God’s gaze, lunar, wheeling over Huntington Beach and looking for him." Beneath that is a polaroid of David Avery, a teenage boy with a necklace, earrings, and rings, looking away from the camera. The text next to him reads: " David loves his mother’s voice. He wants to wrap it around him like a silk dress. But she is distant, tawny as a rabbit, with dark, dreaming eyes. His own eyes are pale as nickels. He does not look like her. Sometimes, he thinks, he does not look like anyone." A wood-grain graphic background with the title SAMPLE. The text on the page reads: " Luke puts a hand on the bar, steadying himself. He thinks: There must be some mistake. Because David is here, close-up and undeniable. He is taller, narrower, but otherwise unchanged; the puffy upper lip, the moon-eyes that are just as blue as when they were kids. Memory wells in Luke, like blood in a fresh wound. David’s eyes swim, as though dreaming, to Luke’s shoulder, his chin. “Oh,” he says. “Sorry,” Luke takes step back. “I didn’t know.” “No, I…” David looks to the bartender, then around him, stunned. “I didn’t know either.” The dip of his neck, the tips of his ears, are flushing. Luke remembers, with the force of a slap, that blushing ear between his teeth. Something within him mashes to a pulp. “I’ll go.” “What?” David’s jaw drops. “Stay! Are you kidding? Luke Kelly. I can’t believe it’s you.” Luke winces at the sound of his own name, eyes knifing around the bar. He turns to leave but David grabs at his wrist. Feeling runs up his arm, bursts in his throat. “Wait,” David says. “Please.” Inside his voice is an entire summer."
January 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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CAMP FEARLESS! Queer book-club bait for fans of:

x Queer yearning
x Chosen family
x 90s nostalgia
x Moral complexity
x Messy bisexuals
x Gender non-conforming lawyers
x Sleepwalking
x Cool cousins
x Premarital sex
x Skipping youth group
x Making out in the woods

#P2Ppit #Q #U
An image of a white spiral notebook page on a pale yellow background. The page has a CAMP FEARLESS logo at the top in block letters. In typewritten font beneath it, it says: "Code of Conduct. 1. Campers will always travel with a staff member or in groups of three. 2. Campers will abstain from any and all homosexual affirmation or activity. 3. Campers will be honest at all times." At the bottom of the page are two signatures: "Luke Kelly" in messy handwriting, and "David Avery" in neat handwriting
January 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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CAMP FEARLESS is where queer boys go to become happy, healthy, and heterosexual. But when camper David Avery meets “ex-gay” counselor Luke Kelly, their infatuation with one another forces them to choose between freedom and survival.

#Q #U #P2Ppit
A moodboard for Camp Fearless, showing a blonde and brunette teenage boy looking away from the camera. Other images include: two pairs of legs dangling off a dock, a still, greyish lake, a depressing looking cafeteria lunch on a tray, white hands raised in worship before a blue sky, a campfire, an outdoor chapel made of rugged wood, and a picture of three white teenagers in plain t-shirts with shaved heads. At the bottom is a graphic of a contract with the signatures “Luke Kelly” in messy handwriting and “David Jacobs” in neat handwriting.
January 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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20 books in 20 days

20/20 - House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende

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The cover of the book The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
January 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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19/20 - The Poisonwood Bible

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A picture of the book The Poisonwoid Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
January 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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18/20 - The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

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Cover of The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
January 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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17/20 - The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood

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The cover of the book The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
January 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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16/20 - The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

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Picture of the book The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
January 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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15/20 - Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides

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The cover of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
January 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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14/20 - Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

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The cover of Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
December 31, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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13/20 - I Was a Teenage Fairy, by Francesca Lia Block

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The cover of the book I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block
December 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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12/20 - The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin

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The cover of The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin
December 29, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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11/20 - Jonathan Strange and Me Norrell, by Susanna Clark

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The cover of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clark
December 28, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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10/20 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon

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A photo of the book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
December 27, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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9/20 - Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson

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December 24, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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8/10 - The Unnatural and Accidental Women, by Marie Clements

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The cover of the book The Unnatural and Accidental Women, by Marie Clements
December 23, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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7/10 - Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

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A photo of the book Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
December 22, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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6/20 - Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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A photo of the book Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
December 21, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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5/10 - Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel

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Photo of the book Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
December 20, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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5/20 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith

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Picture of the book A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
December 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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4/10 - how to be both, by Ali Smith

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A picture of the book how to be both, by Ali smith
December 18, 2024 at 8:15 PM