Why This Queer Writer Collected Stories From the 'Edge of the World' "Where are all the queer travel writers?" Alden Jones asked herself at a colleague's retirement party. The Boston-based queer author and travel educator's

@pridesource.com interviews Alden Jones about EDGE OF THE WORLD:

Join us for Ep. 349C, where Alden Jones talks about EDGE OF THE WORLD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF QUEER TRAVEL WRITING, an inclusive LGBTQ+ travel anthology that explores what it means to be a queer person moving through the world. turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/05/08/t... aldenjones.bsky.social

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Alden Jones joins @splturnthepage.bsky.social to talk about EDGE OF THE WORLD:

Cover slide, blue text on pale teal background: GAY MAY (NEW RELEASES) with little bubbles of additional text: Recommended by your favourite queer bookstore! Sounds gay, I'm in! and a small clip art of an open book. A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.

On a teal background, cover art for six books: THIS BOOK IS A KNIFE by L. E. Fox, THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS by Ocean Vuong, THE VINYL DIARIES by Pete Crighton, ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE by Carvell Wallace, TRANS HISTORY by Alex Combs and Andrew Eakett, ONE OF THE BOYS by Victoria Zeller A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.

On a teal background, cover art for six books: AND INTRODUCING DEXTER GAINES by Mark B. Perry, FUEL by Rosie Stockton, WHEN LOVE GIVES YOU LEMONS by Steven Salvatore, BLADES OF FURRY by Emily Erdos & Deya Muniz, THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh, LOVE IN EXILE by SHON FAYE A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.

Against a light teal background, cover art for six books: THE DUKE STEALS HEARTS & OTHER BODY PARTS by Elias Cold, BIG BUTCH ENERGY SYNERGY by Nina Chanel Abney, MOTHERLOVER by Lindsay Ishihiro, A FIX OF LIGHT by Kel Menton, and EDGE OF THE WORLD edited by Alden Jones A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.

This week's crop of new #queer titles for #gaymay tinyurl.com/5epc4hhz

I hope we'll be having more and more conversations about how to teach with critical reflection as AI comes for our minds. Thank you @breana13.bsky.social for having me on #TheFacultyLounge and for your crucial work 💙

Thank you for having me on Breana!

Love this so much thank you 🥰

Hey Brooklyn! I’ll be at @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social on June 5th @ 7:30 pm, joining Alden Jones & Raluca Alba to discuss the new queer travel anthology “Edge of the World”. Come by, say hi & grab a book 📕! #nyc #books

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Book cover: background color is rainbow-like moving from blue at the top to orange red at the bottom, with light clouds. Title reads “Edge of The World” in bright green font. Subtitle reads “an anthology of queer travel writing” Edited by Alden Jones

Screen-free Sunday’s ultra satisfying read….

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Hey, New England-area readers... if any of these book tour dates are anywhere near you, you should absolutely go hear my friend ALDEN JONES chat about her book EDGE OF THE WORLD. She's an incredible person, teacher, writer, and editor.

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Book giveaway for Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing by Alden Jones Apr 18-May 02, 2025 Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Apr 18-May 02, 2025. Alden Jones’ new inclusive LGBTQ+ travel anthology explores what i...

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I recommend this book ⬇️

Students Are Reading Less, Here’s How We Can Reverse the Trend Jon Harper with Doug Lemov, Daniel Willingham, Lisa Leaheey, Matt Kay and Alden Jones

Link: www.bamradionetwork.com/track/studen...

I spoke on @BAMRadioNetwork with some fellow educators about the state of reading and left surprisingly optimistic. If we make reading a social activity, will it become easier to turn off tech and sink into a book, like we used to?

Oh, NO!

Sadness. NJ's The Star-Ledger to cease printing. A huge honor in my writing career was having the Star-Ledger, the paper thrown on the lawn of my childhood home, name Unaccompanied Minors one of the top 10 books of 2014. You'll always be home to me Star-Ledger...thank you for being true to Jersey.

I need to know....how does one make Bluesky...fun?

This was revealed to me in a vision

Hello beautiful!

At the Newport MFA we read really good books in really beautiful places #Newport #NewportMFA #SalveReginaUniversity

New @cliffgarstang.bsky.social rankings about to drop!

The Rumpus Interview with Jerald Walker - The Rumpus Jerald Walker discusses his memoir, The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult, the story of his childhood in The Worldwide Church of God, and how the act of writing del...

Link to 2017 interview: therumpus.net/2017/01/20/t...

Moving the Dialogue Forward: Jerald Walker’s Magically Black and Other Essays - The Rumpus Idiosyncratic and smart, MAGICALLY BLACK moves the dialog forward.

Link to review: therumpus.net/2024/12/03/m...

Killer review of Jerald Walker's new book MAGICALLY BLACK in @therumpus.net this month. While you're there, read the interview I did with him in 2017 about his masterpiece, THE WORLD IN FLAMES: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult! His childhood was bananas as it sounds.