Cafe Dorian

Queer Academia, Dark Academia, Gay Literature & Art, Queer History, Cafe Culture, Absinthe, Gothic Decadence, Masculine Beauty. “Dorian Gray had been poisoned by a book. There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful.” ~ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Lewis Pullman reading Remarkably Bright Creatures

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Rupert Graves looking extremely dapper as Colonel Reggie Winters in the new teaser for Bookish S2, available now on YouTube.

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“A book takes the time that it needs, and you don’t have a choice about it. But don’t worry, novels grow in the dark.” ~ J.D. Salinger

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Eric Romaguera — Life Drawing class by Stone Studio, 2026

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Eric Romaguera 👑❣️

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Queer Books and Authors are at a Breaking Point

Authors, agents, publishers: every part of the industry is seeing the strain of five years of escalating anti-LGBTQ censorship.

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if you'd like to show support, here are some upcoming queer books:

When Life Gives You Corpses is a brilliant YA about a cursed praying mantis who falls for a young witch. Yield Under Great Persuasion is a raunchy, but surprisingly sweet story about two men repairing their relationship. Fabulous Bodies is a horror story about a queer rockstar rising from the dead.

This is Where the Future Bleeds is a fantasy set in a vividly imagined land, where two women (who happen to kiss) are the key to healing the broken sky. You're No Better is a story about a teen struggling in the shadow of his murderous parent. Oil on Canvas is about a woman who finds disturbing paintings in the home of her dead mother.

and then here's a list of 26 queer books by Black authors set to publish this year, and a 10 upcoming books by trans authors. if you want to fight back against queer censorship, use your wallet! or (if that's not an option) you can contact your local library and ask them to stock a copy.

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Zane Phillips

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Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

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Anselmo Bucci - Il marinaio (1916)