Recommended Reading: After Elias by Eddy Boudel Tan
Imagine arriving at a dream Mexican resort for a dream wedding to the man of your dreams, only to learn that, before he can join you, your fiancé has died. So begins this heartbreaking story of idealized dreams and crushing reality by Eddy Boudel Tan.
Recommended Reading: We Want It All, edited by Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel
Written in an array of “aesthetic desires,” We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics serves as a vibrant, riotous celebration of trans-liberation.
Recommended Reading: Trans Care by Hil Malatino
Trans Care is a short, smart, sunny, and insightful meditation on how trans people care for one another.
Recommended Reading: My Daily Actions, or the Meteorites by S. Brook Corfman
This collection of sensual, ecological, untitled poems by S.Brook Corfman investigates disaster, wonder, and change.
Recommended Reading: The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi
In The Death of Vivek Oji, a mesmerizing work of fiction set in southern Nigeria and told in crystalline prose, Akwaeke Emezi subverts the traditional crime/mystery genre and weaves a triumphant tale about love.
Recommended Reading: Plague Years by Ross A. Slotten
Dr. Ross A. Slotten distills stories, lessons, and hardships from his long career in Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey Through the AIDS Crisis.
Recommended Reading: The Man Who Ate Too Much by John Birdsall
This wonderful biography is a feast for the senses, enveloping the reader in sights, sounds, and especially the smells of food. In the process, we learn so much about the Oregon-born James Beard—his talents, eccentricities, and foibles.
Recommended Reading: Figure It Out by Wayne Koestenbaum
A meditative experiment in homing in and letting go, Figure It Out is a scenic nonfiction stroll that seems aimless in gait yet always lands in an art/pop/humanist destination—each one a majestic, impressionistic backdrop.