Recommended Reading: Pricks in the Tapestry by Jameson Fitzpatrick
A finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, Pricks in the Tapestry by Jameson Fitzpatrick is published by Birds, LLC.
Recommended Reading: Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
A finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz is published by Graywolf Press.
Recommended Reading: Fantasia for the Man in Blue by Tommye Blount
A finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, Fantasia for the Man in Blue by Tommye Blount is published by Four Way Books.
Recommended Reading: Indigo by Ellen Bass
A finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, Indigo by Ellen Bass is published by Copper Canyon Press.
Recommended Reading: 13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins
A finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, 13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins is published by Copper Canyon Press.
Recommended Reading: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
In his debut novel, Brandon Taylor tells a masterly tale of slights, microaggressions, and silent rage with fluid, poetic prose.
Recommended Reading: 99 Erics by Julia Serano
Serano expertly navigates heavy issues while at the same time embracing the absurd. Whip-smart, fast-paced, and drop-dead hilarious, 99 Erics gives us the lighthearted fun read that we all need right now.
Recommended Reading: The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow
Sophie Yanow’s wise, funny, melancholy graphic novel follows young and queer Sophie and vegan anarchist Zena on a zigzag around contemporary Europe.