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LGBTQIA+ @ DML October 2024 |
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Confounding oaths
by Alexis J. Hall
John Caesar helps his sister Mary navigate 1815 London society until a very literal wish granted by a malicious fairy godmother sets in motion a forbidden romance with a war hero, in the follow up to Mortal Follies.
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The crimson crown
by Heather Walter
To prove herself to her coven, who are hiding from the White King and his brutal war against witchcraft, Ayleth arrives at the White Palace, a decadent world of drama and deceit, where she must find the strength to transform into someone she never imagined she could be—the wickedest witch of them all.
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Small rain : a novel
by Garth Greenwell
A poet's near-death experience brings him to the ICU and face-to-face with the impenetrable American health care system—and with the human connections that keep him alive.
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The rainbow age of television : an opinionated history of queer TV
by Shayna Maci Warner
With the last decade's television boom across a multitude of platforms, producing hundreds of network and streaming series, American audiences are being treated to a cascade of shows that some have trumpeted as a second Golden Age. But something completely new is stirring, too--the Rainbow Age. For the first time in the history of American television, we have shows in which LGBTQIA+ characters have evolved from being an anomaly to being an almost given and celebrated presence on the small screen. But what more can queer TV do? Is each new queer character really breaking ground? And has the curse of the fictional dead lesbian finally been defeated? The Rainbow Age of Television tackles these questions and more as author Shayna Maci Warner tracks the history and evolution of LGBTQIA+ icons across the televised ages and into the future of streaming--from the very first televised queer kiss (we think) to the shows that are making household names and heroes of queer characters today.
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Rage : on being queer, black, brilliant... and completely over it
by Lester Fabian Brathwaite
Part memoir, part cultural critique, part live grenade, this darkly comedic exploration of Blackness, queerness and the American dream is a searing social commentary on such topics as dating, rejection, racism, sexuality, identity and more at a time when creative anger feels like the best response to inequality.
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Survival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre Lorde
by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
The first researcher to explore the full depths of the life, work and enduring impact of the iconic writer shows how her ecological images are not simply metaphors but rather literal guides to how to be of earth on earth, and how to live the ethics that a Black feminist lesbian warrior poetics demands.
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A bâanh mái for two
by Trinity Nguyen
Secretly studying abroad in Vietnam, Vietnamese American college student Viv Huynh meets Lan, the girl behind her favorite food blog A Banh Mi for Two, and each searching for something, decide to help each other, facing their complicated histories—and forming an undeniable connection.
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Celestial monsters
by Aiden Thomas
Transgender demigod Teo and his friends must battle the Obsidian gods and steal back the sun stone in order to free their fellow semidioses and return Sol to the sky.
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Compound fracture
by Andrew Joseph White
After being nearly beaten to death for evidence he holds against the corrupt sheriff, sixteen-year-old transgender Miles joins his fellow townsfolk to end the blood feud and oppressive politics that plague his town.
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Don't let it break your heart
by Maggie Horne
Alana and Gray navigate the transition from a romantic relationship to a strong friendship after Alana comes out as a lesbian, but when she helps Gray pursue a relationship with Talia, Alana develops romantic feelings for Talia as well and grapples with loyalty to Gray while embracing her queer identity.
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The Ghost of You
by Michael Gray Bulla
When transgender teen Caleb's brother dies, Caleb is followed around by a black cat that he names Ghost and must face his grief to discover Ghost's true purpose while grappling with strained friendships and a possible new romance.
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Libertad
by Bessie Flores Zaldâivar
In 2017 Honduras, as the 2017 presidential election looms, queer high school senior Libertad faces homophobia at home and school and threats to her political poetry online, and when tragedy strikes, she must speak her truth or leave the only home she's ever known.
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Practical rules for cursed witches
by Kayla Cottingham
When Delilah Bea sets out to complete her magical Calling to become a witch, she is hijacked by twins Kieran and Briar, who demand she break the curse plaguing their powerful family for generations, but finds her own affliction getting in the way when she falls for Briar.
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Prince of the Palisades
by Julian Winters
After a public break-up goes viral, seventeen-year-old Prince Jadon of ãIles de la Rãeveri stays in America to clean up his image and finds an unexpected romance as he navigates redemption in the eyes of his country and family.
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Till the last beat of my heart
by Louangie Bou-montes
When he accidentally reanimates the dead body of his once best friend and first crush, mortician's son Jaxton must exhume his late father's past to uncover the truth about his abilities if he wants to keep the boy he's come to love alive for good.
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To the bone
by Alena Bruzas
Set in Jamestown in 1609, indentured servant Ellis suffers through the winter, bearing witness to the horrors committed by starving settlers.
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When Haru was here
by Dustin Thao
Eric, a lonely nineteen-year-old grappling with the loss of his best friend, retreats into his imagination and finds solace in a memory of a day spent with a boy named Haru, but Eric's imagination and reality blur together when he walks into a coffee shop and sees Haru.
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Mismatched : A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma
by Anne Camlin
An Insta influencer with a not-so-secret flair for matchmaking, Evan Horowitz sets his sights on the shy new girl Natalia, but when he takes things too far with unforeseen consequences, he must learn to put the people closest to him ahead of his misguided ambition.
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