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A BODY, UNDONE by Christina Crosby

September 9, 2016

AN UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST MEMOIR of life with quadriplegia combines raw personal experience, cultural theory. A MINUS

A BODY, UNDONE : LIVING ON AFTER GREAT PAIN
New York University Press
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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BOY ERASED by Garrard Conley

August 12, 2016

A STINT IN “EX-GAY” THERAPY, described with wrenching honesty and a wealth of compassion. B PLUS

BOY ERASED
Penguin Publishing Group
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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BLACK DEUTSCHLAND by Darryl Pinckney

July 14, 2016

INCISIVE YET LYRICAL novel captures Berlin and Chicago in the 1980s through the eyes of a gay Black writer. B PLUS

BLACK DEUTSCHLAND
Farrar
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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LONELY CITY: ADVENTURES IN THE ART OF BEING ALONE by Olivia Laing

May 25, 2016

THE POWER OF URBAN SOLITUDE: a writer weaves her memories together with iconic artworks on city loneliness. A MINUS

LONELY CITY: ADVENTURES IN THE ART OF BEING ALONE
Picador USA
2016

Grade: A MINUS

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HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL by Carrie Brownstein

March 30, 2016

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN’S MEMOIR shines when portraying the odd camaraderie of life on the indie-rock road. SOLID B

HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL: A MEMOIR
Riverhead Books
2015

Grade: SOLID B

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THE XY CONSPIRACY by Lori Selke

June 29, 2014

WITTY, THOUGHT-PROVOKING science fiction! A UFO researcher/stripper on the run from Men In Black; smart fun. B PLUS

Grade: B PLUS

THE XY CONSPIRACY (CONVERSATION PIECES)
Aqueduct Press
2013

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FOR TODAY I AM A BOY by Kim Fu

May 23, 2014

A CHINESE-CANADIAN FAMILY, RIVEN by a father’s desire for control and his children’s search for identity. B PLUS

Grade: B PLUS

FOR TODAY I AM A BOY
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2014

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SPENT by Antonia Crane

May 18, 2014

THOUGHTFUL, ELOQUENT MEMOIR of a writer’s day jobs in sex work and in human services work. Stunning, raw! B PLUS

Grade: B PLUS

SPENT: A MEMOIR
Rare Bird Books
2014

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THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL, by Carlos Rojas (translated by Edith Grossman)

May 16, 2013

GLORIOUS, DREAMLIKE SPANISH novel riffs on the life and death of poet García Lorca.  Luminous new translation!

Grade: B PLUS

THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL
Yale University Press
2013

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THE CHILD’S CHILD, by Barbara Vine

March 21, 2013

NESTED TALES OF gay men and single mothers, complex characterizations, rich historical context…good stuff.

Grade: B PLUS

THE CHILD'S CHILD
Scribner
2012

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