Aunt Lute Books
@auntlute.bsky.social
Nonprofit intersectional feminist press based in San Francisco. Since 1982. 🌈🔥 Visit us at AuntLute.com.
Aunt Lute Books has been awarded a grant from the California Arts Council! These grants are vital in developing and supporting California's arts and cultural landscape. Read more: https://arts.ca.gov/press-release/introducing-californias-2025-state-arts-grantees/
Thank you, CAC! #ArtsCA
Thank you, CAC! #ArtsCA
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Aunt Lute Books has been awarded a grant from the California Arts Council! These grants are vital in developing and supporting California's arts and cultural landscape. Read more: https://arts.ca.gov/press-release/introducing-californias-2025-state-arts-grantees/
Thank you, CAC! #ArtsCA
Thank you, CAC! #ArtsCA
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In SHELL SHAKER, LeAnne Howe has “written a gripping and magical tale of ancient Choctaw blood lust and unbreakable family love in modern-day Oklahoma.” —Adrian C. Louis
This @auntlute.bsky.social novel is on our reading list for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: www.auntlute.com/shell-shaker
This @auntlute.bsky.social novel is on our reading list for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: www.auntlute.com/shell-shaker
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In SHELL SHAKER, LeAnne Howe has “written a gripping and magical tale of ancient Choctaw blood lust and unbreakable family love in modern-day Oklahoma.” —Adrian C. Louis
This @auntlute.bsky.social novel is on our reading list for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: www.auntlute.com/shell-shaker
This @auntlute.bsky.social novel is on our reading list for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth: www.auntlute.com/shell-shaker
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Read @auntlute.bsky.social’s THROUGH THE EYE OF THE DEER anthology!
This collection of fiction and poetry is “retelling and reshaping traditional narratives, by recalling their ancient wisdom and renewing their spirit in new contexts.” #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.auntlute.com/through-the-...
This collection of fiction and poetry is “retelling and reshaping traditional narratives, by recalling their ancient wisdom and renewing their spirit in new contexts.” #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.auntlute.com/through-the-...
Through the Eye of the Deer | auntlutebooks
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November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Read @auntlute.bsky.social’s THROUGH THE EYE OF THE DEER anthology!
This collection of fiction and poetry is “retelling and reshaping traditional narratives, by recalling their ancient wisdom and renewing their spirit in new contexts.” #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.auntlute.com/through-the-...
This collection of fiction and poetry is “retelling and reshaping traditional narratives, by recalling their ancient wisdom and renewing their spirit in new contexts.” #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth www.auntlute.com/through-the-...
🧛🏾♀️🩸 Dragons, Cults, and Vampires–sign us up! To read about them, of course. Thank you, Emily C. Hughes, for giving Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu a shoutout in your "Horror Highlights" article for Reactor Mag: https://reactormag.com/horror-highlights-for-october-2025/
November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🧛🏾♀️🩸 Dragons, Cults, and Vampires–sign us up! To read about them, of course. Thank you, Emily C. Hughes, for giving Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu a shoutout in your "Horror Highlights" article for Reactor Mag: https://reactormag.com/horror-highlights-for-october-2025/
Thank you to Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) for including 🌀The Divining Season (Aunt Lute, 2026) in your reading list for #nativeamericanheritagemonth. Read more here: https://www.clmp.org/news/a-reading-list-for-native-american-heritage-month-2025/
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thank you to Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) for including 🌀The Divining Season (Aunt Lute, 2026) in your reading list for #nativeamericanheritagemonth. Read more here: https://www.clmp.org/news/a-reading-list-for-native-american-heritage-month-2025/
❤️🔥 Introducing Forced by Circumstance: Chicana Feminist Essays (1981-2024) by Norma Alarcón. A landmark collection of the work of pioneering Chicana scholar Norma Alarcón. 🗓 Debuting November 7, 2025! Pre-order today: https://bookshop.org/a/99607/9781951874100
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
❤️🔥 Introducing Forced by Circumstance: Chicana Feminist Essays (1981-2024) by Norma Alarcón. A landmark collection of the work of pioneering Chicana scholar Norma Alarcón. 🗓 Debuting November 7, 2025! Pre-order today: https://bookshop.org/a/99607/9781951874100
Meet the Authors of our recently released book, Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu!
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Buy your copy and get spooked: bookshop.org/p/books/cara...
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Buy your copy and get spooked: bookshop.org/p/books/cara...
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Meet the Authors of our recently released book, Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu!
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Buy your copy and get spooked: bookshop.org/p/books/cara...
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Buy your copy and get spooked: bookshop.org/p/books/cara...
CARAMELLE & CARMILLA by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu has been circling the world this last week. We love seeing Aunt Lute books "in the wild."
Snag your copy today at: https://bookshop.org/a/104270/9781951874094
Snag your copy today at: https://bookshop.org/a/104270/9781951874094
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
CARAMELLE & CARMILLA by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu has been circling the world this last week. We love seeing Aunt Lute books "in the wild."
Snag your copy today at: https://bookshop.org/a/104270/9781951874094
Snag your copy today at: https://bookshop.org/a/104270/9781951874094
We love seeing Aunt Lute authors out and about, reading and sharing their bold books in the world. Kathya Alexander, author of Keep A'Livin' (Aunt Lute, 2024), had a lot of exciting events this past year. Her debut historical fiction is available at: https://ow.ly/6bfc50Xc5bP
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We love seeing Aunt Lute authors out and about, reading and sharing their bold books in the world. Kathya Alexander, author of Keep A'Livin' (Aunt Lute, 2024), had a lot of exciting events this past year. Her debut historical fiction is available at: https://ow.ly/6bfc50Xc5bP
❤️🔥🩸CARAMELLE & CARMILLA by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu is out TODAY - just in time for spooky season! Available here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/caramelle-carmilla-jewelle-gomez/5a0321eeca90286a?ean=9781951874094&next=t
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
❤️🔥🩸CARAMELLE & CARMILLA by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan Le Fanu is out TODAY - just in time for spooky season! Available here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/caramelle-carmilla-jewelle-gomez/5a0321eeca90286a?ean=9781951874094&next=t
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! One way to honor Indigenous Peoples Day is to read books by queer indigenous authors. Four we recommend are:
The Divining Season by Gwendolyn Paradice
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
The Way We Make Sense by Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel
The Divining Season by Gwendolyn Paradice
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
The Way We Make Sense by Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! One way to honor Indigenous Peoples Day is to read books by queer indigenous authors. Four we recommend are:
The Divining Season by Gwendolyn Paradice
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
The Way We Make Sense by Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel
The Divining Season by Gwendolyn Paradice
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
The Way We Make Sense by Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day ✨
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day ✨
The latest from Jewelle Gomez is out in 4 days! 🩸❤️🔥 Two vampire stories. Two authors. Two striking meditations on dependency and desire. Pre-order Caramelle & Carmilla from Bookshop.org: https://ow.ly/EyL650X9X5c
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The latest from Jewelle Gomez is out in 4 days! 🩸❤️🔥 Two vampire stories. Two authors. Two striking meditations on dependency and desire. Pre-order Caramelle & Carmilla from Bookshop.org: https://ow.ly/EyL650X9X5c
Thank you to Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) for including Babaylan in your 2025 reading list! 📚Happy #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth, everyone. Find your next read: https://www.clmp.org/news/a-reading-list-for-filipino-american-history-month-2025/
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thank you to Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) for including Babaylan in your 2025 reading list! 📚Happy #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth, everyone. Find your next read: https://www.clmp.org/news/a-reading-list-for-filipino-american-history-month-2025/
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📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read
This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
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Whether you're reading Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan La Fanu, or Doll Seed by Michele T. Berger, come get spooky with us! Explore the latest Aunt Lute book and preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/cara...
October 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Whether you're reading Caramelle & Carmilla by Jewelle Gomez and J. Sheridan La Fanu, or Doll Seed by Michele T. Berger, come get spooky with us! Explore the latest Aunt Lute book and preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/cara...
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September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. ✨ Celebrate with one of these Lammys winners or finalists by Hispanic authors.
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. ✨ Celebrate with one of these Lammys winners or finalists by Hispanic authors.
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October is #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! Celebrate with us by picking reads from our 2025 reading list featuring indie presses and lit mags: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for Filipino American History Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For Filipino American History Month, observed annually during the month of October, we asked our member presses and literary magazines to share some of the literature by Filipino American writers…
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October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
October is #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! Celebrate with us by picking reads from our 2025 reading list featuring indie presses and lit mags: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...