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Here are 18 plac to start.</p></div><style data-emotn="css 1yvxpqj">{marg-bottom:0.625rem;paddg-right:0.3125rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;text-transform:upperse;} span{le-height:1.6;}</style><div class="css-1yvxpqj exadjwu7"><style data-emotn="css ku2dj9">{font-style:normal;paddg-right:0.3125rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;text-transform:upperse;}</style><addrs class="css-ku2dj9 ehvvd9m2"><style data-emotn="css 6ywij2">{paddg-right:0.3125rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;text-transform:upperse;}</style><span class="css-6ywij2 ehvvd9m1">By Sarah Neilson</span><style data-emotn="css w0ebia">{display:le-block;text-transform:upperse;marg-left:0.625rem;}</style><time class="css-w0ebia exadjwu6">Published: Jun 10, 2020</time></addrs></div></div></div></hear><style data-emotn="css k008qs">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;}</style><div class="css-k008qs ewisyje0"><style data-emotn="css 7ce51e">{marg-bottom:0.9375rem;posn:relative;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{max-width:lc(100vw - (1rem * 2));marg-left:1rem;marg-right:1rem;} .e152u5os0{width:100vw;marg-left:lc(-1 * 1rem);}}@media(m-width: 48rem) and (max-width: 61.25rem){{marg-left:to;marg-right:to;} .e152u5os0{width:100vw;marg-left:lc((100vw - (lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem) - 2 * 1rem)) / -2);}}@media(m-width: 61.25rem) and (max-width: 90rem){{max-width:lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem);marg-left:lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem) - 1rem - 20.625rem) / 2);paddg-left:1rem;paddg-right:1rem;} .e152u5os0{width:100vw;marg-left:lc(lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem) - 1rem - 20.625rem) / -2) - 1rem);}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{marg-left:lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem)) / 2);max-width:lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem);paddg-left:1rem;paddg-right:1rem;} .e152u5os0{width:100vw;marg-left:lc(lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 + 1rem)) / -2) - lc(2 * 1rem));}[data-has-sponsor] {marg-left:lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem)) / 4);marg-right:lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem)) / 4);}}</style><div class="standard-ntaer ntent-ntaer article-ntaer css-7ce51e ewisyje3"><style data-emotn="css trzem2">{jtify-self:center;posn:relative;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg-left:-50vw;marg-right:-50vw;width:100vw;left:50%;right:50%;}}</style><div class="ntent-lead css-trzem2 ewisyje6"><style data-emotn="css sm2oir">{height:to;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw);}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg:to;}}</style><div class="ntent-lead-image css-sm2oir e5f9kgu2"><style data-emotn="css eag3eq">{posn:relative;height:to;}</style><div class="css-eag3eq e5f9kgu1"><style data-emotn="css 335qep">{posn:relative;width:100%;height:100%;object-f:ver;vertil-align:top;}</style><img fetchPrry="high" alt="18 sential lgbtq books to read for pri month" tle="18 Essential LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Pri Month" width="1000" height="1000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-335qep exi4f7p0" /></div><style data-emotn="css 285vyd">{le-height:1;}@media(max-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0;}}</style><figptn class="css-285vyd enfs9c50"><style data-emotn="css r1wujd">{paddg-right:0.3125rem;lor:#595959;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;text-transform:upperse;}</style><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Amber Hawks</span></figptn></div></div><style data-emotn="css woto36">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;posn:relative;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:3.5rem;paddg-right:3.5rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem) and (max-width: 61.25rem){{max-width:45.25rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;}}@media(m-width: 61.25rem){{paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem) and (max-width: 100rem){{paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;}} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;}{clear:both;ntent:" ";display:block;font-size:0.7rem;le-height:1.5rem;height:0rem;visibily:hidn;}</style><div class="article-body-ntent article-body standard-body-ntent css-woto36 ewisyje7"><style data-emotn="css aeyldl">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p data-no-id="0" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It is officially Pri month, a time to celebrate, reflect on, and ntue to fight for the rights and vibrancy of the LGBTQ+ muny. It is ccial to remember that liberatn of queer folks is the same as liberatn for black folks, for immigrants, for digeno people; is a fight agast opprsn and the rporate police state. Wh the ongog panmic addg a thick layer of extra pa on top of this stggle, Pri 2020 looks different om Pri of years past. </p><p data-no-id="1" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Queer people are nothg if not rilient and creative, and one way we both procs and ntribute to our own muni and society as a whole is through art. This Pri month, while you’re reflectg on what means to liberate all bodi om opprsn and fightg however you n, ’s a great time to read the lerature of both past and ntemporary LGBTQ+ voic — to learn om them, ternalize them, bate them, and e them to qutn the norms around you. </p><p data-no-id="2" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">There is a vast library of LGBTQ+ lerature. Here are 18 plac to start.</p><style data-emotn="css 18pb4rg">{borr:0;borr-bottom:th solid black;marg:1.875rem 0;clear:both;}</style><hr data-no-id="3" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><style data-emotn="css 1n96kgk">{font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;marg-bottom:0.625rem;marg-top:0.625rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.875rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:2.32435rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.25rem;le-height:1.1;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><h2 data-no-id="4" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Gnvanni's Room</em> by Jam Baldw </h2><style data-emotn="css 10i4pzn">{clear:none;marg-bottom:1.25rem;posn:relative;text-align:center;word-break:break-word;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{max-width:100%;}{max-width:100%;}{max-width:100%;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{text-align:left;borr:th solid #CDCDCD;paddg:0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem) and (max-width: 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data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="5" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><style data-emotn="css 17pp2fn">{posn:absolute;top:-1rem;}</style><div id="product-ad67464c-e2c1-4d21-b9fa-2ce5cb8ea40b" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><style data-emotn="css 60ezry">@media(m-width: 48rem){{display:grid;grid-template-lumns:40% 1;grid-template-areas:"product_media product_tails";}}</style><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><style data-emotn="css 1f1nsoy">{grid-area:product_hear;-webk-orr:0;-ms-flex-orr:0;orr:0;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{display:none;}}(){display:none;}@media(m-width: 48rem){(){display:ntents;}}</style><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><style data-emotn="css 7c0ern">{font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;marg:0rem;paddg-bottom:0.625rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg-top:0.625rem;marg-bottom:0.625rem;font-size:1.375rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 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Room</h2></div><style data-emotn="css 12bdcfv">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;marg-bottom:0.625rem;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{-webk-align-ems:flex-start;-webk-box-align:flex-start;-ms-flex-align:flex-start;align-ems:flex-start;}}</style><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><style data-emotn="css 1ajoyz5">{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;display:le-block;marg-top:0.625rem;marg-bottom:0.625rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;text-transform:upperse;width:to;paddg:0.6rem 0.7rem;background-lor:#B20B16;lor:#ffffff;font-size:0.875rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;font-weight:bold;marg:0rem;}{outle-lor:body-cta-btn-lk-foc;}{background-lor:#000000;lor:#fff;}</style><style data-emotn="css 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data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$12 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="ad67464c-e2c1-4d21-b9fa-2ce5cb8ea40b" data-vars-ga-product-price="$12.49" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="f91ce984-0ba9-4e73-aee7-ee58e8a953c9" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1102811420" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$12 at Barn & Noble</a></div><style data-emotn="css 1am3yn9">{paddg-left:0rem;le-height:1;}</style><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Knopf</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="6" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Really, the entire Baldw non should be required readg, but this slim novel is one of his most explicly queer works. Followg an Amerin man Paris and his affair wh an Italian bartenr, <em>Gvanni’s Room</em> is ft s exploratn of masculy, class, inty, and even social isolatn (how prcient). It’s a lightng-fast mt-read that also shows Baldw’s unrelentg skill wh language.</p><p data-no-id="7" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="8" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>This Bridge Called My Back: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color </em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="9" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-7892b1b9-4d51-4427-a425-b36d7d681058" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$35 at Barn & Noble for This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$35 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Cherríe Moraga" data-vars-ga-product-id="7892b1b9-4d51-4427-a425-b36d7d681058" data-vars-ga-product-price="$34.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="577e6501-b19b-409f-ad17-6784c073e6a0" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Cherríe Moraga" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Polics & Social Scienc" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9781438454382" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color" tle="This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color" src="" width="417" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$35 at Barn & Noble for This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$35 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Cherríe Moraga" data-vars-ga-product-id="7892b1b9-4d51-4427-a425-b36d7d681058" data-vars-ga-product-price="$34.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="577e6501-b19b-409f-ad17-6784c073e6a0" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Cherríe Moraga" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Polics & Social Scienc" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9781438454382" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$35 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: State Universy of New York Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="10" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This semal work of tersectnaly is creded wh startg third wave femism. Its impact is vast, om activism to amia, and s ntributors clu dozens of wrers and artists whose work -centers whens and heteronormativy. This is an sential startg pot for anyone who is terted tersectnal liberatn. It’s also jt a rivetg read.</p><p data-no-id="11" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="12" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>The Color Purple</em> by Alice Walker</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="13" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-e202f47f-52b0-43f7-91e3-e50c7b0be553" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Color Purple</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$11 at Barn & Noble for The Color Purple" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$11 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-id="e202f47f-52b0-43f7-91e3-e50c7b0be553" data-vars-ga-product-price="$10.93" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="7d2b5944-f552-49c7-b89a-258d9ed22a50" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Classics" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1100608832_Paperback" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="The Color Purple" tle="The Color Purple" src="" width="393" height="600" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Color Purple</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$11 at Barn & Noble for The Color Purple" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$11 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-id="e202f47f-52b0-43f7-91e3-e50c7b0be553" data-vars-ga-product-price="$10.93" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="7d2b5944-f552-49c7-b89a-258d9ed22a50" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Classics" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1100608832_Paperback" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$11 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Harvt Books</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="14" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">No surprise here — as Walker’s arguably most famo book, <em>The Color Purple</em> tak place the Amerin South the 1930s and centers Celie, a poor, black, queer girl who falls love wh another woman, a sger named Shug. This is far om the only plot pot, as the book follows Celie through several years, and explor her close relatnship wh her sister, misogynistic and racist abe, and g to her own power and personhood. It’s one of the bt books ever wrten, and Celie’s voice is one you won’t soon fet. </p><p data-no-id="15" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="16" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Zami </em>by Audre Lor<em></em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="17" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-8464892a-62-4eab-9254-c3c8cb938d8b" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$15 at Barn & Noble for Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$15 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="8464892a-62-4eab-9254-c3c8cb938d8b" data-vars-ga-product-price="$14.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="5904abd9-7ccd-4a7a-aad5-6f7a9e530769" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1123868187" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography" tle="Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography" src="" width="374" height="600" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$15 at Barn & Noble for Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$15 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="8464892a-62-4eab-9254-c3c8cb938d8b" data-vars-ga-product-price="$14.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="5904abd9-7ccd-4a7a-aad5-6f7a9e530769" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1123868187" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$15 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Potter</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="18" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">While Lor’s entire non is worth readg, <em>Zami</em> is probably one of her queert. Lor’s wrg is the epome of “queer” as a verb — she challeng, dismantl, and rebuilds narrativ of margalized liv on every page. This book is also full of joy and humor, meaty examatns of genr and leage, and is also very sexy. </p><p data-no-id="19" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="20" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Not Vanishg</em> by Chrystos</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="21" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-30cfcd7a-3c94-4fe0-9dcf-1fd35d380149" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10"> Not Vanishg</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$64 at Amazon for Not Vanishg" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","is_active":te,"metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","is_active":te,"bs_un_id":"ad046b46-538b-42cb-aa54-c3d158875ed6","tails":"","metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241365+00:00","last_updated_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241381+00:00"}}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$64 at Amazon" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand=" " data-vars-ga-product-id="30cfcd7a-3c94-4fe0-9dcf-1fd35d380149" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="3fe4d52c-20f7-41b2-a573-35d498d55166" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Brand: Pr Gang Pub" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Genre Fictn" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="0889740151" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Not Vanishg" tle="Not Vanishg" src="" width="320" height="475" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10"> Not Vanishg</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$64 at Amazon for Not Vanishg" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","is_active":te,"metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","is_active":te,"bs_un_id":"ad046b46-538b-42cb-aa54-c3d158875ed6","tails":"","metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241365+00:00","last_updated_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241381+00:00"}}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$64 at Amazon" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand=" " data-vars-ga-product-id="30cfcd7a-3c94-4fe0-9dcf-1fd35d380149" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="3fe4d52c-20f7-41b2-a573-35d498d55166" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Brand: Pr Gang Pub" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Genre Fictn" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="0889740151" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$64 at Amazon</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Prs Gang Pub</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="22" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Chrystos is a prolific poet, a lbian two-spir Menomee wrer and activist whose work holds a ccial place the LGBTQ+ lerary non. <em>Not Vanishg</em> is their first llectn. The poems pulse wh life and love. They are about survival, lovg women, herage, self-regard, pa, and reverence. </p><p data-no-id="23" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="24" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Ceremoni</em> by Essex Hemphill</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="25" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-94430db5-9b3a-46c5-8d71-e59d3a72c7fb" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Ceremoni: Prose and Poetry</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$254 at Amazon for Ceremoni: Prose and Poetry" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","is_active":te,"metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","is_active":te,"bs_un_id":"ad046b46-538b-42cb-aa54-c3d158875ed6","tails":"","metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241365+00:00","last_updated_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241381+00:00"}}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$254 at Amazon" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Brand: Cleis Prs" data-vars-ga-product-id="94430db5-9b3a-46c5-8d71-e59d3a72c7fb" data-vars-ga-product-price="$254.30" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="6dd26bcc-147a-4288-baae-7f6674e9b0f0" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Brand: Cleis Prs" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Lerary Cricism" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1573441015" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Ceremoni: Prose and Poetry" tle="Ceremoni: Prose and Poetry" src="" width="305" height="475" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Ceremoni: Prose and Poetry</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$254 at Amazon for Ceremoni: Prose and Poetry" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","is_active":te,"metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","is_active":te,"bs_un_id":"ad046b46-538b-42cb-aa54-c3d158875ed6","tails":"","metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241365+00:00","last_updated_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241381+00:00"}}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$254 at Amazon" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Brand: Cleis Prs" data-vars-ga-product-id="94430db5-9b3a-46c5-8d71-e59d3a72c7fb" data-vars-ga-product-price="$254.30" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="6dd26bcc-147a-4288-baae-7f6674e9b0f0" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Brand: Cleis Prs" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Lerary Cricism" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1573441015" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$254 at Amazon</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Cleis Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="26" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Hemphill’s poetry is like fireworks. His was a fundamental artistic and activist voice; his work openly engag wh HIV/AIDS, race, sexualy, masculy, and fay. His performanc were electric, and his words ronate through time and space. 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As an anthology, the poems are vast their style and spe, but every last one is worth readg; this book is a perfect addn to any queer bookshelf. </p><p data-no-id="51" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="52" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak</em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="53" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-b213484d-889e-453a-b734-406aedc3a57e" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$17 at Barn & Noble for She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$17 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="b213484d-889e-453a-b734-406aedc3a57e" data-vars-ga-product-price="$16.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="1aba18a3-4cbc-4a43-a61c-0eea5819a4a3" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1127930194" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak" tle="She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak" src="" width="393" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$17 at Barn & Noble for She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$17 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="b213484d-889e-453a-b734-406aedc3a57e" data-vars-ga-product-price="$16.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="1aba18a3-4cbc-4a43-a61c-0eea5819a4a3" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1127930194" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$17 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Cassava Republic Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="54" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Another anthology, this one brgs together 25 ntributors to wre about habg queer inty Nigeria, specifilly as non-men. The voic tell of excement and joy, of fear and vlence, of nfn and rilience. There are so few readily available Nigerian narrativ of queerns; this book brgs some to light.<br /></p><h2 data-no-id="55" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care<a href=" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-product-brand data-href=" data-vars-ga-product-price="$18.95" data-vars-ga-product-id="c44350dd-6a03-47ff-bfe9-4348b0b065a2" data-vars-ga-media-role="4" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-id data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="SHOP NOW" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" aria-label="SHOP NOW for The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" data-affiliate="te" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" class="body-lk css-5z6rvi et3p2gv0"></a></em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="56" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-c44350dd-6a03-47ff-bfe9-4348b0b065a2" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$19 at Barn & Noble for The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$19 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="c44350dd-6a03-47ff-bfe9-4348b0b065a2" data-vars-ga-product-price="$18.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a60cf1e2-c77c-46c3-a5d7-34428b3f97" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9781551526584" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" tle="The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" src="" width="419" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$19 at Barn & Noble for The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$19 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="c44350dd-6a03-47ff-bfe9-4348b0b065a2" data-vars-ga-product-price="$18.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a60cf1e2-c77c-46c3-a5d7-34428b3f97" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9781551526584" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$19 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Arsenal Pulp Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="57" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This anthology, which clus such well-known voic as Vivek Shraya and Amber Dawn addn to many others, is both a chronicle and a reimagatn of what te health re n look like for queer and trans people. It clus perspectiv om provirs, patients, activists, and lears, and is a great startg pot for thkg about the polics and possibili around health re for all bodi. </p><p data-no-id="58" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="59" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments</em> by Saidiya Hartman</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="60" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-00ab32f3-aad0-4c22-b14d-50594787be59" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$16 at Barn & Noble for Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$16 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="00ab32f3-aad0-4c22-b14d-50594787be59" data-vars-ga-product-price="$15.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a9c2783f-1030-432e-993a-3be41304cb" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1128958903" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils" tle="Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils" src="" width="419" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$16 at Barn & Noble for Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$16 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="00ab32f3-aad0-4c22-b14d-50594787be59" data-vars-ga-product-price="$15.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a9c2783f-1030-432e-993a-3be41304cb" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1128958903" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$16 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: W.W. Norton</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="61" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A te feat of archival terpretatn and meangful storytellg, this narrative nonfictn book tak as s startg pot the gaps rerd history and brgs to life the story of the historilly erased — the timate black liv that flourished on their own terms even unr unrelentg racism, patriarchy, and whe supremacy. Centered Philalphia and New York, Hartman explor the ways which young black people, mostly women and trans people, ma their own l around relatnships and valu. This is a book about valy every sense of the word. </p><p data-no-id="62" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="63" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Crossfire: A Lany for Survivor</em> by Staceyann Ch</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="64" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-9c042cd5-e5ff-415d-ab45-296e2d11bf1d" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Crossfire: A Lany for Survival</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$20 at Barn & Noble for Crossfire: A Lany for Survival" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$20 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="9c042cd5-e5ff-415d-ab45-296e2d11bf1d" data-vars-ga-product-price="$19.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="4e4a7e-717a-421c-bf75-acc8c45b59cc" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1131948371" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Crossfire: A Lany for Survival" tle="Crossfire: A Lany for Survival" src="" width="424" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Crossfire: A Lany for Survival</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$20 at Barn & Noble for Crossfire: A Lany for Survival" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$20 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="9c042cd5-e5ff-415d-ab45-296e2d11bf1d" data-vars-ga-product-price="$19.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="4e4a7e-717a-421c-bf75-acc8c45b59cc" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1131948371" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$20 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Haymarket Books</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="65" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Even though <em>Crossfire</em> is her first llectn to appear prt, Staceyann Ch has been a fixture the poetry world for s. This book llects poems om across her reer, chroniclg the growth and change of both the poet and world around her. From them of abandonment and motherhood to queer love and inty, Ch’s poems have a totally unique and radil energy, makg her work extremely excg to both read and watch (look her up on YouTube).<br /></p><h2 data-no-id="66" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty</em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="67" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-0a2cfadc-f0c9-4488-acd3-c85688785676" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$22 at Barn & Noble for Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$22 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="0a2cfadc-f0c9-4488-acd3-c85688785676" data-vars-ga-product-price="$22.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="15c43292-6892-42ed-9048-628bb7e46418" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1129812516" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty" tle="Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty" src="" width="419" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$22 at Barn & Noble for Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$22 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="0a2cfadc-f0c9-4488-acd3-c85688785676" data-vars-ga-product-price="$22.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="15c43292-6892-42ed-9048-628bb7e46418" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1129812516" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$22 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Columbia Universy Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="68" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This anthology of first-person narrativ approach genr as a multi-dimensnal space, a place and a feelg of possibily rather than nstrat. The voic here reject rigidy and embrace the fe meangs of not jt genr, but personhood and humany.</p><h2 data-no-id="69" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>The Undocumented Amerins</em> by Karla Cornejo Villavicenc</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="70" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-4bd4d994-13e7-4d91-9bf1-f9d73565efc8" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Undocumented Amerins</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$23 at Barn & Noble for The Undocumented Amerins" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$23 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="4bd4d994-13e7-4d91-9bf1-f9d73565efc8" data-vars-ga-product-price="$23.50" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="e5986310-fb94-486d-94ef-a050c71892cc" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9780399592683" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="The Undocumented Amerins" tle="The Undocumented Amerins" src="" width="417" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Undocumented Amerins</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$23 at Barn & Noble for The Undocumented Amerins" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$23 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="4bd4d994-13e7-4d91-9bf1-f9d73565efc8" data-vars-ga-product-price="$23.50" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="e5986310-fb94-486d-94ef-a050c71892cc" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9780399592683" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$23 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Random Hoe Publishg Group</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="71" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This book isn’t marketed as queer, but s thor is queer and she brgs a queer ethos to this absolutely necsary read for every Amerin. Breakg away om the simplified, sanized, and ultimately damagg narrativ of brown immigrant life that plague most of the stori seen the mastream media and lerature, Villavicenc brgs te, plited, funny, irreverent, full human voic to the fore — cludg, thank goodns, her own. </p><hr data-no-id="72" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="73" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em>Sarah Neilson is a eelance wrer and book cric whose work appears </em>Seattle Tim<em>,</em> Washgton Post, Electric Lerature, LARB, LHub, BuzzFeed<em>, and </em>The Believer<em>, among other outlets. 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Here are 18 plac to start.</p></div><style data-emotn="css 1yvxpqj">{marg-bottom:0.625rem;paddg-right:0.3125rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;text-transform:upperse;} span{le-height:1.6;}</style><div class="css-1yvxpqj exadjwu7"><style data-emotn="css ku2dj9">{font-style:normal;paddg-right:0.3125rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;text-transform:upperse;}</style><addrs class="css-ku2dj9 ehvvd9m2"><style data-emotn="css 6ywij2">{paddg-right:0.3125rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;text-transform:upperse;}</style><span class="css-6ywij2 ehvvd9m1">By Sarah Neilson</span><style data-emotn="css w0ebia">{display:le-block;text-transform:upperse;marg-left:0.625rem;}</style><time class="css-w0ebia exadjwu6">Published: Jun 10, 2020</time></addrs></div></div></div></hear><style data-emotn="css k008qs">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;}</style><div class="css-k008qs ewisyje0"><style data-emotn="css 7ce51e">{marg-bottom:0.9375rem;posn:relative;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{max-width:lc(100vw - (1rem * 2));marg-left:1rem;marg-right:1rem;} .e152u5os0{width:100vw;marg-left:lc(-1 * 1rem);}}@media(m-width: 48rem) and (max-width: 61.25rem){{marg-left:to;marg-right:to;} .e152u5os0{width:100vw;marg-left:lc((100vw - (lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem) - 2 * 1rem)) / -2);}}@media(m-width: 61.25rem) and (max-width: 90rem){{max-width:lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem);marg-left:lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem) - 1rem - 20.625rem) / 2);paddg-left:1rem;paddg-right:1rem;} .e152u5os0{width:100vw;marg-left:lc(lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem) - 1rem - 20.625rem) / -2) - 1rem);}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{marg-left:lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem)) / 2);max-width:lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem);paddg-left:1rem;paddg-right:1rem;} .e152u5os0{width:100vw;marg-left:lc(lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 + 1rem)) / -2) - lc(2 * 1rem));}[data-has-sponsor] {marg-left:lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem)) / 4);marg-right:lc((100vw - lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem)) / 4);}}</style><div class="standard-ntaer ntent-ntaer article-ntaer css-7ce51e ewisyje3"><style data-emotn="css trzem2">{jtify-self:center;posn:relative;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg-left:-50vw;marg-right:-50vw;width:100vw;left:50%;right:50%;}}</style><div class="ntent-lead css-trzem2 ewisyje6"><style data-emotn="css sm2oir">{height:to;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg:to lc(50% - 50vw);}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg:to;}}</style><div class="ntent-lead-image css-sm2oir e5f9kgu2"><style data-emotn="css eag3eq">{posn:relative;height:to;}</style><div class="css-eag3eq e5f9kgu1"><style data-emotn="css 335qep">{posn:relative;width:100%;height:100%;object-f:ver;vertil-align:top;}</style><img fetchPrry="high" alt="18 sential lgbtq books to read for pri month" tle="18 Essential LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Pri Month" width="1000" height="1000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-335qep exi4f7p0" /></div><style data-emotn="css 285vyd">{le-height:1;}@media(max-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0;}}</style><figptn class="css-285vyd enfs9c50"><style data-emotn="css r1wujd">{paddg-right:0.3125rem;lor:#595959;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;text-transform:upperse;}</style><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Amber Hawks</span></figptn></div></div><style data-emotn="css woto36">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;posn:relative;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:3.5rem;paddg-right:3.5rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem) and (max-width: 61.25rem){{max-width:45.25rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;}}@media(m-width: 61.25rem){{paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem) and (max-width: 100rem){{paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;}} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;}{clear:both;ntent:" ";display:block;font-size:0.7rem;le-height:1.5rem;height:0rem;visibily:hidn;}</style><div class="article-body-ntent article-body standard-body-ntent css-woto36 ewisyje7"><style data-emotn="css aeyldl">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p data-no-id="0" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It is officially Pri month, a time to celebrate, reflect on, and ntue to fight for the rights and vibrancy of the LGBTQ+ muny. It is ccial to remember that liberatn of queer folks is the same as liberatn for black folks, for immigrants, for digeno people; is a fight agast opprsn and the rporate police state. Wh the ongog panmic addg a thick layer of extra pa on top of this stggle, Pri 2020 looks different om Pri of years past. </p><p data-no-id="1" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Queer people are nothg if not rilient and creative, and one way we both procs and ntribute to our own muni and society as a whole is through art. This Pri month, while you’re reflectg on what means to liberate all bodi om opprsn and fightg however you n, ’s a great time to read the lerature of both past and ntemporary LGBTQ+ voic — to learn om them, ternalize them, bate them, and e them to qutn the norms around you. </p><p data-no-id="2" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">There is a vast library of LGBTQ+ lerature. Here are 18 plac to start.</p><style data-emotn="css 18pb4rg">{borr:0;borr-bottom:th solid black;marg:1.875rem 0;clear:both;}</style><hr data-no-id="3" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><style data-emotn="css 1n96kgk">{font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;marg-bottom:0.625rem;marg-top:0.625rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.875rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:2.32435rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.25rem;le-height:1.1;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><h2 data-no-id="4" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Gnvanni's Room</em> by Jam Baldw </h2><style data-emotn="css 10i4pzn">{clear:none;marg-bottom:1.25rem;posn:relative;text-align:center;word-break:break-word;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{max-width:100%;}{max-width:100%;}{max-width:100%;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{text-align:left;borr:th solid #CDCDCD;paddg:0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem) and (max-width: 61.25rem){{clear:both;max-width:lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem);marg-left:to;marg-right:to;}{max-width:m(20.625rem, lc((100vw - (1rem * 3))/2));float:left;marg-left:0rem;marg-right:0rem;paddg-right:1rem;background:#ffffff;}{max-width:m(20.625rem, lc((100vw - (1rem * 3))/2));float:right;marg-right:0rem;marg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 61.25rem) and (max-width: 90rem){{marg-right:0rem;max-width:lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem);clear:both;}{max-width:20.625rem;float:left;clear:left;marg-right:0rem;paddg-right:1rem;background:#ffffff;}{max-width:20.625rem;float:right;clear:right;marg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{max-width:lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem);marg-left:to;marg-right:to;clear:both;}{float:left;clear:left;text-align:left;marg-bottom:1rem;width:20.625rem;marg-left:lc(-1 * (20.625rem + 1rem));marg-right:1rem;}{float:right;clear:right;marg-bottom:1rem;text-align:left;width:20.625rem;marg-left:1rem;marg-right:lc(-1 * (20.625rem + 1rem));}}</style><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="5" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><style data-emotn="css 17pp2fn">{posn:absolute;top:-1rem;}</style><div id="product-ad67464c-e2c1-4d21-b9fa-2ce5cb8ea40b" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><style data-emotn="css 60ezry">@media(m-width: 48rem){{display:grid;grid-template-lumns:40% 1;grid-template-areas:"product_media product_tails";}}</style><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><style data-emotn="css 1f1nsoy">{grid-area:product_hear;-webk-orr:0;-ms-flex-orr:0;orr:0;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{display:none;}}(){display:none;}@media(m-width: 48rem){(){display:ntents;}}</style><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><style data-emotn="css 7c0ern">{font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;marg:0rem;paddg-bottom:0.625rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg-top:0.625rem;marg-bottom:0.625rem;font-size:1.375rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg-top:0;marg-bottom:0;font-size:1.25rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:1.125rem;le-height:1.1;}}</style><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Gvanni's Room</h2></div><style data-emotn="css 1jyqnnr">{grid-area:product_media;marg-bottom:0rem;}@media(m-width: 64rem){{-webk-orr:1;-ms-flex-orr:1;orr:1;}} a{marg-top:0rem;}</style><style data-emotn="css 1gqytoh">{grid-area:product_media;marg-bottom:0rem;}@media(m-width: 64rem){{-webk-orr:1;-ms-flex-orr:1;orr:1;}} a{marg-top:0rem;}</style><style data-emotn="css 15xslai">{grid-area:product_media;marg-bottom:0rem;}@media(m-width: 64rem){{-webk-orr:1;-ms-flex-orr:1;orr:1;}} a{marg-top:0rem;}</style><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$12 at Barn & Noble for Gvanni's Room" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$12 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" 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1pc0key">{width:100%;display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;posn:relative;height:to;}</style><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Gvanni's Room" tle="Gvanni's Room" src="" width="403" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><style data-emotn="css j8dpzi">{marg-top:0.9375rem;-webk-orr:3;-ms-flex-orr:3;orr:3;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg-left:0.625rem;marg-right:0.625rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{marg-left:0rem;marg-right:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg-top:0rem;paddg-left:0.9375rem;}}</style><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Gvanni's Room</h2></div><style data-emotn="css 12bdcfv">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;marg-bottom:0.625rem;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{-webk-align-ems:flex-start;-webk-box-align:flex-start;-ms-flex-align:flex-start;align-ems:flex-start;}}</style><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><style data-emotn="css 1ajoyz5">{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;display:le-block;marg-top:0.625rem;marg-bottom:0.625rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;text-transform:upperse;width:to;paddg:0.6rem 0.7rem;background-lor:#B20B16;lor:#ffffff;font-size:0.875rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;font-weight:bold;marg:0rem;}{outle-lor:body-cta-btn-lk-foc;}{background-lor:#000000;lor:#fff;}</style><style data-emotn="css woa7ea">{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;display:le-block;marg-top:0.625rem;marg-bottom:0.625rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;text-transform:upperse;width:to;paddg:0.6rem 0.7rem;background-lor:#B20B16;lor:#ffffff;font-size:0.875rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;font-weight:bold;marg:0rem;-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;display:le-block;marg-top:0.625rem;marg-bottom:0.625rem;font-fay:GTWalsheim,Helveti,sans-serif;text-transform:upperse;width:to;paddg:0.6rem 0.7rem;background-lor:#B20B16;lor:#ffffff;font-size:0.875rem;le-height:1;letter-spacg:0.05em;font-weight:bold;marg:0rem;}{outle-lor:body-cta-btn-lk-foc;}{background-lor:#000000;lor:#fff;}{outle-lor:body-cta-btn-lk-foc;}{background-lor:#000000;lor:#fff;}</style><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$12 at Barn & Noble for Gvanni's Room" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$12 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="ad67464c-e2c1-4d21-b9fa-2ce5cb8ea40b" data-vars-ga-product-price="$12.49" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="f91ce984-0ba9-4e73-aee7-ee58e8a953c9" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1102811420" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$12 at Barn & Noble</a></div><style data-emotn="css 1am3yn9">{paddg-left:0rem;le-height:1;}</style><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Knopf</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="6" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Really, the entire Baldw non should be required readg, but this slim novel is one of his most explicly queer works. Followg an Amerin man Paris and his affair wh an Italian bartenr, <em>Gvanni’s Room</em> is ft s exploratn of masculy, class, inty, and even social isolatn (how prcient). It’s a lightng-fast mt-read that also shows Baldw’s unrelentg skill wh language.</p><p data-no-id="7" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="8" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>This Bridge Called My Back: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color </em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="9" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-7892b1b9-4d51-4427-a425-b36d7d681058" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$35 at Barn & Noble for This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$35 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Cherríe Moraga" data-vars-ga-product-id="7892b1b9-4d51-4427-a425-b36d7d681058" data-vars-ga-product-price="$34.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="577e6501-b19b-409f-ad17-6784c073e6a0" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Cherríe Moraga" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Polics & Social Scienc" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9781438454382" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color" tle="This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color" src="" width="417" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$35 at Barn & Noble for This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edn: Wrgs by Radil Women of Color" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$35 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Cherríe Moraga" data-vars-ga-product-id="7892b1b9-4d51-4427-a425-b36d7d681058" data-vars-ga-product-price="$34.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="577e6501-b19b-409f-ad17-6784c073e6a0" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Cherríe Moraga" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Polics & Social Scienc" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9781438454382" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$35 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: State Universy of New York Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="10" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This semal work of tersectnaly is creded wh startg third wave femism. Its impact is vast, om activism to amia, and s ntributors clu dozens of wrers and artists whose work -centers whens and heteronormativy. This is an sential startg pot for anyone who is terted tersectnal liberatn. It’s also jt a rivetg read.</p><p data-no-id="11" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="12" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>The Color Purple</em> by Alice Walker</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="13" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-e202f47f-52b0-43f7-91e3-e50c7b0be553" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Color Purple</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$11 at Barn & Noble for The Color Purple" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$11 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-id="e202f47f-52b0-43f7-91e3-e50c7b0be553" data-vars-ga-product-price="$10.93" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="7d2b5944-f552-49c7-b89a-258d9ed22a50" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Classics" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1100608832_Paperback" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="The Color Purple" tle="The Color Purple" src="" width="393" height="600" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Color Purple</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$11 at Barn & Noble for The Color Purple" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$11 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-id="e202f47f-52b0-43f7-91e3-e50c7b0be553" data-vars-ga-product-price="$10.93" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="7d2b5944-f552-49c7-b89a-258d9ed22a50" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Classics" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1100608832_Paperback" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$11 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Harvt Books</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="14" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">No surprise here — as Walker’s arguably most famo book, <em>The Color Purple</em> tak place the Amerin South the 1930s and centers Celie, a poor, black, queer girl who falls love wh another woman, a sger named Shug. This is far om the only plot pot, as the book follows Celie through several years, and explor her close relatnship wh her sister, misogynistic and racist abe, and g to her own power and personhood. It’s one of the bt books ever wrten, and Celie’s voice is one you won’t soon fet. </p><p data-no-id="15" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="16" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Zami </em>by Audre Lor<em></em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="17" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-8464892a-62-4eab-9254-c3c8cb938d8b" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$15 at Barn & Noble for Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$15 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="8464892a-62-4eab-9254-c3c8cb938d8b" data-vars-ga-product-price="$14.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="5904abd9-7ccd-4a7a-aad5-6f7a9e530769" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1123868187" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography" tle="Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography" src="" width="374" height="600" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$15 at Barn & Noble for Zami: A New Spellg of My Name: A Bmythography" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$15 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="8464892a-62-4eab-9254-c3c8cb938d8b" data-vars-ga-product-price="$14.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="5904abd9-7ccd-4a7a-aad5-6f7a9e530769" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1123868187" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$15 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Potter</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="18" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">While Lor’s entire non is worth readg, <em>Zami</em> is probably one of her queert. Lor’s wrg is the epome of “queer” as a verb — she challeng, dismantl, and rebuilds narrativ of margalized liv on every page. This book is also full of joy and humor, meaty examatns of genr and leage, and is also very sexy. </p><p data-no-id="19" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="20" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Not Vanishg</em> by Chrystos</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="21" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-30cfcd7a-3c94-4fe0-9dcf-1fd35d380149" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10"> Not Vanishg</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$64 at Amazon for Not Vanishg" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","is_active":te,"metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","is_active":te,"bs_un_id":"ad046b46-538b-42cb-aa54-c3d158875ed6","tails":"","metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241365+00:00","last_updated_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241381+00:00"}}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$64 at Amazon" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand=" " data-vars-ga-product-id="30cfcd7a-3c94-4fe0-9dcf-1fd35d380149" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="3fe4d52c-20f7-41b2-a573-35d498d55166" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Brand: Pr Gang Pub" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Genre Fictn" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="0889740151" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Not Vanishg" tle="Not Vanishg" src="" width="320" height="475" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10"> Not Vanishg</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$64 at Amazon for Not Vanishg" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","is_active":te,"metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","is_active":te,"bs_un_id":"ad046b46-538b-42cb-aa54-c3d158875ed6","tails":"","metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241365+00:00","last_updated_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241381+00:00"}}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$64 at Amazon" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-brand=" " data-vars-ga-product-id="30cfcd7a-3c94-4fe0-9dcf-1fd35d380149" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="3fe4d52c-20f7-41b2-a573-35d498d55166" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Brand: Pr Gang Pub" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Genre Fictn" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="0889740151" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$64 at Amazon</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Prs Gang Pub</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="22" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Chrystos is a prolific poet, a lbian two-spir Menomee wrer and activist whose work holds a ccial place the LGBTQ+ lerary non. <em>Not Vanishg</em> is their first llectn. The poems pulse wh life and love. 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As an anthology, the poems are vast their style and spe, but every last one is worth readg; this book is a perfect addn to any queer bookshelf. </p><p data-no-id="51" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="52" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak</em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="53" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-b213484d-889e-453a-b734-406aedc3a57e" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$17 at Barn & Noble for She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$17 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="b213484d-889e-453a-b734-406aedc3a57e" data-vars-ga-product-price="$16.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="1aba18a3-4cbc-4a43-a61c-0eea5819a4a3" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1127930194" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak" tle="She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak" src="" width="393" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$17 at Barn & Noble for She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$17 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="b213484d-889e-453a-b734-406aedc3a57e" data-vars-ga-product-price="$16.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="1aba18a3-4cbc-4a43-a61c-0eea5819a4a3" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1127930194" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$17 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Cassava Republic Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="54" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Another anthology, this one brgs together 25 ntributors to wre about habg queer inty Nigeria, specifilly as non-men. The voic tell of excement and joy, of fear and vlence, of nfn and rilience. There are so few readily available Nigerian narrativ of queerns; this book brgs some to light.<br /></p><h2 data-no-id="55" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care<a href=" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory data-vars-ga-product-brand data-href=" data-vars-ga-product-price="$18.95" data-vars-ga-product-id="c44350dd-6a03-47ff-bfe9-4348b0b065a2" data-vars-ga-media-role="4" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-id data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="SHOP NOW" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" aria-label="SHOP NOW for The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" data-affiliate="te" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" class="body-lk css-5z6rvi et3p2gv0"></a></em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="56" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-c44350dd-6a03-47ff-bfe9-4348b0b065a2" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$19 at Barn & Noble for The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$19 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="c44350dd-6a03-47ff-bfe9-4348b0b065a2" data-vars-ga-product-price="$18.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a60cf1e2-c77c-46c3-a5d7-34428b3f97" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9781551526584" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" tle="The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" src="" width="419" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$19 at Barn & Noble for The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voic on Health and Health Care" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$19 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="c44350dd-6a03-47ff-bfe9-4348b0b065a2" data-vars-ga-product-price="$18.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a60cf1e2-c77c-46c3-a5d7-34428b3f97" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9781551526584" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$19 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Arsenal Pulp Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="57" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This anthology, which clus such well-known voic as Vivek Shraya and Amber Dawn addn to many others, is both a chronicle and a reimagatn of what te health re n look like for queer and trans people. It clus perspectiv om provirs, patients, activists, and lears, and is a great startg pot for thkg about the polics and possibili around health re for all bodi. </p><p data-no-id="58" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="59" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments</em> by Saidiya Hartman</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="60" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-00ab32f3-aad0-4c22-b14d-50594787be59" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$16 at Barn & Noble for Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$16 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="00ab32f3-aad0-4c22-b14d-50594787be59" data-vars-ga-product-price="$15.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a9c2783f-1030-432e-993a-3be41304cb" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1128958903" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils" tle="Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils" src="" width="419" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$16 at Barn & Noble for Wayward Liv, Betiful Experiments: Intimate Histori of Rto Black Girls, Troublome Women, and Queer Radils" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$16 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="00ab32f3-aad0-4c22-b14d-50594787be59" data-vars-ga-product-price="$15.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="a9c2783f-1030-432e-993a-3be41304cb" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1128958903" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$16 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: W.W. Norton</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="61" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">A te feat of archival terpretatn and meangful storytellg, this narrative nonfictn book tak as s startg pot the gaps rerd history and brgs to life the story of the historilly erased — the timate black liv that flourished on their own terms even unr unrelentg racism, patriarchy, and whe supremacy. Centered Philalphia and New York, Hartman explor the ways which young black people, mostly women and trans people, ma their own l around relatnships and valu. This is a book about valy every sense of the word. </p><p data-no-id="62" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="63" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Crossfire: A Lany for Survivor</em> by Staceyann Ch</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="64" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-9c042cd5-e5ff-415d-ab45-296e2d11bf1d" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Crossfire: A Lany for Survival</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$20 at Barn & Noble for Crossfire: A Lany for Survival" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$20 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="9c042cd5-e5ff-415d-ab45-296e2d11bf1d" data-vars-ga-product-price="$19.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="4e4a7e-717a-421c-bf75-acc8c45b59cc" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1131948371" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Crossfire: A Lany for Survival" tle="Crossfire: A Lany for Survival" src="" width="424" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Crossfire: A Lany for Survival</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$20 at Barn & Noble for Crossfire: A Lany for Survival" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$20 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="9c042cd5-e5ff-415d-ab45-296e2d11bf1d" data-vars-ga-product-price="$19.95" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="4e4a7e-717a-421c-bf75-acc8c45b59cc" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1131948371" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$20 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Haymarket Books</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="65" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Even though <em>Crossfire</em> is her first llectn to appear prt, Staceyann Ch has been a fixture the poetry world for s. This book llects poems om across her reer, chroniclg the growth and change of both the poet and world around her. From them of abandonment and motherhood to queer love and inty, Ch’s poems have a totally unique and radil energy, makg her work extremely excg to both read and watch (look her up on YouTube).<br /></p><h2 data-no-id="66" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty</em></h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="67" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-0a2cfadc-f0c9-4488-acd3-c85688785676" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$22 at Barn & Noble for Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$22 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="0a2cfadc-f0c9-4488-acd3-c85688785676" data-vars-ga-product-price="$22.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="15c43292-6892-42ed-9048-628bb7e46418" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1129812516" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty" tle="Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty" src="" width="419" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$22 at Barn & Noble for Nonbary: Memoirs of Genr and Inty" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$22 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="0a2cfadc-f0c9-4488-acd3-c85688785676" data-vars-ga-product-price="$22.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="15c43292-6892-42ed-9048-628bb7e46418" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1129812516" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$22 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Columbia Universy Prs</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="68" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This anthology of first-person narrativ approach genr as a multi-dimensnal space, a place and a feelg of possibily rather than nstrat. The voic here reject rigidy and embrace the fe meangs of not jt genr, but personhood and humany.</p><h2 data-no-id="69" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>The Undocumented Amerins</em> by Karla Cornejo Villavicenc</h2><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" data-no-id="70" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-10i4pzn etrqhn80"><div id="product-4bd4d994-13e7-4d91-9bf1-f9d73565efc8" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-60ezry eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Undocumented Amerins</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$23 at Barn & Noble for The Undocumented Amerins" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$23 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-role data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="4bd4d994-13e7-4d91-9bf1-f9d73565efc8" data-vars-ga-product-price="$23.50" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="e5986310-fb94-486d-94ef-a050c71892cc" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9780399592683" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-15xslai e1c1bym14"><div class="css-zjhp4x e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="The Undocumented Amerins" tle="The Undocumented Amerins" src="" width="417" height="630" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-j8dpzi eyaokey1"><div class="css-1f1nsoy eyaokey2"><h2 class="css-7c0ern e8seki10">The Undocumented Amerins</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-12bdcfv e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$23 at Barn & Noble for The Undocumented Amerins" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$23 at Barn & Noble" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sgle Product Embed" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="4bd4d994-13e7-4d91-9bf1-f9d73565efc8" data-vars-ga-product-price="$23.50" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="e5986310-fb94-486d-94ef-a050c71892cc" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="9780399592683" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-woa7ea e1c1bym14">$23 at Barn & Noble</a></div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-r1wujd e6iqd2">Cred: Random Hoe Publishg Group</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="71" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">This book isn’t marketed as queer, but s thor is queer and she brgs a queer ethos to this absolutely necsary read for every Amerin. Breakg away om the simplified, sanized, and ultimately damagg narrativ of brown immigrant life that plague most of the stori seen the mastream media and lerature, Villavicenc brgs te, plited, funny, irreverent, full human voic to the fore — cludg, thank goodns, her own. </p><hr data-no-id="72" class="css-18pb4rg et3p2gv0" /><p data-no-id="73" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><em>Sarah Neilson is a eelance wrer and book cric whose work appears </em>Seattle Tim<em>,</em> Washgton Post, Electric Lerature, LARB, LHub, BuzzFeed<em>, and </em>The Believer<em>, among other outlets. 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