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I feel like public libraries don’t get enough hype. Like, you’re telling me all I have to do is give you my name and address and promise to bring the books back and I’m allowed to take as many as i want??? And I can check them out over and over again if I need to??? And I only pay if I damage or lose the book???? If this is where my tax money is going then please keep on taxing.

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QPoC YA Books in 2022 (so far) 🌈

This year has wreaked havoc on my to-read pile. It’s a good problem to have – there are just so many exciting YA books by BIPOC authors coming out in 2022. In particular, I’m really happy about all the YA centering LGBTQ characters of color. It’s an embarassment of riches! So here’s what’s been on my to-read list… a (non-comprehensive!) list of YA books starring QPoC characters, in no particular order:

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book rec list in honor of the start of pride month 🏳️‍🌈

some of my favorite lgbt+ novels!!

  • the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon (high fantasy, lesbian mc, bisexual mc, gay mc, asexual mc, f/f)
  • the locked tomb trilogy by tamsyn muir (horror sci-fi space opera, literally so many lesbian main characters)
  • giovanni’s room by james baldwin (literary fiction, gay mc, m/m)
  • the last true poets of the sea by julia drake (young adult fiction, bisexual main character, f/f)
  • music from another world by robin talley (historical fiction, epistolary, bisexual mc, lesbian mc, f/f)
  • tell it to the bees by fiona shaw (historical fiction, wlw main characters, f/f)
  • aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin ailre sáenz (young adult fiction, gay main characters, m/m)
  • this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone (sci-fi time travel novella, epistolary, wlw main characters, f/f)
  • on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong (literary fiction/autofiction, epistolary, gay main character)

plus two im currently reading: 

  • one last stop by casey mcquiston (contemporary romance novel, new adult, bisexual mc, lesbian mc, trans supporting character, gay supporting character, f/f)
  • left hand of darkness by ursula k. le guin (science fiction, trans/gnc characters)

plus two im hoping to read this month:

  • confessions of the fox by jordy rosenberg (historical fiction, trans mc)
  • last night at the telegraph club by malinda lo (historical fiction, young adult, wlw main characters)
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longreads: “‘We Are Everywhere’: A Reading List for the Queer SouthJune first marks the beginning of Pride Month! To celebrate, Spencer George curates a list of seven pieces that range from a celebration of the work of gay photographer Jack Robinson...
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‘We Are Everywhere’: A Reading List for the Queer South

June first marks the beginning of Pride Month! To celebrate, Spencer George curates a list of seven pieces that range from a celebration of the work of gay photographer Jack Robinson to deeply personal essays about lived experiences in the Southern United States.

In popular culture, the stories I saw of Southern queerness often involved leaving. Queerness in these narratives was a secret shame, one that, if revealed, led to loss and disappointment. If there were happy endings to these stories, it was only because the characters left everything behind, escaping to distant metropolises where they could begin anew. There seemed to be no bridge between lives once lived and futures where the possibility of joy existed. Most of all, there seemed to be no way to have that joy without removing oneself from home entirely.

I often think that I would have come out years earlier if I had been able to see myself represented in different ways. If I had witnessed queer characters fall in love and thrive and build lives — joyous, wonderful, full lives — in the places they are from.

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