Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.’s poetry collection is a celebration of the awkwardness of growing up queer and poor. These autobiographical, narrative poems focus on Carver’s coming-of-age in rural Kentucky. They track his religious... Read More

A heartfelt memoir that also serves to document LGBTQ+ marriage in the US, Rob Kirby’s "Marry Me a Little" combines the personal and the political into a single, affecting graphic novel. Kirby’s story centers on October 3, 2013, the... Read More

"My Life in Colors" is an exuberant LGBTQ+ memoir that celebrates embracing one’s individuality. Mental health professional Roberto Jimenez’s memoir "My Life in Colors" covers his challenges with coming out, but it also finds joy in... Read More

Memorable and fluid, professor Francesca T. Royster’s memoir "Choosing Family" blends her family’s history with her story of adopting an infant girl, juxtaposing personal life with political life and allowing each to illuminate the... Read More

A gay couple deals with distance and temptation in Floor de Goede’s graphic memoir "Dancing on the Volcano". Flo and Bas have been together for three years, but Flo is visiting the Aeolian Islands and will be apart from Bas for ten... Read More

Funny and LGBTQ+ affirming, "Darts and Flowers" is a story about teenagers who are desperate to be loved, validated, and part of a community. In Dean Backus’s queer, comedic romantic novel "Darts and Flowers", friends reunite, and... Read More

Coming-of-age and coming out collide in Felice Cohen’s poignant memoir "Half In". When Cohen was a twenty-three-year-old recent college graduate, she faced her future with uncertainty. She hoped to become a full-time professional... Read More

"Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood" traces the growing promise of New York’s LGBTQ+ community. Organized into a three-act structure, the book moves from John D’Emilio’s boyhood to his Jesuit education, his experiences of change,... Read More