Category: Autobiography/Biography

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The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had) by Santos, Sophie

The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I’ve Had) | Santos, Sophie | A hilarious and heartfelt memoir about finding your true voice by Sophie Santos, the fearless comic and host of The Lesbian Agenda.

From the

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Jewish Interests

The Daring Life And Dangerous Times Of Eve Adams by Jonathan Ned Katz

The Daring Life And Dangerous Times Of Eve Adams | Jonathan Ned Katz | Historian Jonathan Ned Katz uncovers the forgotten story of radical lesbian Eve Adams and her long-lost book Lesbian Love

Born Chawa Zloczew

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So Famous And So Gay: by Jeff Solomon

So Famous And So Gay: | Jeff Solomon | ‘Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) and Truman Capote (1924-1984) should not have been famous. They made their names between the Oscar Wilde trial and Stonewa

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Literary Criticism

Middlebrow Queer by Jaime Harker

Middlebrow Queer | Jaime Harker | How could one write about gay life for the mainstream public in Cold War America? Many midcentury gay American writers, hampered by external and inter

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Religion & Spirituality

Adam’s Gift by Jimmy Creech

Adam’s Gift | Jimmy Creech | Jimmy Creech, a United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, was visited one morning in 1984 by Adam, a longtime parishioner whom he liked and respected

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Memoir

The Audacity Of A Kiss by Leslie Cohen

The Audacity Of A Kiss | Leslie Cohen | ‘The Audacity of a Kiss tells the story of Leslie Cohen, from her youth in Queens, New York during the ‘Mad Men’ era of the 1950s, to her young adulth

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My Life As A Boy by Kim Chernin

My Life As A Boy | Kim Chernin | ”If a woman in her thirties turns into a boy, that may mean she’s having trouble getting out of the place she’s in. She requires the instinctive, who

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Crossing The Border by Kim Chernin

Crossing The Border | Kim Chernin | Kim Chernin breaks literary boundaries and shatters silences in everything she writes – from her explosive memoir In My Mother’s House, hailed by News

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Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries And Notebooks: 1941-1995 by Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries And Notebooks: 1941-1995 | Patricia Highsmith | Relegated to the genre of mystery during her lifetime, Patricia Highsmith is now recognized as one of ‘our greatest modernist writers’ (Gore Vidal). B

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Whip Smart by Melissa Febos

Whip Smart Melissa Febos A dark, wild, powerful memoir about a young woman’s transformation from college student to professional dominatrix…