Library Journal has a round up of books that libraries should order to build their gay and lesbian parenting collection. Under the category “by, for and about kids,” Families Like Mine is listed and starred, meaning it’s “essential for all collections.”
Here’s the review:
Numerous books have been written by gay and lesbian parents, but this one […]
Since writing Families Like Mine, I have been occasionally schooled by individuals who point out that I did not coin the phrase “queerspawn.” I can’t argue with them: I did not, nor have I ever claimed that I did.
The person who did come up with it is Stefan Lynch. I say so in Families […]
Thanks to E. who took the time to write me this message. I’m posting it here, not only because he gives a great testimony for Families Like Mine, but also because I think his long journey to parenthood will resonate with many dads reading this blog.
Dear Abigail,
My partner and I heard you speak at the […]
There’s a wonderful new customer review of my book, Families Like Mine on Amazon.com.
Regardless of how you feel about online booksellers, there’s no denying that Amazon.com is where most people first go to research a book when they are considering purchasing it. I believe that reader reviews that are constructive and specific make all […]
HRC has posted Ellen Kahn’s interview with me up on YouTube.
This interview was conducted on April 27, 2007 during my trip to Washington DC to keynote at the conference for Rainbow Families DC.
The second part of the “Thinking Souls” feature is Shannon Gibney’s interview with me.
She asked just the right questions to get to deeper issues that mainstream media dismiss as “too complicated” for their reporting while they fixate on “what it’s like having two dads.”
Our conversation was a number of months ago, so it was […]
Families Like Mine is reviewed for “Thinking Souls,” a monthly literary series hosted by mnartists.org.
Reviewer Shannon Gibney writes:
Garner leaves no stone unturned, and the result is a multifaceted and multi-layered meditation on the complicated politics of identity. The beauty of Families Like Mine, however, is that it both describes a nascent cultural phenomenon, and also […]
Greta is the pseudonym for Anna Carlsson, one of the dozens of sons and daughters I interviewed for Families Like Mine. Last year, when Paul Cameron quoted “Greta” in his published paper that distorted my book and others, Greta decided she could not longer be anonymous. She identified herself to Jim Burroway of Box Turtle […]
A new customer review up on Amazon.com.
“Helped me understand my kids”
January 15, 2007
Reviewer: MommaCaine
“I just came out Aug ‘06. The book taught me that kids have to “come out” about their parents (or may choose to hide it) and it’s okay! Also, my multi-sexual eldest does not want to be categorized, and it’s okay! […]
Continuing from yesterday’s post, here’s the t-shirt from 2000, made professionally based on my 1998 prototype.
Here’s how it came about: After growing weary of the invisibility of marching with PFLAG for a few years — I was presumed to be a young lesbian with rabid activist PFLAG parents marching behind me — I started to […]