The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr
Nina Revoyr | The Necessary Hunger | Nancy Takahiro is a star high school basketball player who is smitten by a new player, Raina Webber. When Nancy’s father falls in love with Raina’s mo
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What We All Long for by Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand | What We All Long for | “They were born in the city from people born elsewhere.”
What We All Long For follows the overlapping stories of a close c
The Gilda Stories / Bones a Ash by Jewelle Gomez
Jewelle Gomez | The Gilda Stories / Bones a Ash | Adaptation of the book for the stage “Bones & Ash: a Gilda Story,” was performed by the Urban Bush Women company in 13 U.S. cities.
For Nights Like This One by Becky Birtha
Becky Birtha | For Nights Like This One | By Sistahs on the Shelf ‘The Home for Readers of… (Florida, USA) – See all my reviews
If you’re not one for short story collections, FOR
Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith
Lillian Smith | Strange Fruit | One of the very earliest paperback Lesbian novels published in America. Also one of the earliest Signet books, whose numbering started at 660. Wonderf
The Days Of Good Looks by Cheryl Clarke
Cheryl Clarke | The Days Of Good Looks | Lauded by luminaries such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Adrienne Rich, and Joy Harjo, among others, the work of African American lesbian poet Cheryl Clarke has
Under The Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Chinelo Okparanta | Under The Udala Trees | Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is 11 when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to s
Autobiography of a Family Photo by Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson | Autobiography of a Family Photo | In her first adult novel, Woodson–already acclaimed in both the African-American and lesbian and gay worlds for her award-winning short fiction–pain
Soul Kiss by Shay Youngblood
Shay Youngblood | Soul Kiss | Soul Kiss, an eloquent first novel from well-known African-American playwright Shay Youngblood, opens as seven-year-old Mariah Kim Santos is un
The Step Between by Penny Mickelbury
Penny Mickelbury | The Step Between |
No matter how hard she tries to live the quiet life, trouble has a way of grabbing Carole Ann Gibson by the throat — and this time all her famous