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Anthony Veasna So Wins Posthumous Award for LGBTQ Fiction
Anthony Veasna So's posthumous debut story collection "Afterparties" is among the winners of the 34th annual Triangle Awards, given for outstanding LGBTQ literature.
Librarians, Authors, Publishers Form Anti-Book Ban Coalition
The American Library Association, the American Federation of Teachers and more than a dozen other organizations have formed a coalition to fight the nationwide wave of book bans and challenges.
Strong: Gay Weightlifter Inspires New Kids' Book
Gay author Eric Rosswood wants LGBT kids to believe in themselves. In his new children's picture book "Strong," Rosswood tells the story of Rob Kearney, a gay strongman who trains himself to lift hundreds of pounds.
King of Filth: John Water's 'Liarmouth'
Step aside, Dawn Davenport. There's a new bitch in town and she means business. Her name is Marsha "Liarmouth" Sprinkle, and she dominates all the depravity in filthy filmmaker and bestselling author John Waters' debut novel, "Liarmouth."
Paul Mendez's 'Rainbow Milk' - an Auspicious Literary Debut
Raw and transcendent are the words applicable to Paul Mendez's semi-autobiographical debut novel "Rainbow Milk," a multi-generational dissection of sexuality, race, and religion on the rocky evolution of a young gay Black man set in England.
Pandemic Prose: Excerpts from 'Arlene Francis & Me - Pandemic Diaries from Castro Street 2020'
While we holed up indoors in 2020 — which now seems like much more than two years ago — prolific local gay author Mark Abramson took notes.
Gran Fury's Glory: Jack Lowery Discusses His Book, 'It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic'
In "It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic," author Jack Lowery fully explores the history of Gran Fury, the ACT UP activist-artist collective that cleverly incorporated advertising styled messaging.
Ocean Vuong's Rainbow Afterglow: Poet Returns with 'Time Is a Mother'
One true way to envision Ocean Vuong is as, if not The Survivor, a survivor. His newly released second book of poems was occasioned by the silence that enveloped him after the death of his mother.
Books About LGBTQ+ and Race Issues Face Censorship. Is It Constitutional?
Most books targeted for banning in 2021, says the American Library Association, "were by or about Black or LGBTQIA+ persons." Whether these efforts are unconstitutional censorship is a complex question.
Homecoming Queen: Alejandro Varela's 'The Town of Babylon'
The problematic return of a gay Latinx man to his hometown after decades away is supreme fodder for an engrossing and melodramatic novel, and debut author Alejandro Varela seems more than happy to seize the moment.
Toni Mirosevich's 'Spell Heaven'
Toni Mirosevich's collection of linked stories, "Spell Heaven," tells of working-class fishing family and the author's own balance of that life and academia, a position she loves for the students and loathes for the politics.
Meet Queer Working Class Hero, Booker Award-Winning Novelist Douglas Stuart
Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart looked back to his own upbringing for his latest novel, "Young Mungo," and to his working-class Glasgow roots. EDGE spoke to the Booker Award-winning author.
'Coming Out and Coming Home' - Gay Catholic Minister Head Pens Memoir
In his new memoir, Stan JR Zerkowski writes about how he never intended to be a national spokesperson for LGBTQ Roman Catholics. But, "There is a plan in the end" we can't necessarily control.
A Wee Boy's Own Story: Douglas Stuart's 'Young Mungo'
Douglas Stuart has carried forward from his Booker Prize-winning debut novel Shuggie Bain into its follow-up, "Young Mungo." What it shares with its predecessor is a brutal honesty about some lurid familial connections.
'Bridgerton' Books are Popular Again, Thanks to Netflix Show
Shonda Rhimes was on vacation when she stumbled upon the first book in the Regency-era "Bridgerton" book series, "The Duke & I," by Julia Quinn and quickly was all in.
Paul Gallo's 'Coloring Extravaganza of Healing'
In his creative coloring book, artists Paul Gallo presents images he has drawn from his childhood to the present day. Most of the images are drawings of people dressed in a wide array of styles.
Library Study Finds 'Challenged' Books Soared in 2021
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy.
Wayne Hoffman's 'The End of Her'
For his new book, "The End of Her: Racing Against Alzheimer's to Solve a Murder," Wayne Hoffman called on his skills as a journalist and a storyteller to unravel a family mystery.
Richie Hofmann's New Orbit of Intimacy
San Francisco poet Richie Hofmann combines memoir and fiction in order to detail the character's interior monologue in his new book of poems, "A Hundred Lovers."
Spring Books: Noteworthy Queer Fiction and Nonfiction
Welcome to Spring! Along with this year's vibrantly blooming trees and flowerbeds (and allergies!), we present a crisp, vibrant, notable selection of current and soon-to-be-published LGBTQ books arriving on shelves.