“It’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Before Billy…
“Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced in her grandmother’s tight South Philly kitchen, ‘…
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“From the director of fashion and culture at Refinery29 comes a provocative and intimate collection of personal and cultural essays…
“Lee Mandelo’s debut Summer Sons is a sweltering, queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all…
“On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions…
“As his parents struggle to put food on the table, Azaro, a little boy living in the ghetto of an African city during British colonial rule…
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“Rumours of Spring is the unforgettable account of Farah Bashir’s adolescence spent in Srinagar in the 1990s. As Indian troops and…
“Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men…
“In a memoir spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, Genesis P-Orridge, the inventor of ‘industrial music,’ founder of Throbbing Gristle…
“Punch Me Up to the Gods introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing up in Ohio as a dark-skinned Black boy…