Recommended Reading: Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing, by Lauren Hough
In this stunning debut memoir told through linked essays, Lauren Hough reckons with the many lives she navigated in her search for a sense of freedom and acceptance. From being raised in the infamous cult
Recommended Reading: An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon
Nigerian-born author Buki Papillon’s debut novel is the story of Otolorin—known as Oto—an intersex teenager raised as a boy but with a secret desire to be a girl. Oto is sent to boarding school, where
Recommended Reading: Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
This collection of short stories by the late Anthony Veasna So traces the assimilation of a Cambodian-American family into the California diaspora. From two drunken brothers getting revenge on an uncle for dissing the bride
Recommended Reading: Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton
The epistolary novel is very much alive and well and living in the warm California sun as Jeanne Thornton can testify. It shapes the story of Gala, a young trans woman working in a hostel
Recommended Reading: The Rebellious Tide by Eddy Boudel Tan
Last year, Eddy Boudel Tan’s After Elias was a finalist for our Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. Now, Tan scores again with a story of a man in search of his father. All Sebastien
Recommended Reading: Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
Los Angeles–based author Melissa Broder stirs one calorie-conscious twenty-four-year-old lapsed Jew named Rachel together with a Reubenesque Orthodox Jew named Miriam who works at a frozen yogurt shop. Naturally, they fall for each other. Austerity
Finalists Announced for 2022 Publishing Triangle Awards
The Publishing Triangle presents its list of finalists for the 34th annual Triangle Awards. Winners will be announced virtually on Wednesday, May 11. These prizes, which honor the best LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans
Let the Record Show, by Sarah Schulman, Receives Special Award for Nonfiction
The nonfiction judges for this year’s Publishing Triangle Awards have bestowed a special award on Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987–1993, by Sarah Schulman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).