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Jonathan Lenore Kastin (he/they) is a queer, trans poet with an MFA in Writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His poems can be found in Mythic Delirium, Goblin Fruit, Liminality, and Abyss & Apex. His short stories can be found in Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, as well as the anthologies: Ab(solutely) Normal, Transmogrify! and We Mostly Come Out at Night. He lives with two mischievous cats, more books than he could ever read, and a frightening number of skulls. He is trying to write a novel. Pray for him.

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	Transmogrify! by g. haron davis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nik Traxler, Renée Reynolds 3.95 avg rating — 969 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes by Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rocky Callen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nikki Grimes (Contributor) 3.99 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures by Rob Costello (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kalynn Bayron (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Bowles (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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This is delightful! There's something so inherently funny about a god being forced to experience the indignity of being eleven. ...more
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Jonathan Kastin rated a book it was amazing A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature by Adam Morgan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that I had never heard of Margaret C. Anderson (unlike most of the men around her) until reading this book. What an amazing woman and life! ...more
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This is the most original Cinderella retelling I have ever read. Marske takes so many familiar elements of the tale and re-imagines them in ways that never would have occurred to me, but that work perfectly together.
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This book is for the messy queers, the ones who make mistakes and don't fit into the safe boxes others want them to fit into. It's for the kids who get taken advantage of and abused by the adults who should protect them, but still manage to find thei ...more
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Jonathan Kastin rated a book it was amazing The Light from My Menorah: Celebrating Holidays around the World by Robin Heald	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Robin Heald's beautiful picture book, The Light from my Menorah, is exactly the sort of book we need in the present moment, showing how connected we all are despite our differences. ...more
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