Join Tubby & Coo's to kick off Pride month with a conversation about the the book Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction About Love, Connection, and Empowerment with contributors Madeline Dyer, Taka Owen, Ann Zhao, and Julie Sondra Decker.

With bestselling and emerging YA authors, this anthology highlights the aromantic spectrum experience through multi-genre stories.


These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking generational curses, finding acceptance, and protecting the vulnerable while highlighting the infinite ways people find connection and love without romance.

A high school matchmaker learns a lesson about love. A rebellious spaceship pilot defies his culture’s compulsory coupling. A boy magically transforms banned romance novels into living dragons. A teen immune to romance, and the zombie virus, fights to survive the apocalypse. Being Aro is full of stories throughout real and imagined worlds that cross genres and disrupt the status quo.

Being Aro: A Conversation