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2022 GOLD Winner for Women's Studies
2022 HONORABLE Mention for LGBTQ+
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The Moonstone Girls
Book Review
Robin and Her Misfits
Kelly Ann Jacobson’s novel "Robin and Her Misfits" is a fresh take on Robin Hood, trading medieval outlaws for a band of queer women who pull off heists and seek safety and home with one another. Teenage Robin and Little John are best...
Book Review
Marlo
In Jay Carmichael’s novel "Marlo", two gay men navigate their relationship in Melbourne, Australia, in the conservative 1950s. Christopher has just moved to the big city, seeking a fresh start and reprieve from his small homophobic...
Book Review
The Sea in You
A teenage girl and a sea creature find love in "The Sea in You", an inspired, modern LGBTQ+ twist on The Little Mermaid. In Ocean City, Maryland, Corinth encounters a creature that resembles a mermaid, except with fangs and bad...
Book Review
Marry Me a Little
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...
Book Review
My Life in Colors
"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...
Book Review
Wild with All Regrets
As much a tragic romance as it is a war drama, the historical novel "Wild with All Regrets" delves into sensitive topics with grace and tact. In E. L. Deards’s historical novel "Wild with All Regrets", an Irish World War I veteran is...