Reviews

 

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Are you a blogger or book reviewer interested in reviewing Roving Pack email Sassafras at SassafrasLowrey@gmail.com

“The descriptions of peer pressure,policing around transitioning, and social isolation were particularly terrifying ot read because they are absolutely true, and rarely articulated in such a vulnerable way. The last page of the book made the entire book dangerously relevant and especially necessary to read.” – Spring/Summer 2013 Make/Shift Magazine

“Lowrey shines a light on the queer punk scene and shows the audience that she means business as a debut novelist.” – Curve Magazine

 

Page Turner: Sassafras Lowrey

Check out my interview in Curve Magazine where I talk about inspiration, reviews, books that have inspired me, and why I needed to write Roving Pack!

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Band of Thebe’s annual list of top books where 87 queer authors (I was asked again to be part of it! ) pick our top books –  I was thrilled and super honored to see Roving Pack made the list!  It was picked by the  spectacular Mattilda Berstein Sycamore!!! She said:

“Lowrey deftly explores the intoxication and viciousness of peer pressure in young queer lives, showing how the pack mentality required for belonging in our new communities often leaves us stranded.”

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Tristan interviews queer storyteller, author, and educator Sassafras Lowrey about hir novel, Roving Pack, set in an underground world of homeless queer teens. Lowrey will discuss the process of writing the book, responses from the community, as well as give a sneak peek to hir next collection, Leather Ever After, an anthology of kinky fairy tales.  You can listen online here

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The Huffington Post says: ”Sassafras Lowrey’s Roving Pack is much more than just a star; it’s a guiding light in the darkness of the false binary illusion of gender we’ve been too lazy to address….”

Read the full review here

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Lambda Literary calls Roving Pack “Political, raucous, dark, and totally engrossing” !!!!    Check out the full review of Roving Pack on Lambda Literary here 

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“Sassafras manages to handle the grit with a surprisingly gentle touch. I didn’t finish the book with resentment for the kids who have it easy, but with a renewed feeling of kinship for the kids who have it hard…”

Read the full review on Gabrielle Harbowy’s blog here 

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“Ultimately, it’s a hopeful story, with resourcefulness and loyalty as well as despair. But it’s also a disturbing book.”

read the full review here on Deborah J.Ross’ blog 

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conversation between author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Sassafras  at The Advocate as they  sit down to talk about the experience of  writing on the queer margins!  It was the featured story on the main page!  click here to read the full conversation

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“tell the stories that need telling, and the ones that maybe only you can tell. I think that as queer writers it’s really important that we take risks with our work. Roving Pack is an edgy book, much more confrontational than my first book Kicked Out….” read the full interview here

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“I think there that fiction/memoir line can definitely be a paradox — things are always far more complicated than they first appear. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why the main character in Roving Pack and I both have the word ”paradox” tattooed across our chests. Despite that inky connection and the love of murky in between places, Roving Pack definitely is fiction….” Read the full interview here

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“Roving Pack is an emotionally difficult read at times, but I couldn’t turn away from Click, nor from Lowrey’s elegantly rough and direct storytelling. Ze’s writing pairs the passion and authenticity of Click’s voice with sharp observations and strong narrative momentum…” a full review at Tristan Taormino’s Pucker Up  here

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“Roving Pack is a great story, but not a pretty one….” check out the full review from Kyle Jones here

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“In Roving Pack, Lowrey does what I need from queer literature; ze unflinchingly tells an insider story, one rife with specificity, that documents a very particular queer leather culture in a very particular setting. I am very glad that this book is out in the world, doing its essential work…”

Read the full review here

http://tgstonebutch.tumblr.com/post/32061199243/on-sassafrass-lowreys-roving-pack

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“A  whole population of kids will now be able to see themselves reflected, at last, in the pages of a book. I’m sure there are other novels about homeless queer youth out there, although I’m equally sure the numbers aren’t enough. But I doubt if any of them contain the grit, courage, depth, and truth that comes with Click’s tale, full of an honesty that can only result from an author who understands hir world thoroughly.”

Read the full review here:

http://velvetparkmedia.com/blogs/book-review-roving-pack-sassafras-lowrey

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