Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore
A queer retelling of The Great Gatsby? By THEE Anna-Marie McLemore? Sign me right up! I’ll admit the last time I read the source material I was in high school, and aside from a few...
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I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
In I’m Glad My Mom Died, McCurdy describes the impact her mother had on her life and career. As a child and later as an adult, even after her mother’s death, McCurdy has had to...
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The Fishermen and the Dragon by Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Fishermen and the Dragon dives into the racist, polluted history of Texas’s Gulf Coast. The book primarily deals with the relationship between Vietnamese refugees and racist white shrimpers/Klan members in the gulf, but it...
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Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Calling for a Blanket Dance follows the timeline of Ever Geimausaddle’s life, told in vignettes from the perspectives of his family members. It’s a story about identity, families, and community, and how Ever grows into...
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Foster by Claire Keegan
Foster is a novella about a child’s summer spent with distant relatives. The child, one of her parents’ many children living in poverty, is enamored by the comfortable life the Kinsellas lead – and the...
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Harry Sylvester Bird by Chinelo Okparanta
Harry Sylvester Bird is a satire about a young white man who thinks he is transracial (Black). He finds his parents’ overt racism to be embarrassing, and when he leaves them for college and starts...
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The Various Stages of a Garden Well-Kept by Robert R. Davis
The Various Stages of a Garden Well-Kept is a family saga that spans nearly 100 years, from a grandmother’s life in Greece to her grandchildrens’ escapades in Akron, Ohio. Playing with form throughout, it’s apparently...
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Her Country by Marissa R. Moss
Her Country tackles the unspoken, backward rules of the country music industry with regard to female artists, and does so by tracking the careers of Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, and Mickey Guyton. I’m from the...
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Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
At first glance, Home Field Advantage is the age-old love story of a high school cheerleader and the football quarterback…except it’s sapphic! Jack, the football team’s new quarterback, has just moved to town to replace...
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The Catch by Alison Fairbrother
The Catch follows Ellie Adler through her journey of grief after the loss of her father. In search of answers as a result of his death, Ellie learns more about not just her father and...
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