Lit Snax

Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser

No intellectual has had a greater impact on popular culture than the brilliant and mysterious Susan Sontag, herself a queer icon, whose ideas continue to foment queer culture and inspire controversy.

Field Theories by Samiya Bashir https://www.fabulosabooks.com/

Samiya Bashire, a queer AfricanAmerican poet, weaves her way through chicken wings, theories of thermodynamics, Newports, and more in this electric collection.

I recently took a winter wonderland trip to Mammoth Lakes to frolic in, on, and around all the amazing fresh powder the Eastern Sierras received through mid-February. Although I have been to Mammoth Lakes several times, my visits centered around summer recreation on the lakes and the stunningly beautiful golden fall colors that canvas the foothills, the valleys, the lakesides and the canyons. This was my first foray into the snow. I grew up in Los Angeles, and most Southern Californians head either to nearby Big Bear Lake for a quickie, or to Mammoth Lakes for a far more extensive and immersive winter sports and recreation experience. Now, in my 25th year as a Bay Area resident, I’ve always wondered why most