This book examines how Black queer women in Chicago navigate gentrification and neoliberalism through social dance and nightlife, arguing that their presence on the dance floor is a political assertion of their right to occupy space in the city.
Unapologetic | Charlene A. Carruthers | A manifesto from one of America’s most influential activists which disrupts political, economic, and social norms by reimagining the Black Radical Tra
Femme Tales | Anne Shade | Beast: Former hip-hop artist Ebony “The Beast” Trent has wrapped her persona around herself like a protective wall of bitterness. Belinda Jansen is co
Love and Lotus Blossoms | Anne Shade | Janesse Crawford spends her teenage and young adult years trying to balance her tomboy, girl-loving side with being the picture-perfect daughter her m
Unapologetic | Charlene Carruthers | A manifesto from one of America’s most influential activists which disrupts political, economic, and social norms by reimagining the Black Radical Tra
Masquerade | Anne Shade | Harlem, New York, 1925 is a mecca of cultural and creative freedom, where masquerade drag balls are all the rage and the music, dancing, and loose pro
Somebody’s Daughter | Ashley C. Ford | INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNBCC John Leonard Prize FinalistIndie Bestseller“This is a book people will be talking about forever.” —Glennon Doyle
The Famous Lady Lovers | Cookie Woolner | Black queer women have shaped American culture since long before the era of gay liberation. Decades prior to the Stonewall Uprising, in the 1920s and
Somebody’s Daughter | Ashley C. Ford | INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNBCC John Leonard Prize FinalistIndie Bestseller“This is a book people will be talking about forever.” ―Glennon Doyle
Semi Queer | Anne Balay | Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from pub