The Gaily Show: The Angels Came to Sodom in the Evening and Ilana Masad's July Book Recs
A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops August 4th! In our off weeks we air episodes from The Gaily Show. It's the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the US! John hosts it and it airs on AM950-KTNF (Minneapolis), WCPT 820 AM (Chicago), 92.7 FM WMDX (Madison, WI), plus weekly on NewsTalk WHMP (Amherst, MA) and Alternative Talk 1150AM KKNW (Seattle).
In this episode, two former guests of This Queer Book Saved My Life joined John on The Gaily Show! Paul Russell talked about his upcoming novel The Angels Came to Sodom in the Evening which comes out on October 6, 2026. And it was the third Friday of the month, which meant author and critic Ilana Masad was back to share this month's queer book recommendations:
- Hotshot: A Life on Fire by River Selby
- I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Mac Crane
- The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Ilana Masad is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and criticism whose work has been widely published. She holds a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and is the author of the novels All My Mother’s Lovers and Beings, as well as the coeditor of the forthcoming anthology Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor. https://www.ilanamasad.com/
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