Three Queer Books About Bodies, Desire, and Getting Older

From a French enfant terrible to a queer American classic and a Dutch novelist — three books that ask what desire does to a life. Three writers, one question: what does desire cost? This week's reading list is about the body. Not in an abstract way. These three books look at what desire, shame, and time do to real people. One comes from France, one from the American South, one from Belgium. They were written decades apart. But they ask the same question: what price do we pay for who we want? This is not a comfort reading list. It is a sharp one. All three books are available in Dutch translation. Two have been out for years and deserve a second look. One is newer and still finding its…