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Earlier this year, we got wind that Billie Eilish\u2014that reigning maestra of youthful melancholy\u2014will star in a new film adaptation<\/a> of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Directed by the brilliant Sarah Polley, this project represents Eilish’s first foray onto the big screen. Plathypuses (TM) are divided about her casting choice, but one thing is certain: we’re gonna need to talk about this for a while.<\/p>\n

Photos have begun to leak off the film set, so some friendly speculation feels in order. Here’s what we know (so far!) about the brand new Bell Jar.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Billie<\/p>\n

Eilish is unrecognizable to fans.
\n<\/strong>Earlier this month, Vogue<\/em><\/a> reported on Eilish’s character transformation. In set photos, the mage known for rocking an androgyne cut and neon hair was seen “wearing a short-sleeved knit top in scarlet red; a full, A-line skirt in a jaunty check print; and, on the beauty front, a tidy side part and bold red lip.” Mad <\/em>Women<\/em>, anyone?<\/p>\n

The mid-century glow-up comes care of Luis Sequeira, a costume designer known for his work on The Shape of Water.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Mount<\/p>\n

An old Canadian orphanage is playing the hospital.
\n<\/strong>Polley, who is Canadian, has apparently pulled a classic move and tapped Toronto to play New York.<\/p>\n

Parts of Hamilton, including McMaster University and Ancaster\u2019s Tamahaac Club, will also make veiled appearances. The latter was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in its heyday, which feels thematically right somehow.<\/p>\n

According to this morning’s Hamilton Spectator<\/a>, <\/em>the production is currently shooting key scenes at a Catholic girls’ school and ex-orphanage. Mount Mary Immaculate will play the infamous Walton Hospital, where Esther Greenwood receives her first doomed rounds of ECT.<\/p>\n

This setting is also<\/em> auspiciously eerie. Until recently, Mount Mary was maintained by a Ukrainian Catholic Congregation, and “once contained an orphanage <\/em>[italics mine], daycare centre and a high school for girls.” The Diocese of Hamilton bought the site in 2019, but nuns continue to live on the premises. Alongside\u2014this reader presumes\u2014ghosts.<\/p>\n

The school, unlike Eilish, has also been in a movie before. A scene from 2017’s It<\/em> was filmed there.<\/p>\n

\"Billie<\/p>\n

Additional It-people are filling out the cast.
\n<\/strong>Carey Mulligan is set to play Mrs. Greenwood, Esther’s mother. Which should really send a shiver of age paralysis down every Millennial reader’s spine.<\/p>\n

And Deadline<\/em> reported last week that Ella Beatty<\/a>\u2014of Netflix’s forthcoming Lizzie Borden biopic<\/a>, and the parentage you’d guess\u2014is in “final talks” to join the cast in some mysterious friend capacity. (Betsy?!)<\/p>\n

The other big rumor centers Connor Storrie, of Heated Rivalry. <\/em>The recently shorn hockey king\/friend to Canada is also purported to be in the jar.<\/p>\n

Images via<\/a>, via<\/a>, via<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, we got wind that Billie Eilish\u2014that reigning maestra of youthful melancholy\u2014will star in a new film adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.\u00a0 Directed by the brilliant Sarah Polley, this project represents Eilish’s first foray onto the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17066,"featured_media":276181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43201,43093,43098,43646],"tags":[67819,112005,107766,29992,63371,5686,10041],"class_list":["post-276175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-news-newsandculture","category-film-and-tv","category-style","category-the-hub","tag-billie-eilish","tag-connor-storrie","tag-heated-rivalry","tag-literary-adaptation","tag-sarah-polley","tag-sylvia-plath","tag-the-bell-jar","book-the-bell-jar"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5rKFr-19Qr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Untitled-design-29.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":276107,"date":"2026-08-25T10:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/?p=276107"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:28:08","slug":"explore-a-rare-collection-of-lgbtq-childrens-books-dating-back-to-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/explore-a-rare-collection-of-lgbtq-childrens-books-dating-back-to-1969\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children\u2019s books dating back to 1969."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mechanics’ Institute<\/a>, one of the oldest cultural institutions on the West Coast, is now home to a thrilling archive of LGBTQ+ children’s literature.<\/p>\n

The Tarpey<\/span>–Schwed<\/span> LGBT Families Children’s Book Special Collection features more than 200 queer-friendly kids’ books published between 1969 and 2023. Titles like Heather Has Two Mommies<\/em><\/a> and Lucy Goes to the Country <\/em><\/a>show the evolution of queer representation in children’s literature over five decades, offering a rare opportunity for families and researchers alike.<\/p>\n

I spoke with Myles Cooper, an archivist and library manager of the Mechanics’ Institute, about the acquisition’s significance. He told me the collection was donated at the end of 2025 by Randall Tarpey-Schwed, a well-respected collector and something of a tastemaker in the world of California letters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A gay parent himself, Tarpey-Schwed started collecting the books to read to his own children.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Once his daughters were grown, Tarpey-Schwed sought a home for the archive. As a member-supported non-profit with deep roots in the state, the Institute felt like a natural fit.<\/p>\n

And the feeling was mutual. Noting that San Francisco is home to a number of “wonderful historical archives and libraries” centering the queer experience, Cooper said that few resources have this<\/em> focus.<\/p>\n

“What I’ve found over the years is that\u2014and rightfully so\u2014a lot of the LGBTQ+ history really relates to adults,” he observed. Political histories centering the neighborhood’s experience of the HIV\/AIDS crisis are well-represented in the archive. But the Tarpey-Schwed collection is groundbreaking because it expands on an underrepresented story: queer family-making.<\/p>\n

\"Gloria<\/p>\n

Children’s literature featuring out queer characters is also a fairly recent development, as far as American publishing goes. According to Cooper, many of the early entries in the queer family canon were self-published, or published in small feminist presses\u2014which makes them hard to find these days.<\/p>\n

Consider a title like Jane Severance’s Lots of Mommies<\/em><\/a>. According to archival description, this 1983 picture book from the feminist Lollipop Power press<\/a> “documents feminist communal-family imagination” by showing “care, work, school recognition, and adult authority distributed across several women.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

In addition to stories like these, the new collection includes books that treat otherwise historically marginalized family structures as ordinary.<\/p>\n

Arnold Adoff’s Black is Brown is Tan<\/em><\/a>, for instance, is allegedly one of the first American picture books to depict an interracial family.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Similarly, the ground-breaking title My Dad Has HIV<\/em><\/a> shows a family navigating marginalized illness. Published in 1996, this book by Earl Alexander, Sheila Rudin, and Pam Sejkora sought to de-stigmatize the HIV\/AIDS experience\u2014with a focus on the child’s perspective.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

According to Cooper, the new archive is especially valuable for showing how depictions of marginalized families have changed in this<\/em> century. “A lot of the early books deal with parents who are same-sex, mostly lesbian or gay, who have a child,” he said. But newer titles tend to center “kids who are exploring their identity.”<\/p>\n

Storylines also tend to reflect organizing conditions. In the 60s and 70s, books were “not necessarily written by people who studied child development” so much as activists and real parents. This means conflicts can feel sharper, Cooper noted. And “some of the stories are not as affirming as they would be now.”<\/p>\n

Though a certain stylized, moody illustration style can make even the older entries feel fresh. As in this title, from the queer imprint Alyson Wonderland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Asked about his own favorite titles in the collection (so far), Cooper cited a modern classic: And Tango Makes Three<\/a>.<\/em> Written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole, this heartwarming story depicts two gentleman penguins who hatch an egg together.<\/p>\n

\"And<\/p>\n

Cooper, who used to teach second grade at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy<\/a>, recalls how meaningful this title was for his charges\u2014many of whom had parents in the queer community.<\/p>\n

“I remember reading it to the students, and they didn’t even think twice about it. It was just so understood and natural that these two penguins took care of an egg that hatches,” he said.<\/p>\n

Cooper hopes the Tarpey-Schwed collection sets a tone for future acquisitions. Especially considering how imperiled books like these are today. Thankfully, because the Institute is an independent library, all titles are safe in its stacks for the foreseeable future. “They won’t be subject to a challenge from a school board, or an advisory committee,” he said. “They’re in a good place.”<\/p>\n

And thanks to a bespoke new Discovery Lair<\/a>, the books are available now for any researcher, student, scholar, or family to explore online.<\/p>\n

But to read the books in person, you need to make a good-old-fashioned appointment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This morning, Kirkus Reviews<\/em> announced the 18 finalists for the 2026 Kirkus Prize<\/a>, which recognizes excellence in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers\u2019 Literature.\u00a0Books are selected by a panel of peers, editors, and other industry professionals.<\/p>\n

Winners in all three categories will receive $50,000 each, making the Kirkus Prize one of the richest annual literary awards in the world. Previous winners of the coveted award include Lily King’s Euphoria<\/em><\/a>, H\u00e9ctor Tobar’s Our Migrant Souls<\/em><\/a>, and Percival Everett’s James<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s finalists were chosen from a whopping total of 8,280 eligible titles. Of the bumper crop, Kirkus Reviews<\/em> editor-in-chief Tom Beer said, \u201cThis year\u2019s slate of prize finalists takes readers around the globe while exploring the deepest, most private recesses of the human mind, offering profound windows onto human experience. Each book is beautifully written and\/or illustrated, brilliantly conceived, and compulsively readable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the finalists:<\/p>\n

FICTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tayari Jones, Kin<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Knopf)
\nDaniyal Mueenuddin, This Is Where the Serpent Lives<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Knopf)
\nBrenda Navarro, trans. by Megan McDowell, Eating Ashes<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Liveright\/Norton)
\nJulie Orringer, Luna, Phoenix, Queen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Knopf)
\nDouglas Stuart, John of John<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Grove)
\nColson Whitehead, Cool Machine<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Doubleday)<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

NONFICTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pamela Colloff , Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Knopf)
\nAda Ferrer, Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Scribner)
\nPatrick Radden Keefe, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family\u2019s Search for Truth<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Doubleday)
\nLoubna Mrie, Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Viking)
\nGis\u00e8le Pelicot with Judith Perrignon, trans. by Natasha Lehrer & Ruth Diver, A Hymn to Life: Shame Has To Change Sides<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Penguin Press)
\nMichael Pollan, A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Penguin Press)<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

YOUNG READERS\u2019 LITERATURE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Picture Books<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Julie Leung, illus. by Angie Kang, Navigating Night<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Anne Schwartz\/Random)
\nKarthika Na\u00efr, illus. by Jo\u00eblle Jolivet, Electric Birds of Pothakudi<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Tate Publishing)<\/p>\n

Middle Grade<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Matthew Fox, The Lovely Dark<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(Union Square Kids)
\nDaniel Nayeri, This Is a Door<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Stonefruit Studio\/Sourcebooks)<\/p>\n

Young Adult<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Acevedo, Anger Is Only a Shadow<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Quill Tree Books\/HarperCollins)
\nBlessing Musariri, When It\u2019s Your Turn for Midnight<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Carolrhoda Lab)<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

The three winners will be announced at a ceremony on October 7, 2026. The announcement will also be livestreamed on Kirkus\u2019 YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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