{"id":4189,"date":"2026-05-26T13:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:24:24","slug":"published-book-being-aro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"Published Book: Being Aro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Being Aro <\/em>is now out in hardcover.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4137 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BeingAro_FinalCover_G-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BeingAro_FinalCover_G-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BeingAro_FinalCover_G-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BeingAro_FinalCover_G-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BeingAro_FinalCover_G-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BeingAro_FinalCover_G-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BeingAro_FinalCover_G.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can get it at various sellers, including <a href=\"https:\/\/thecovebooks.myshopify.com\/products\/being-aro-partially-signed\">The Cove<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/being-aro-a-collection-of-aromantic-fiction-about-love-connection-and-empowerment-madeline-dyer\/83b1ebd8306e5b6a\">Bookshop.org<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterworldbooks.com\/product\/detail\/being-aro-9798890034427\/new\">Better World Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This book contains 12 short stories with aromantic content, but this time my contribution was the introduction&#8211;I do not have a piece of fiction in this anthology.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some cool coverage the anthology has gotten in the media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LGBTQ Reads, May 26: <a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtqreads.com\/2026\/05\/26\/new-releases-may-26-2026\/\">New Releases: May 26, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book Riot, May 26: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/new-book-releases-may-26-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 of the Best New Book Releases Out May 26, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Publishers Weekly, May 25: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/reviews\/starred.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starred Reviews Releasing This Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bookstr, May 18: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookstr.com\/list\/dont-miss-out-mays-stunning-ya-new-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Don&#8217;t Miss Out: May&#8217;s Stunning YA New Releases<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book Riot, May 12: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/new-queer-books-may-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a020 Must-Read Queer Books Out in May 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Autostraddle, May 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/our-most-anticipated-queer-books-for-may-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Most Anticipated Queer Books of May 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book Jockey Alex, May 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookjockeyalex.com\/2026\/05\/06\/review-being-aro-a-collection-of-aromantic-fiction-about-love-connection-and-empowerment-edited-by-madeline-dyer-and-rosiee-thor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Being Aro Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Children&#8217;s Book Council, May 4:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cbcbooks.org\/cbc-book-lists\/may-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hot Off the Press: May 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pop! Goes the Reader, March 30: 50 <a href=\"https:\/\/popgoesthereader.com\/50-most-anticipated-young-adult-books-april-june-2026\/\">Most Anticipated Young Adult Books: April &#8211; June 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SLJ: Teen Librarian Toolbox, March 26: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teenlibrariantoolbox.com\/2026\/03\/26\/book-mail-64\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book Mail: Climate change, a killer escape room, a changeling, a gothic horror novel, and more!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bookstr, February 19: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookstr.com\/article\/five-writers-on-putting-the-a-in-a-spec-literature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Five Writers Putting the &#8220;A&#8221; in A-Spec Literature<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book Crushin, February 18: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookcrushin.com\/books-on-our-radar-being-aro-edited-by-madeline-dyer-and-rosiee-thor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Books On Our Radar: Being Aro<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book Riot, February 17: \u00a07 <a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/new-aromantic-books-out-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Aromantic Books Out in 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Publishers Weekly, January 30: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/new-titles\/childrens-announcements\/article\/99591-spring-2026-children-s-preview-publishers-p-s.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spring 2026 Children&#8217;s Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book Riot, January 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/most-anticipated-queer-books-of-2026\/?=undefined&amp;utm_source=OurQueerestShelves_BookRiot_Production&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most Anticipated Queer Books of 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LGBTQReads, December 22: <a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtqreads.com\/2025\/12\/22\/most-anticipated-lgbtq-young-adult-fiction-january-june-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fiction: January &#8211; June 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being Aro is now out in hardcover. You can get it at various sellers, including The Cove, Bookshop.org, and Better World Books. This book contains 12 short stories with aromantic content, but this time my contribution was the introduction&#8211;I do not have a piece of fiction in this anthology. Here&#8217;s some cool coverage the anthology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,5,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-news","category-publishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4189"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4195,"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}