For Pride Month, we reached out to the LGBTQ2IA+ community and asked them to share some of their favorite books or books they felt were important for others to read. This is an #OwnVoices list in more than one way, it is selected by #OwnVoices and the books themselves are written by #OwnVoices.
#OwnVoices is a term coined by the writer Corinne Duyvis, and refers to an author from a marginalized or under-represented group writing about their own experiences/from their own perspective, rather than someone from an outside perspective writing as a character from an underrepresented group. The library would like to thank everyone who participated by giving us suggestions.
Recommended by Mandy Manning, 2018 National Teacher of the Year
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Recommended by Andrew Whitver, Spokane Arts Commissioner and arts advocate
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon by Tom Spanbauer
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sachs
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Hunger by Roxanne Gay
Recommended by Dr. Mimi Marinucci, Professor, Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies and Philosophy, Eastern Washington University
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Recommended by Dr. Jessi Willis, Senior Lecturer, Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, Eastern Washington University
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernandez
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
Recommended by Dr. Judy Rohrer, Director and Assistant Professor, Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation by Eli Clare
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Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer
ON ORDER
Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race and Sexuality in America by Miriam Abelson
ON ORDER
Recommended by Lisa Logan, Manager, Women’s and Gender Education Center, Eastern Washington University
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (graphic novel) by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (graphic memoir) by Alison Bechdel
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker
Other Pride Month Reads
Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
¡Hola Papi! by John Paul Brammer
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho
Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera
Last Call by Elon Green
Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks edited by Anna Von Planta
Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
