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LGBTQIA+ @ DML September 2025 |
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Ode to my first car
by Robin Gow
After totaling her beloved car, closeted bisexual Claire works at a nursing home where she meets Lena, an 88-year-old lesbian woman who, through her stories, helps Claire grow more confident in her identity as she falls in and out of love.
Please see here for more information about the September 8th discussion.
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Dogs : a novel
by C. Mallon
Cruising Carbon's lonely backroads one night, the quiet Hal witnesses both beauty and horror in his troubled hometown, where a catastrophic chain of events threatens his fragile bond with his compassionate friend Cody John and shatters their world.
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The Secret Crush Book Club
by Karmen Lee
Busy single mom Dani finds unexpected companionship in Peach Blossom's new librarian, Zoey, and as book club meetings spark real-life romance, they must decide whether to rewrite their futures together or return to the familiar chapters they've always known.
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Both/and : essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color
by Denne Michele Norris
This powerful anthology of essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color offers honest, beautifully crafted reflections on identity, community and lived experience, originally developed through an inclusive, pitch-based editorial process to foster creative growth.
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Constantine Cavafy : a new biography
by Gregory Jusdanis
In 1933, on his seventieth birthday, the poet Constantine Cavafy died in an Alexandrian hospital, surrounded by friends. He left behind a small, curated oeuvre of 154 poems, along with fragments and drafts of incomplete works. Throughout his life, Constantine had kept a tight grip on the distribution of his poetry, but after his death his reputation grew and Constantine became the august C. P. Cavafy, a writer known not only as a great composer of Hellenic verse―the man whose poems reshaped the Greek language―but also as a global poet whose writing transcends its geographic origins and is to this day widely loved and translated. This long-awaited study captures the complexities of Constantine Cavafy’s life and work, showing him to have been a troubled, brilliant poet who sacrificed love for his art
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Baldwin : a love story
by Nicholas Boggs
Drawing on new archival material, original research and interviews, a new biography reveals how profoundly James Baldwin's personal relationships shaped his life and work.
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Trying : a memoir
by Chloe Caldwell
Traces one woman's journey through infertility, marital betrayal, and queer self-discovery, using candid writing to navigate uncertainty, confront loss, and explore identity beyond conventional narratives of motherhood and domestic life.
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Donut summer
by Anita Kelly
"Relaxing" and "getting a tan" may be on most teens' summer to-do lists, but for chronically freckled and deeply anxious Penny Dexter? Not a chance. Socking money away for college? Of course. Babysitting her siblings? Sure. Becoming a climate scientist and saving the world? She wishes. At least she can tackle the tuition money with the seasonal gig she landed at Delicious Donuts. But when she finds out that her genderqueer nemesis, Mateo della Penna, will also be working behind the counter, Penny's summer of mindless labor instantly vanishes before her eyes. Mateo is ridiculous and artsy, and their favorite kind of donut is Boston Cráeme (gross!). But the duo's two-and-a-half-year feud will have to take a backseat when the donut shop is threatened by a corporate takeover. As their small town faces big pressure, and anxiety threatens everything Penny's worked for, there's still one person who remains by her side. And though their taste in donuts is questionable, Mateo's presence manages to keep Penny calm and focused. Could it be that Penny's found the perfect, most infuriating person to change the world with?
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Empty heaven
by Freddie Kèolsch
After a scarecrow deity inhabits their friend, a group of teens must outmaneuver townspeople under the thrall of ancient magic as they try to reverse the possession.
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Leaving the station
by Jake Maia Arlow
Zoe takes a cross-country train over the fall break to sort out their falling out with friends, come to terms with their gender identity, and more while making new friends and connections.
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Marisol acts the part
by Elle Gonzalez Rose
After a humiliating public dumping, a teen actress lands a role on the same high-profile show as her ex-boyfriend, only for things to get messy when she falls for his co-star.
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Roar of the Lambs
by Jamison Shea
When a vision sends sixteen-year-old Winnie Bray stalking in the remains of her family home that burned down 10 years ago, Winnie finds a box made of bone, untouched by flames and... whispering. At the touch of her finger, the box shows her a vision of death, chaos, and apocalypse, with her and rich kids Apollo and Cyrus Rathbun at the center. Apollo knows their cousin is up to no good, and with the Rathbun family scattered to the wind, they know Cyrus is aiming to present himself as the new patriarch. Despite an initial attraction, Apollo is reluctant to believe Winnie. But soon it becomes clear that their family histories are intertwined, with the whispering, hungry box at the very center, and more than their lives are on the line. Together, they must discover the origins of the box and stop unforeseen forces from fulfilling the apocalyptic prophecy, or die trying
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Sky on fire
by E. K. Johnston
Non-magical, science prodigy Morgan Enni gains attention from a group of rebels for her research, and together they embark on a space expedition, each concealing their true objectives from the other.
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Songs for ghosts
by Clara Kumagai
Caught between cultures, relationships, and family, seventeen-year-old Japanese-American Adam finds new purpose after discovering a hundred-year-old journal written by a young woman in Nagasaki, leading him to a homestay in Japan, where he unravels the mystery of her identity and his own.
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Verity Vox and the curse of Foxfire
by Don Martin
Verity Vox is a witch-in-training who has never met a problem her spells can't solve. But when a cryptic plea for help sends her to the forgotten coal mining town of Foxfire, she soon learns even magic has its limits. Verity discovers a curse was laid years ago by a traveling magician who vanished into the ancient Appalachian hills to seek greater power. Crops won't grow. Bellies go hungry. Even treasured possessions fall apart. What's worse, people have gone missing amidst rumors that they've sought out the magician who is lying in wait for those foolish or desperate enough to strike a deal with him.
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A bite of Pepper
by Balazs Lorinczi
Pepper Mint might be born a vampire, but she's pretty much your average teenager who loves skateboarding and her dog. What she doesn't love is her mother's continuous efforts to find her a vampire bride so that she can become fully immortal. Then Pepper meets Ana-she's a charming art student, a part-time waitress...and interested in Pepper. Ana's presence changes everything, especially when she uses Pepper for the inspiration behind her art. But the two girls' instant chemistry seems to provide the perfect opportunity for Pepper to finally commit to becoming the immortal creature of the night her mother desperately wants her to be. Between the pressure from her mom and her inability to figure out whether Ana likes Pepper for herself or her aesthetic, it feels like everyone just wants a bite of Pepper. And with all these looming questions, will Pepper be ready to take the biggest bite of her life, committing to an unchanging immortality?
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