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Janet Mason is an award-winning creative writer, teacher, and occasional blogger for such places as The Huffington Post. Her book, Tea Leaves, a memoir of mothers and daughters, published by Bella Books in 2012, was chosen by the American Library Association for its 2013 Over the Rainbow List. Tea Leaves also received a Goldie Award. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and her novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders (Adelaide Books – New York and Lisbon) was featured at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair. Adelaide Books also published her novel The Unicorn, The Mystery late in 2020. Her novel Loving Artemis. an endearing tale of revolution, love and marriage was published by Thorned Heart Press in August of 2022. Her novel CINNAMON, a dairy cow's (and her farmer's) path to freedom was published by Adelaide Books in 2024.

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Jun 13, 2026 ∙ 3 min
Honoring David Hockney -- a major artist and always an openly gay man #LGBTQ #amreading
I was saddened to hear about the recent passing of David Hockney, a major artist and an openly gay man. To honor him, I thought I would repost this review I did of Life of David Hockney, a novel by Catherine Cussett. David Hockney is one of our pioneers: a well-known artist and a gay man. As a person – with his loves and inspirations —the two have never been separate. David Hockney hails from the working-class city of Bradford England, the same place that my mother’s ancestors lived (which...
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Jun 5, 2026 ∙ 3 min
Happy Pride! -- Loving Artemis, the one she is waiting for #amreading #LGBTQ #lesfic
Happy Pride! In honor of Pride Month, I thought I would repost this section of my novel, Loving Artemis, an endearing tale of love, revolution, and marriage (published by Thorned Heart Press). ____ My novel Loving Artemis, an endearing tale of love, revolution, and marriage (Thorned Heart Press) was featured by Jae this week in her Sapphic Book Bingo 2025 under her category of main characters who ride a motorcycle. This led me to post the ending of the novel. Enjoy! At long last, Art...
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May 29, 2026 ∙ 2 min
A dairy cow's predicament: CINNAMON understands--#govegan #animalrights #amreading
Recently, I was watching a vegan podcast that covered the response to Billie Eilish's comments that you can't eat meat and claim to love animals. I was surprised to hear so many young people on social media being so defensive and saying that "vegans think they're better than everybody." For the record, I don't think I'm better than anyone. I think I'm lucky. I came to veganism at sixty--late, because of a health issue, and shortly after experienced a consciousness-raising about the ethical...
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