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Book Giveaway: That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler

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Tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary of LGBTQReads, but today we are celebrating a different creation of mine (because really, why run your own space on the internet if not to celebrate yourself as often as possible): That Way Madness Lies: XV of Shakespeare’s Most Notable Works Reimagined!

Of course, though I’m the editor of this one (and also wrote a story), anthologies do not happen without the brilliant authors behind the contributions, especially the queer ones! Here’s the copy including the official lineup:

Fifteen acclaimed YA writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare’s celebrated classics! West Side Story. 10 Things I Hate About You. Kiss Me, Kate. Contemporary audiences have always craved reimaginings of Shakespeare’s most beloved works. Now, some of today’s best writers for teens take on the Bard in these 15 whip-smart and original retellings!

Contributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining The Merchant of Venice), Kayla Ancrum (The Taming of the Shrew), Lily Anderson (As You Like It), Patrice Caldwell (Hamlet), Melissa Bashardoust (A Winter’s Tale), A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy (Much Ado About Nothing), Brittany Cavallaro (Sonnet 147), Joy McCullough (King Lear), Anna-Marie McLemore (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Samantha Mabry (Macbeth), Tochi Onyebuchi (Coriolanus), Mark Oshiro (Twelfth Night), Lindsay Smith (Julius Caesar), Kiersten White (Romeo and Juliet), and Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (The Tempest).

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No purchase necessary. The giveaway is open internationally to entrants 18 and older. Entry period begins at 12:00 p.m. EST on 3/16/21 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on 3/21/21. Void where prohibited.

***To enter, tell us your favorite queer retelling in the comments!***

32 thoughts on “Book Giveaway: That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler”

  2. oh thats a hard one! But definitely Dark and Deepest Red, a retelling of Red shoes, by Anna Marie McLemore (one of my favorite authors of all time!)

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  4. W.A.W. Parker – Los Angeles, CA – I’m a film/TV/novel writer with a historical fiction novel out now and another coming out this fall called "The Wasteland" about the untold story of T.S. Eliot, his secret struggle with being gay, the people left in the wake of his meteoric career trajectory, and the madness that helped produce his greatest work.
    W.A.W. Parker says:

    THE SONG OF ACHILLES BY MADELINE MILLER

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  5. I really loved THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL by Nghi Vo (The Great Gatsby told from the perspective of queer, Asian, magic Jordan Baker, out 6/1/21)

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  6. kjboldon – K.J. Boldon writes, reads, and mothers in Minneapolis. She is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Hamline University.
    Kristin Boldon says:

    It was a staging of R2 in Philadelphia, a gay retelling of Romeo and Juliet set at a boys school. Loved it.

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  7. My Name is Red, by Anne Carson 🙂 not sure how valid it is since the queerness of the source material hasn’t been debated per se (I think) but it is definitely one of my all-time favourite works

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  8. As I Descended by Robin Talley, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Peter Darling by Austin Chant, Ash by Malinda Lo… it’s hard to choose just one.

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  10. Two snow white retellings that I’m very fond of: girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust, and winterbourne’s daughter by stephanie rabbit.

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  13. Ooooo! 🙂 I have to put ASH by Malinda Lo here because it was the first f/f retelling I ever read and I LOVE it. ONCE AND FUTURE is like the most mind-blowing King Arthur story. I also love CINDERELLA IS DEAD by Kalynn Bayron. And I’m not quite sure it was a retelling, but GIRL, SERPENT, THORN by Melissa Bashardoust was un-put-downable!!

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  18. Eboni Dunbar – My name is Eboni Dunbar and I am a writer from the California Bay Area. As a writer I tell fantastical stories about the ways people connect, hurt each other and build each other back up. My goal is to tell real stories (sometimes with unreal settings) that resonate with the audience and change the viewers mind even just a little bit. I want people to read my work and think about a different perspective, a different view. If I can make you say hmm then I'm doing my job.
    Eboni Dunbar says:

    Burning Roses by S.L. Huang!

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  19. ohhh! My favorite queer retelling is probably a tie between Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardhoust and In the Vanisher’s Palace by Aliette de Bodard

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