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Gordo : stories
by Jaime Cortez
His first-ever collection of stories, Jaime Cortez's Gordo is set in a migrant workers camp near Watsonville, California, in the 1970s. Most of the stories follow a boy named Gordo. As he comes of age, Gordo learns about sex, poverty, and the wrenching divides between documented and undocumented immigrants. These scenes from Steinbeck Country seen so intimately from within are full of humor, family drama, and a sweet frankness about serious matters-who belongs to America and how are they treated? Written with balance and poise, Cortez braids together elegantly tragicomic and inviting stories about life on a California camp, in essence redefining what all-American means.
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Honey girl
by Morgan Rogers
After completing her Ph.D. in astronomy, a young, straightlaced, Type A personality black woman goes on a girls' weekend to Vegas to celebrate and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn't even know.
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The prophets : a novel
by Robert Jones
Two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation find refuge in each other while transforming a quiet shed into a haven for their fellow slaves, before an enslaved preacher declares their bond sinful.
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Detransition, Baby
by Torrey Peters
A trans woman, her detransitioned ex and his cisgender lover build an unconventional family together in the wake of heartbreak and an unplanned pregnancy.
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Find me
by André Aciman
The author of the worldwide best-seller Call Me by Your Name revisits that novel’s complex and beguiling characters decades after their first meeting.
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On earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel
by Ocean Vuong
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born--a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam--and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity.
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Milk fed : a novel
by Melissa Broder
Transitioning from her Jewish faith to dieting to maintain an illusion of existential control, Rachel bonds with an Orthodox woman at a frozen yogurt shop before embarking on a journey of food, desire and spiritual fulfillment.
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With teeth : a novel
by Kristen N. Arnett
A moving story of two mothers, one difficult son, and the limitations of marriage, parenthood, and love. If she's being honest, Sammie Lucas is scared of her son. Working from home in the close quarters of their Florida house, she lives with one wary eye peeled on Samson, a sullen, unknowable boy who resists her every attempt to bond with him. Uncertain in her own feelings about motherhood, she tries her best--driving, cleaning, cooking, prodding him to finish projects for school--while growing increasingly resentful of Monika, her confident but absent wife. As Samson grows from feral toddler to surly teenager, Sammie's life begins to deteriorate into a mess of unruly behavior, and her struggle to create a picture-perfect queer family unravels. When her son's hostility finally spills over into physical aggression, Sammie must confront her role in the mess--and the possibility that it will never be clean again.
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For more than three decades Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture; from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel, to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of nine novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed forever the way we live. |
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Black leopard, red wolf
by Marlon James
Hired to find a mysterious boy who disappeared three years before, Tracker joins a search party that follows the boy's trail through ancient cities and into dense forests, and encounter creatures intent on destroying them.
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Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Raised in a hostile undead world where she would escape servitude and a zombie afterlife, a lesbian necromancer becomes a bodyguard to an emperor to secure her freedom in a solar system of swordplay and cutthroat politics. Followed by the sequel Harrow the Ninth.
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The chosen and the beautiful
by Nghi Vo
Treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, Jordan Baker, queer and Asian, has the world of illusion, magic and mystery at her fingertips but the most important doors remain closed to her until she can figure out a way to open them.
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Black sun
by Rebecca Roanhorse
A trilogy debut by the Nebula Award-winning author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn is inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and follows the unbalancing of the holy city of Tova amid a fateful solstice eclipse.
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A memory called empire
by Arkady Martine
Taking over for an ambassador who died a suspicious death, Mahit Dzmare investigates the potential murder while navigating the alien culture of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire, which is hiding a technological secret that could impact the universe.
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Bordered lives : transgender portraits from Mexico
by Kike Arnal
Seeking to push back against the transphobic caricatures that have perpetuated discrimination against the transgender community in Mexico, a candid collection profiles seven individuals in and around Mexico City who have devoted themselves to helping other transgender individuals.
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Has the gay movement failed?
by Martin B Duberman
A founder of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at City University of New York discusses the successes of the acceptance of LGBTQ people in the past 50 years but also highlights the failures.
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In the dream house : a memoir
by Carmen Maria Machado
The award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties shares the story of her relationship with an abusive partner and how it was shaped by her religious upbringing, her sexual orientation and inaccurate cultural beliefs about psychological trauma.
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How we fight for our lives : a memoir
by Saeed Jones
The co-host of BuzzFeed’s AM to DM, award-winning poet and author of Prelude to Bruise documents his coming-of-age as a young, gay, black man in an American South at a crossroads of sex, race and power.
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Broken horses
by Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music.
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Punch me up to the gods
by Brian Broome
Playful, poignant and wholly original, this coming-of-age memoir about Blackness, masculinity and addiction follows the author, a poet and screenwriter, as he recounts his experiences, revealing a perpetual outsider awkwardly squirming to find his way in.
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Sissy : a coming-of-gender story
by Jacob Tobia
A gender-diverse cultural influencer on both the Forbes "30 Under 30" and "OUT 100" lists examines how religious, political and educational experiences revealed the need for greater cultural inclusion and anti-discrimination legislation that acknowledges the gender spectrum.
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All Boys Aren't Blue : A Memoir-manifesto
by George M. Johnson
A first book by the prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist shares personal essays that chronicle his childhood, adolescence and college years as a Black queer youth, exploring subjects ranging from gender identity and toxic masculinity to structural marginalization and Black joy.
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The prince of Los Cocuyos : a Miami childhood
by Richard Blanco
Explores the poet's coming-of-age as the child of Cuban immigrants in Miami, Florida, describing his attempts to understand his place in America while coping with his burgeoning artistic and sexual identities.
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Oscar Wilde : a life
by Matthew Sturgis
Drawing on newly discovered letters, documents, first draft notebooks and the full transcript of the libel trial, this meticulously researched account of Oscar Wilde’s life returns the man “to his times, and to the facts,” giving us Wilde’s own experience as he experienced it.
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The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard
by John Birdsall
A full-length biography inspired by the viral essay, "America, Your Food Is So Gay," recasts the iconic food personality as a closeted gay man who found acceptance and passion through a culturally rich career spent informing America's increasingly sophisticated palate. Illustrations.
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Indigo
by Ellen Bass
Indigo, the newest collection by Ellen Bass, merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life's complex grey areas. Whether her subject is oysters, high heels, a pork chop, a beloved dog, or a wife's return to health, Bass pulls us in with exquisite immediacy. In this book, joy meets regret, devotion meets dependence, and most importantly, the poet so in love with life and living begins to look for the point where the price of aging overwhelms the rewards of staying alive.
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Homie : poems
by Danez Smith
Rooted in the loss of one of Smith's close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia, and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to survive, even harder to remember reasons for living. But then the phone lights up, or a shout comes up to the window, and family--blood and chosen--arrives with just the right food and some redemption. Part friendship diary, part bright elegy, part war cry, Homie is written for Danez and for Danez's friends and for you and for yours.
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The last cigarette on earth : a book of poems
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
A major Latino writer's intimate but healing journey through addiction, human desire and broken love. Benjamin Alire Saenz in 2013 won the Pen/Faulkner Award and the Lambda Award for his book Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club. His young adult novel Dante and Aristotle in Paradise was a 2013 Printz Honoree. He lives in El Paso, Texas.
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Night sky with exit wounds
by Ocean Vuong
A debut collection of poems draws from personal traumas to offer observations on such themes as violence, poverty, depression, and queer sexuality.
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Felicity
by Mary Oliver
In a collection of new poems, a Pulitzer Prize winner turns her eye from the grace of the natural world to the even more mysterious landscape of the human heart.
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Later poems : selected and new, 1971-2012
by Adrienne Rich
Drawing upon 12 volumes of her published work as well as a manuscript posthumously left behind, this collection from the award-winning poet includes “From Strata,” “Itinerary,” “For the Young Anarchists” and “Theethsucking Bird.”
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Les diré esto: soy Morganna, una mujer transexual que ha luchado por hallar su lugar en el mundo [...] Tuve que bucear en aguas profundas, sumergirme para extraer mis recuerdos, los más dolorosos, los más extraños, aquellos que me daban más vergüenza y hubiera querido olvidar. Y aquí están, en estas páginas Una historia de valentía y fortaleza de espíritu que retrata la vida de Morganna Love, una cantante mexicana de ópera que luchó contra los prejuicios de la sociedad y el rechazo de su propia familia para poder cumplir su sueño: ser la mujer plena que es hoy en día. Desde su infancia religiosa como Saúl hasta el viaje que realizó a Bangkok para llevar a cabo su reasignación de sexo, Morganna nos revela cuán difícil puede ser el camino para una persona que habita un cuerpo dividido y aprende a enfrentarlo a pesar de las adversidades, los prejuicios y la discriminación propios de un país dolorosamente machista, hipócrita y conservador.
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Ordinary Girls/ Muchachas Ordinarias : Memorias
by Jaquira Diaz
Jaquira Díaz siempre se encontró entre extremos en lugares permeados por la violencia. A pesar de añorar tener una familia unida y un hogar seguro, éstos eran difíciles de conseguir viviendo bajo los niveles de pobreza en el caserío Padre Rivera en Puerto Rico y en Miami Beach, sobre todo tras el diagnóstico de esquizofrenia de su madre y la subsiguiente ruptura familiar. El amor y apoyo de sus panas la mantuvieron a flote al encontrarse ante otra disyuntiva: su identidad y orgullo como puertorriqueña no dejaba cabida para su nueva identidad sexual.
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Ian Gibson resume la vida del autor en este polémico estudio en el que analiza al Federico García Lorca mas íntimo, al poeta mas humano y mas sufrido. Asistiremos con él a su infancia y juventud en Granada, a un amor adolescente traumatico, primicia absoluta del libro, a los 'heroicos' años veinte en Madrid, a sus escarceos con Dalí y el escultor Emilio Aladrén, a su viaje a Nueva York y Cuba, a sus amistades íntimas de la etapa republicana, a sus continuos éxitos literarios... y a su terrible muerte.
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Juliet respira profundo/ Juliet Takes a Breath
by Gabby Rivera
Juliet Milagros Palante es una adolescente lesbiana puertorriqueña, nacida en el Bronx. Aún está 'en el clóset', aunque no tanto como ella cree. Una noche antes de viajar a Portland, Oregón, donde ha logrado conseguir un trabajo de verano con su escritora feminista favorita, Juliet le confiesa la verdad a su familia. Pero como su anuncio oficial no sale de la manera que esperaba, queda convencida de que su madre no le volverá a hablar. Sin embargo, Juliet tiene un plan. Bueno, más o menos. Su trabajo con la legendaria autora Harlowe Brisbane--la autoridad suprema del feminismo, de la anatomía de las mujeres, y de temas 'gay'--seguramente le ayudará a descifrar cómo funciona esto de ser lesbiana y puertorriqueña. Pero Harlowe es blanca. Y no viene del Bronx. Y definitivamente no tiene todas las respuestas ... En un verano rebosante de fiestas queer, rematado por una aventurilla romántica con una bibliotecaria motociclista y mezclado con intensas exploraciones de raza e identidad, Juliet aprende lo que significa salir del clóset y encajar en el mundo, en su familia y dentro de sí misma.
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Conversaciones : Relatos De Padres Y Madres De Hijas Lesbianas E Hijos Gay
by Mariana Romo-Carmona
A first compilation of Spanish language coming out stories for Latino men and women features twenty-five original essays by the parents of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered children, accompanied by commentary by their children, that explore issues of sexuality, acceptance, and family life.
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Indomable / Untamed : Deja De Complacer, Empieza a Vivir
by Glennon Doyle
La cantante Adele ha hablado mucho en la prensa sobre este libro y cómo la ha ayudado a cambiar... La publicación del libro ha generado un movimiento global en redes. El nuevo libro de Glenon Doyle, una autora superventas, activista y conocida bloguera que ha revolucionado las redes con una sencilla pregunta: ¿quién eras tú antes de que el mundo te dijera cómo debías ser? A los treinta y nueve años, casada con el padre de sus tres hijos, Glennon Doyle se enamoró de una mujer. Ese día empezó para ella la aventura de volver a escuchar su propia voz, la misma que décadas de imperativos culturales, condicionamientos sociales y adicciones adormecedoras habían silenciado. Íntimo e hilarante, contundente y conmovedor, este libro es la historia del torbellino que Glennon y su familia vivieron cuando conoció a la que hoy es su esposa. Es el testimonio de una mujer que rompió patrones impuestos desde el nacimiento para construir una vida basada en el propio deseo, la intuición y la imaginación. Ante todo, Indomable es un grito de guerra dirigido a todas las mujeres dispuestas a creer en sí mismas lo suficiente como para romper barreras, aceptar sus cuerpos, liberar sus instintos más sinceros y recuperar su yo más auténtico: su naturaleza indomable.
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Ahora que ya lo sabes : Todo lo que me hubiera gustado saber antes de salir del armario
by Oriol Pamies
Ser diferente no es malo, pero me llevó un tiempo entenderlo. Al principio me sentí solo y me asaltaron cientos de preguntas que no podía compartir con nadie. Este libro está escrito exactamente con ese propósito: despejar todas las dudas que tenía cuando aún no lo sabía. El camino no fue fácil, pero finalmente entendí que si mi historia podía ayudar a alguien más, valía la pena escribirla". A través de su experiencia y sus vivencias personales en este libro su autor toca, entre otros, temas tan importantes como la orientación, la identidad o expresión de género, los prejuicios y la homofobia, la aceptación y el proceso de salir del armario, el activismo... Su objetivo y su deseo, que te sirva para tener la información necesaria, que te ayude a tomar tus propias decisiones a su debido tiempo y te permita darte cuenta de que eres perfectx tal y como eres. Oriol Pàmies presenta el libro que le hubiera gustado leer cuando salió del armario.
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Gay gigante / Giant Gay : Una historia sobre el miedo / A Story About Fear
by Gabriel Ebensperger
"Un ni˜no que se siento extra˜no en un mundo que le resulta adverso. Un ni˜no que canta Yuri mientras juega con sus migos al Festival de Vi˜na, que le gustan las barbies y Raffaella Carr`a, y cuyo auto secretamente favorito es uno que dice Tutti Frutti. Un ni˜no que va descubriendo su inadecucacion con este mundo, sintiendo algo de culpa y, sobre todo, mucho miedo de que su 'diferencia' sea desubierta. Las divertidas y rosadas paginas de Gay Gigante muestran el mundo de quien crece siendo gay en los noventa, creando un peronaje entra˜nable y cargado de humor, que en el camino a hacerse adulto se da cuenta que el rechazo del mundo no se termina, y que la verdadera aceptacion viene de si mismo"--Back cover.
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Yo / Me
by Ricky Martin
El artista Ricky Martin quien ha vendido mas de 60 millones de albumes en todo el mundo habla por primera vez sobre su infancia, sus comienzos musicales en el grupo Menudo, su busqueda de identidad durante el fenomeno de "Livin La Vida Loca", la aceptacion de su sexualidad, las relaciones en las que descubrio el amor y las decisiones que cambiaron su vida como el convertirse en padre y su dedicacion por ayudar a los ninos des privilegiados en todo el mundo. Yo es un libro intimo de memorias sobre la trayectoria espiritual de uno de los artistas mas reconocidos de nuestra epoca.
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