Literary Collections - LGBTQ+

A memoir of leaving the evangelical church and the search for radical new ways to build community. Jeanna Kadlec knew what it meant to be faithful--in her marriage to a pastor's son, in the comfortable life ahead of her, in her God--but there was...

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this "raw and relatable memoir that challenges societal norms and expectations" (Linah Mohammad, NPR). "A masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on power, justice, healing, and...

A groundbreaking anthology amplifying queer Palestinian voices through art and storytelling that reclaim identity, resist erasure, and challenge stereotypes. Homosexual Intifada is a powerful and groundbreaking anthology spotlighting the voices of queer Palestinian writers from both the diaspora and homeland. This first-of-its-kind collection features...

A cheeky how-to guide, as raunchy as it is heartfelt, from a bright new literary voice. A bold and vulnerable collection from a new, young voice, How to Fuck Like a Girl is a daring mash-up of pillow book, grimoire, and manifesto by writer...

Named a Best Book of 2018 by New York Magazine, the Washington Post, Publisher's Weekly, NPR, and Time, among many others, this essay collection from the author of The Queen of the Night explores how we form identities in life and in art. As...

WARNING: Those who don't remember my past are doomed to repeat it. I'm Prancing As Fast As I Can is a coming of Gay story that takes us from a scared, self-hating kid who spends most of his time under his desk staring at...

The trailblazing book that influenced a generation of writers, and proves that mature reflection needn't be lacking in attitude. In the beginning when everything was very sexual we talked about our fantasies. She thought about having a guy for some of it. She thought...

Through the lens of horror-from Halloween to Hereditary--queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has...

JOTA: A Queer Latina y Latinx Anthology is a landmark collection of over 70 queer writers and artists. Building on the foundation of Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About (1991) and Compañeras (1987), JOTA shares a new addition to the queer...

"This collection, the first of its kind, gathers fiction and poetry from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer authors from Appalachia. Like much Appalachian literature, these works are pervaded with an attachment to family and the mountain landscape, yet balancing queer and Appalachian identities...

A novel of lesbian identity and motherhood, and the societal pressures that place them in opposition. The daughter of an illustrious French family whose members include a former Prime Minister, a model, and a journalist, Constance Debré abandoned her marriage and legal career in...

A rare spouse's perspective on a partner's transition that asks what happens to us when the people we are closest to change. Can a lesbian who loves a trans man still call herself a lesbian? Against the backdrop of a traditional Sicilian American upbringing,...

"No Tea, No Shade is an essential read for anyone who has searched for a way to feel like themselves." -- BooklistIntimate, hilarious, and inspiring essays by celebrated drag queens Kennedy Ann Scott, Lagoona Bloo, Alexis Michelle, Olivia Lux, Julie J., and Nina West.No...

An atmospheric rumination on gendered violence, cosmic collapse, and colonialism. From deep inside a black hole, comes Nothing at All--the space where everything collapses: form, genre, gender, and being. Olivia Tapiero's poetic and essayistic fragments overflow with lyric beauty as they explore how colonialism,...

Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction - Shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction - Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature - One of CBC Books' Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the...

In this collection, twenty-four LGBTQIA+ writers from South Asia and beyond, conjure worlds where the borders between myth and memory, flesh and spirit, fact and belief dissolve. Djinns linger in homes, an Assamese grandmother says. Peculiar cousins haunt Kashmiri family trees. Redemption for Shaitan...

A nostalgic and poignant coming-of-agestory told through one young woman's relationships with the mother figures inher life Relationshipsbetween mothers and daughters can often be complicated and fraught. Even in thebest of circumstances, many of us may have grown up curious about the mothersof our...

Pájaros, lesbianas y queers... a volar! An LGBTQ+ Anthology of Dominican Transnational Writers, is a bilingual compilation of poetry, essays, short stories, short plays and memoirs by out Dominican writers on the island and the diaspora. It is a powerful representation of some of...

Follow the friendship and romance of storied artists Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, from the US to Italy and back again, through previously unpublished letters, postcards, candid portraits and contact sheetsThis volume shines a spotlight on the deep relationship between Paul Thek (1933-88) and...

"This slim volume is Peter's sexiest self-portrait. Read it and weep if you didn't know him. Or read it and weep if you did that we lost him." -Nan GoldinOn December 18, 1974, the author Linda Rosenkrantz asked her friend Peter Hujar to write...