Adrian and the Tree of Secrets

By Hubert
Illustrated by Marie Caillou
Categories: Youth Culture, Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Children's & Young Adult, Young Adult

A bittersweet graphic novel about a nerdy teenaged boy who falls in love with the cool kid at school.

Adrian isn't very happy these days. He lives in a small town and goes to a Catholic high school. He ...

Archive For Our Times

By Dorothy Livesay
Edited by Dean Irvine
Categories: Poetry, Women's Literature, Canada

Above all
a poem records speech:
the way it was said
between people animals birds
a poem is an archive for our times
-Dorothy Livesay, "Anything Goes"
Dorothy Livesay, who died in 1996, is considered a pioneer ...

Arabian Nights

By Michael Moon
Series edited by Thomas Waugh & Matthew Hays
Categories: Film & Media, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature
Series: Queer Film Classics

A Queer Film Classic on 1974's Arabian Nights by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the controversial Italian director who was murdered under mysterious circumstances in 1975.

Already internationally distinguished ...

Body Music

By Jul Maroh
Translated by David Homel
Categories: Women's Literature, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Lesbian Literature, Erotica, Fiction, Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction

From the author of Blue Is the Warmest Color: a beautiful, bittersweet graphic novel on the complexities of love.

Jul Maroh's first book, Blue Is the Warmest Color, was a graphic novel phenomenon; it ...

and a body to remember with

By Carmen Rodriguez
Categories: Women's Literature, BIPOC, Latin American Literature, Fiction

and a body to remember with effectively combines elements of our Pulp past and Arsenal Pulp present. This is a collection of stories about rebellion and activism, while at the same time stories about ...

Blackbird

By Larry Duplechan
Introduction by Michael Nava
Categories: Fiction, BIPOC, Black Literature, Youth Culture, Children's & Young Adult, Young Adult, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature
Series: Little Sister's Classics

First published by St. Martin's Press in 1986, Blackbird is a funny, moving, coming-of-age novel about growing up black and gay in southern California. The lead character, Johnnie Ray Rousseau, is a high ...

Craftivism

Edited by Betsy Greer
Categories: Cultural Studies, Visual Arts, Politics, Crafts & Hobbies, Anthologies

Craftivism is a worldwide movement that operates at the intersection of craft and activism; Craftivism the book is full of inspiration for crafters who want to create works that add to the greater good. ...

Candyass

By Nick Comilla
Categories: LGBTQ+, Gay Literature

Arthur is a young gay man in Montreal at a crossroads. He gets lost in a blizzard of boys and endless possibilities--looking to fall in love and to experience devotion--but finds himself increasingly ...

Female Trouble

By Chris Holmlund
Series edited by Matthew Hays & Thomas Waugh
Categories: Film & Media, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature
Series: Queer Film Classics

A Queer Film Classic on John Waters' 1974 dark comedy.

The first title in the Queer Film Classic series to focus on the work of legendary director and cinematic camp icon John Waters, best known for the ...

Fame Us

By (photographer) Brian Howell
Commentaries by Stephen Osborne & Norbert Ruebsaat
Categories: Film & Media, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Photography

Finalist for the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award in the Photography category

In this stunning book, photographer Brian Howell takes us into the world of celebrity impersonators--the faux famous ...