The essays of Raquel Gutiérrez’s "Brown Neon" mix personal writing with cultural history and criticism to explore race, gender, migration, and art in the southwestern US during the 45th presidency. “On Making Butch Family: An... Read More

In her lyrical memoir, L. M. Browning “shatters the window of the white picket dream,” making her way West to reclaim herself. Moody black-and-white photographs accompany the book’s poems, adding resonance to claims of freedom or... Read More

Wendy L. Rouse’s historical survey "Public Faces, Secret Lives" reveals the LGBTQ+ side of the fight for women’s suffrage. Many suffragists, Rouse says, were “very queer”—a term that, in the book, extends to suffragists who... Read More

From Your Hostess at the T&A Museum is an insightful poetry collection that is as funny as it is sharp. Kathleen Balma uses wit and wordplay to dramatic effect in her poetry collection From Your Hostess at the T&A Museum. The... Read More

Centered in LGBTQ+ communities during the 1980s and 1990s, "Unmasking of Our Interiors" is an insightful, funny memoir about a lifetime of activism. Professor and activist Michael Plasse-Taylor’s LGBTQ+ memoir "Unmasking of Our... Read More

In "Dear Queer Self", Jonathan Alexander zeroes in on the turbulent years of his early adulthood, during which he came to terms with his sexuality, recreating them with the help of hindsight. Adapting a creative approach and... Read More

Historian of Native America Gregory D. Smithers’s "Reclaiming Two-Spirits" tackles the colonization of sexuality and gender in Indigenous American communities. “‘Two-Spirit,’” Smithers explains, “is derived from the Northern... Read More

"Mending My Mind" is a powerful memoir about childhood trauma, life-changing experiences in therapy, and becoming a purposeful mother. Sara Church’s memoir "Mending My Mind" is about recovering from childhood trauma while navigating... Read More