STORIES FROM OH READER

A selection of stories from Oh Reader’s issues over the years. WE ARE WORKING ON UPDATING THIS PAGE, SO PLEASE CHECK IN FROM TIME TO TIME TO READ NEWLY POSTED, WONDERFUL, READERLY PIECES.

CREATING AN LGBTQ+ FAMILY THROUGH LITERATURE

By Ellen Ricks
FROM ISSUE 001, 2020

“Discovering my own queerness through characters I could finally relate to helped me create my own LGBTQ+ family.”

WHERE MEMORY FAILS, A BOOKLIST RARELY FALTERS

BY KAREN JAMAL
FROM ISSUE 001, 2020

“A scribbled list, started as a New Year’s resolution 25 years ago, became a hardened habit. What secrets does a personal reading catalogue reveal?”

HOW TOVE JANSSON TAUGHT ME TO LIVE WITH THE APOCALYPSE

BY WILL BUCKINGHAM
FROM ISSUE 002, 2020

“In the early 1980s, the prospect of nuclear annihilation seemed all too real. But at the age of ten, during the summer between elementary and junior high school, one book helped me make peace with the end of the world.”

QUEER BOOKS SAVE LIVES: FIGHTING BOOK CENSORSHIP IN TEXAS

By LESLIE LOPEZ
FROM ISSUE 011, 2023

“Book bans are a strategy used to censor and ultimately erase the stories of marginalized people. Recently, the LGBTQ+ community has been the face of book challenges across the country, but especially in Texas. Luckily, young people are jumping to action and fighting back.”