The Perfect Gentleman by June Rose
June Rose | The Perfect Gentleman | The life of Dr. James Miranda Barry, born about 1799, who, disguised as a man, served in the British army for forty- six years until retirement at the
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Ladies Of The Rope by William Patrick Patterson
William Patrick Patterson | Ladies Of The Rope | This is the first book to examine the Rope, the special ladies-only group of spiritual seekers that G. I. Gurdjieff formed on Paris’ Left Bank. All le
Bright Particular Star by Joseph Leach
Joseph Leach | Bright Particular Star | I thought at first that Mr. Leach had adopted too fictional a tone for this long biography. Facts are communicated as they might have impinged on thos
Love in Good Time by Claire Robson
Claire Robson | Love in Good Time | This memoir is by turns laugh-out-loud funny and heartbreakingly poignant. It is a coming-out story that tackles the trade-offs some gay people make a
Butch Heroes by Ria Brodell
Ria Brodell | Butch Heroes | Visual artist Brodell delivers an ambitious and wonderfully celebratory ode to the lives of 28 people over many centuries ‘assigned female at birth’ w
I’m Just a Person by Tig Notaro
Tig Notaro | I’m Just a Person | In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C-diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she
Case of a Lifetime by Abbe Smith
Abbe Smith | Case of a Lifetime | A recent study estimates that thousands of innocent people are wrongfully imprisoned each year in the United States. Some are exonerated through DNA e
The Strange Necessity by Margaret C. Anderson
Margaret C. Anderson | The Strange Necessity | The last installment in her biography, coveringher life in Le Cannet.
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay | Hunger | In her phenomenally popular essays and long-running Tumblr blog, Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and body, using her o
The Passionate Exiles by Maurice Levaillant
Maurice Levaillant | The Passionate Exiles | Historical “dual biography” of Madame de Stael and Madame Recamier. Researchers tend not to take the written declarations of love as indications of se