Warrior Poet by Alexis De Veaux
Assessing the cultural legacy of a woman who personified the civil rights struggles of the twentieth century, De Veaux pays homage to one of the most courageous, singular voices of American letters.
Autobiography/Biography
Exile And Pride by Eli Clare
A groundbreaking intersectional memoir exploring disability, queerness, class, environmental destruction, and gender identity through the lens of a white disabled genderqueer writer’s personal experiences and political activism.
The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg
A bestselling food writer’s candid memoir about discovering her attraction to women at age 36, navigating the dissolution of her marriage, coming out to family and friends, and redefining her identity and understanding of family.
Harley Loco by Rayya Elias
A raw punk rock memoir chronicling Syrian-American Rayya Elias’s journey from her childhood in Aleppo through Detroit to 1980s Lower East Side New York, where she pursued music and hairstyling while exploring her sexuality with lovers of both sexes, battling heroin addiction, experiencing homelessness and incarceration, and ultimately finding redemption and sobriety.
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
A New Yorker staff writer chronicles her unconventional life as a lesbian journalist who traveled the world, married a woman, became pregnant at 37, and experienced devastating losses that forced her to confront what she could and couldn’t control.
Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles Of Sex-Positive Culture by Carol Queen
A candid essay collection by bisexual sexologist Carol Queen exploring sex-positive culture, sexual identity, sex work, and erotic experiences, combining memoir with cultural analysis and advocacy.
Beautiful Shadow by Andrew Wilson
The first biography of thriller writer Patricia Highsmith draws on her private diaries, notebooks, and letters to reveal her secret life as a lesbian, her many relationships with women, and the connections between her sexuality and her groundbreaking psychological suspense novels.
Conversations With Audre Lorde (Literary Conversations Series) by Audre Lorde; Joan Wylie Hall
A collection of interviews with acclaimed Black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde conducted throughout her life, covering her experiences as a poet, activist, cancer survivor, and outsider navigating multiple identities including her lesbianism, race, and Caribbean heritage.
Exile And Pride by Eli Clare
A groundbreaking intersectional memoir exploring disability, queerness, class, environmental destruction, and gender identity through the lens of a white disabled genderqueer writer’s personal experiences and political activism.
Lives Of Lesbian Elders by D. Merilee Clunis; Pat A. Freeman; Nancy M. Nystrom; Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen; J. Dianne Garner
An oral history documenting the untold lives of 62 lesbians aged 55 to 95, giving voice to their experiences with coming out, identity, family, work, aging, adversity, and resilience across twentieth-century America.