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2022 Reading List!!!

 2022 Edmonton Lesbian+ Book Club Reading Line Up


January: Iron Goddess of Mercy by Larissa Lai (American-born Chinese Canadian lesbian writer); 2021 epic poem

February: The Gospel of Breaking by Jillian Christmas (Black Canadian lesbian writer); 2020 poetry collection

March: You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat (LGBTQ Palestinian American writer); 2020 novel

April: Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto (queer Japanese Canadian writer), illustrated by Ann Xu (Asian American artist); 2021 graphic novel

May: Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen (asexual Asian American writer); 2020 non-fiction

June: Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai (American queer disabled WOC writer); 2021 non-fiction

July: Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante (White Canadian queer trans writer); 2019 novel

August: 47,000 Beads by Koja Adeyoha (Indigenous-Oglala Lakota, two-spirit lesbian writer) and Angel Adeyoha (two-spirit, queer, gender-defiant, Indigenous mixed-race, complex ability status writer); illustrated by Holly McGillis (White Canadian non-binary illustrator); 2017 children’s literature
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The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (Bangladeshi/Irish queer Muslim writer); 2020 novel

September: America Is Not The Heart by Elaine Castillo (Filipina American bisexual writer); 2018 novel

October: Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (Nigerian-Igbo/Tamil ogbanje* writer); 2018 autobiographical novel

* Edited because their note about identity-related language is important:
“🗣 as a reminder—pronouns are they/them + akwaeke does not have a gender. spiritfirst language is preferred, i.e. ogbanje, but if you absolutely *must* use flesh terms (🙄), please use ‘agender’ instead of ‘non-binary’. thanks! 🙏🏾”

November: Last Night at The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (Chinese American lesbian writer); 2021 novel

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