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Biography and Memoir June 2024
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| Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve KingstonGenevieve Kingston expands on her 2021 "Modern Love" essay in her affecting debut memoir. Gwen Kingston's mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when Gwen was just three years old. Defying the odds, she lived another eight years—during which time she filled a chest with gifts and letters for her kids. The book begins with three unopened boxes remaining: engagement, marriage, and first baby. |
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The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaulDrag queen and pop culture icon RuPaul dishes on his life and career in this candid and empowering follow-up to his 1995 memoir Lettin' It All Hang Out. In this memoir, his most intimate and detailed book yet, RuPaul makes himself truly known. Stripping away all artifice, RuPaul recounts the story of his life with breathtaking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography.
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| Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy by Ali VelshiJournalist and MSNBC correspondent Ali Velshi details over 100 years of his family's history in activism and resistance in this sweeping memoir that "provides a crash course in Indian diasporic history" (Kirkus Reviews). With rich detail and vivid prose, he relates the stories of regular people who made a lasting commitment to fight for change, even when success seemed impossible. |
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| In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life by Amy SchneiderJeopardy! contestant Amy Schneider, the show's most decorated woman champion, shares her unlikely path toward becoming a "Famous Celebrity Trans Person" in this funny and nonlinear memoir-in-essays featuring chapter titles styled like Jeopardy! questions. Try this next: Form of a Question by Andrew Rostan. |
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Daddy Lessons
by Steacy Easton
Steacy Easton grew up Mormon, queer, and Autistic in the West. This book traces the people and spaces that made them who they are: the Mormon church, an Anglican boys' boarding school, and then, later on, rodeos and bathhouses and mall bathrooms. The world Easton describes is one in which desire is complicated, where men -- 'daddies' -- can be loving and they can be abusive, and there isn't always a clear distinction.
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Be Gay, Do Comics! : Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib by Matt BorsLooking for a quick, colourful, and fun read? This collection of LGBTQIA experiences, ranging from personal stories to queer history and satire, from such authors and artists as Hazel Newleant, Sasha Velour, Alison Wilgus, and Robyn Jordan delivers.
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Click HERE for the full list of this month's new books
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