'Boy Erased' and books to celebrate Gay Pride Month (feat. guest and author Garrard Conley)

This week on the MashReads Podcast, we chat with Garrard Conley about his memoir, Boy Erased, which details Conley's experience in ex-gay conversion therapy.

"So much of good memoir suggests to the reader: I'm okay now," explains Conley.Then, in honor of Gay Pride Month in June, we discuss our favorite queer books to celebrate Pride. And as always, we close the show with recommendations:
Garrard recommends the new season of Twin Peaks. "It's like a crime procedural drama but it goes way left field ... it makes no sense is beautiful."
MJ recommends "Unexpected video game horses, ranked," a story from Mashable's esports reporter Kellen Beck that ranks all of the weird, random horses that pop up in video games. "It is so weird and so funny ... I was laughing on the subway while reading it."

This week on the MashReads Podcast, we chat with Garrard Conley about his memoir, Boy Erased, which details Conley's experience in ex-gay conversion therapy.

"So much of good memoir suggests to the reader: I'm okay now," explains Conley.

Then, in honor of Gay Pride Month in June, we discuss our favorite queer books to celebrate Pride.
 
And as always, we close the show with recommendations:

Garrard recommends the new season of Twin Peaks. "It's like a crime procedural drama but it goes way left field ... it makes no sense is beautiful."

MJ recommends "Unexpected video game horses, ranked," a story from Mashable's esports reporter Kellen Beck that ranks all of the weird, random horses that pop up in video games. "It is so weird and so funny ... I was laughing on the subway while reading it."