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Alex As Well
by Alyssa BrugmanAlex is ready for things to change, in a big way. Everyone seems to think she's a boy, but for Alex the whole boy/girl thing isn't as simple as either/or, and when she decides girl is closer to the truth, no one knows how to react, least of all her parents.Undeterred, Alex begins to create a new identity for herself: ditching one school, enrolling in another, and throwing out most of her clothes. But the other Alex-the boy Alex-has a lot to say about that. Heartbreaking and droll in equal measures, Alex As Well is a brilliantly told story of exploring gender and sexuality, navigating friendships, and finding a place to belong.
Forget Me Not
by Alyson Derrick2023 National Book Award for Young People&’s Literature Longlist Perfect for fans of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Five Feet Apart, this tender solo debut by the coauthor of New York Times bestseller She Gets the Girl is a &“punch to the gut in the best way&” (Booklist, starred review) about the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obstacles, again and again.What would you do if you forgot the love of your life ever even existed? Stevie and Nora had a love. A secret, epic, once-in-a-lifetime kind of love. They also had a plan: to leave their small, ultra-conservative town and families behind after graduation and move to California, where they could finally stop hiding that love. But then Stevie has a terrible fall. And when she comes to, she can remember nothing of the last two years—not California, not coming to terms with her sexuality, not even Nora. Suddenly, Stevie finds herself in a life she doesn&’t quite understand, one where she&’s estranged from her parents, drifting away from her friends, lying about the hours she works, and headed towards a future that isn&’t at all what her fifteen-year-old self would have envisioned. And Nora finds herself…forgotten. Can the two beat the odds a second time and find their way back together when &“together&” itself is just a lost memory?
Luckmonkey
by Alysia ConstantineBy day, Luckmonkey is a struggling punk band playing in record stores and taco joints; by night, its members are anti-capitalist agitators, breaking into homes and businesses, each time stealing one possession and leaving something different in its place. Squatting in an abandoned building without electricity or heat, they scrounge a patched-together life as a raucous, mismatched family of queer, trans and first-gen social activists. But when one of them steals a wind-up monkey toy and brings it home, things begin to deteriorate into squabbles and bad decisions, until an arrest forces the group to weigh the hard work of political resistance against their individual needs for stability and safety.
Olympia Knife
by Alysia ConstantineBorn into a family of trapeze artists, Olympia Knife leads an idyllic life as a travelling circus performer until her fellow troupers vanish before her eyes. First are Olympias parents, the Flying Knifes, who disappear mid-air during their act. Second is Arnold, the The Worlds Smallest Major General (he was neither) Tiny Napoleon Only Three Feet Tall, followed by Magnus, the lobster-clawed circus director--one by one, they are all, simply, gone. into the fray walks Diamond the Danger Eater, daring and determined, and together, she and Olympia face their crumbling world, having only each other to cling to in the struggle for existence.in the tradition of magical realism, Olympia Knife is a tale of survival and resistance for LGBTQ folks and all others who live unseen, untethered, or outside the margins.
Sweet
by Alysia ConstantineJules Burns is a lonely baker mourning the loss of his husband, Andy. Teddy Flores is a numbed-to-the-world accountant who accidentally stumbles into his bakery and, with the help of a mouthy bakers assistant, some good pastry and Jules himself, rediscovers his deep connections to pleasure, to the world and to his own heart.Sweet is also the story of how we tell stories--of what we expect and need from a love story. The narrator is on to you, Reader, and wants to give you a love story that doesnt always fit the bill. There are ghosts to exorcise, and jobs and money to worry about. Sweet is a love story, yes, but a story that reminds us that love is never quite what we expect, nor quite as blissfully easy as we hope.
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
by Alysia AbbottFinalist for a Lambda Literary Award and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year In this vibrant memoir, Alysia Abbott recounts growing up in 1970s San Francisco with Steve Abbott, a gay, single father during an era when that was rare. Reconstructing their time together from a remarkable cache of Steve’s writings, Alysia gives us an unforgettable portrait of a tumultuous, historic period in San Francisco as well as an exquisitely moving account of a father’s legacy and a daughter’s love.
Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone (Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe)
by Alvin K. WongIn Unruly Comparison, Alvin K. Wong examines queerness in Hong Kong through a transdisciplinary analysis of Sinophone literature, cinema, visual culture, and civil society. Moving beyond Eurocentrism in queer theory and China-centrism in area studies, Wong frames Hong Kong as a model for global comparison by theorizing a method of unruly comparison—acknowledging the incommensurability of cultural texts and queer figures across different temporal and spatial locations. Here, unruly comparison positions Hong Kong as an undefinable time-space that troubles historicist, colonial, and China-centric renderings of the city as merely a site of British colonial legacy, Chinese rule, or global capital. Wong analyzes queer interracial desire in WWII; a cinema of gay male cosmopolitanism; queer intimacy among migrant workers; trans visuality and legality; cross-border sex work; and the queer diaspora of Hong Kong after the 2019 protests. Through Wong’s readings, Hong Kong becomes a queer region of racial, gender, and sexual incommensurability. By foregrounding the friction, asymmetry, and perverse juxtapositions of unruly comparison of Hong Kong with the Sinophone world, Wong reframes key debates in queer theory and East Asian studies.
Black Queer Flesh: Rejecting Subjectivity in the African American Novel
by Alvin J. HenryA groundbreaking examination of how twentieth-century African American writers use queer characters to challenge and ultimately reject subjectivity Black Queer Flesh reinterprets key African American novels from the Harlem Renaissance to Black Modernism to contemporary literature, showing how authors have imagined a new model of black queer selfhood. African American authors blame liberal humanism&’s model of subjectivity for double consciousness and find that liberal humanism&’s celebration of individual autonomy and agency is a way of disciplining Black queer lives. These authors thus reject subjectivity in search of a new mode of the self that Alvin J. Henry names &“black queer flesh&”—a model of selfhood that is collective, plural, fluctuating, and deeply connected to the black queer past. Henry begins with early twentieth-century authors such as Jessie Redmon Fauset and James Weldon Johnson. These authors adapted the Bildungsroman, the novel of self-formation, to show African Americans gaining freedom and agency by becoming a liberal, autonomous subjects. These authors, however, discovered that the promise of liberal autonomy held out by the Bildungsroman was yet another tool of antiblack racism. As a result, they tentatively experimented with repurposing the Bildungsroman to throw off subjectivity and its attendant double consciousness. In contrast, Nella Larsen, Henry shows, was the first author to fully reject subjectivity. In Quicksand and Passing, Larsen invented a new genre showing her queer characters—characters whose queerness already positioned them on the margins of subjectivity—escaping subjectivity altogether. Using Ralph Ellison&’s archival drafts, Henry then powerfully rereads Invisible Man, revealing that the protagonist as a queer, disabled character taught by the novel&’s many other queer, disabled characters to likewise seek a selfhood beyond subjectivity. Although Larsen and Ellison sketch glimpses of this selfhood beyond subjectivity, only Saidiya Hartman&’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments shows a protagonist fully inhabiting black queer flesh—a new mode of selfhood that is collective, plural, always evolving, and no longer alienated from the black past.Black Queer Flesh is an original and necessary contribution to black literary studies, offering new ways to understand and appreciate the canonical texts and far more.
Hey, Let Me Go!: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by AlpenlibeThe little guy brandished his fist and shouted in exasperation, Quickly put me down, I'm an adult nowThe man held him high up in the air and replied, "Yes, yes. You will become an adult soon."The little guy was flustered and exasperated. It swung its tail at the man's face and said, "Don't think of me as a child, f*ck off to an adult!"
Hey, Let Me Go!: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by AlpenlibeThe little guy brandished his fist and shouted in exasperation, Quickly put me down, I'm an adult nowThe man held him high up in the air and replied, "Yes, yes. You will become an adult soon."The little guy was flustered and exasperated. It swung its tail at the man's face and said, "Don't think of me as a child, f*ck off to an adult!"
Beyond the Gender Binary (Pocket Change Collective)
by Alok Vaid-MenonIn Beyond the Gender Binary, poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary. <p><p> Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination.
Am I Trans Enough?: How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find Your Authentic Self
by Alo JohnstonAm I Trans Enough? The answer is undoubtably yes. You are.Alo Johnston has been where you are. From watching every transition story on YouTube and navigating online message boards for answers to finally starting testosterone and transitioning himself, he now walks alongside you every step of the way to guide you towards acceptance of who you truly are.Born out of thousands of hours of research and conversations with hundreds of trans people, Am I Trans Enough? digs deep into internalized transphobia and the historical narratives that fuel it. It unveils what happens after you come out, or begin questioning living as a trans person, in a world that works against you.Use this book as a space to engage with your fears and explore your doubts without the pressure of needing to be a perfect trans representative. If you are just beginning your trans journey, are twenty years into transition or have no idea if you are even trans at all, this book will help you to become your most authentic self.
Am I Trans Enough?: How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find Your Authentic Self
by Alo JohnstonAm I Trans Enough? The answer is undoubtably yes. You are.Alo Johnston has been where you are. From watching every transition story on YouTube and navigating online message boards for answers to finally starting testosterone and transitioning himself, he now walks alongside you every step of the way to guide you towards acceptance of who you truly are.Born out of thousands of hours of research and conversations with hundreds of trans people, Am I Trans Enough? digs deep into internalized transphobia and the historical narratives that fuel it. It unveils what happens after you come out, or begin questioning living as a trans person, in a world that works against you.Use this book as a space to engage with your fears and explore your doubts without the pressure of needing to be a perfect trans representative. If you are just beginning your trans journey, are twenty years into transition or have no idea if you are even trans at all, this book will help you to become your most authentic self.
Liberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature: Manifestations of Feminist and Gay Identities (Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues)
by Alma Rosa AlvarezLiberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature looks at the ways in which Chicana/o authors who have experienced cultural disconnection or marginalization because of their gender, gender politics and sexual orientation attempt to forge a connection back to Chicana/o culture through their use of liberation theology.
Achievement Unlocked (Three Player Tag-Team #4)
by Allyson LindtMeganLove is supposed to be happily ever after. Yeah, right.I thought I’d found my perfect guy… twice. Five years ago, I walked in on Number One with my ex-best friend. This morning, the day I was supposed to marry Number Two, I found him banging the wedding planner.Wedding’s off, and I’m done spending so much time trying to make myself perfect for the right guy. I’m almost forty and it’s time I lived life for me.Fortunately, my brother’s (super sexy) best friends are there for me. From bungee jumping to getting down and dirty in the hay, they’re happy to help me turn a list of side quests into my main storyline.It’s a good thing I’ve sworn off love, or I’d find myself falling for two men again. At the same time. But I know better than to make that mistake.
Annihilation (NEON #4)
by Allyson LindtDahlia I’ve been brainwashed. Manipulated. Lied to. Hunted.I’m still here. Fighting and stronger than ever, with the people I love by my side.But if we don’t put an end to the threat, if we don’t cut off every head of the hydra that calls itself TOM, and ensure none grow back, we’ll never be safe.The biggest problem? TOM feels the same way about us, and if they find me first, they’ll ensure none of us survive.Author's Note: This series will give you multiple happily ever afters, for multiple MMF polyamorous triads… But getting there will be one hell of an angst-filled ride.
Boss Level (Three Player Tag-Team #6)
by Allyson LindtJudithIt’s lonely at the top.I knew it would be when I clawed my way up here, trading away favors and any personal life to get to where I am today, the head of the hottest new video game company in the industry.When an old friend calls in one of those favors, I’m happy to help Xander out. His partner, Dominic, needs to impress some conservative clients, and showing up to get-to-know-you dinners with a heavily tattooed man on his arm isn’t the way to do it.And there are far worse things in the world than pretending to be Dom’s fiancée.When the fake kisses with Dominic start to feel real, I realize there’s something missing in my life. Worse, I realize I never should’ve let Xander get away.But if the three of us together can’t clear this next level in our lives, everything we’ve worked for will crash around us. There’s no way love is worth that kind of sacrifice.
Charm the Geeks: An MFF Menage Romance (Spunky with a Geek Side #1)
by Allyson LindtJordanChloe and I are notorious in the gaming world. Each new trade show stunt—from a fake marriage proposal to taking overbearing corporate egos down a notch—keeps us the us in the spotlight. When I’m arrested in front of the cameras for a crime I didn’t commit, my boss discards me in favor of the next bad boy (but not too bad). Turns out there is such a thing as bad publicity.ChloeIn our private lives, Jordan and I are just trying to get by, like anyone who hit adulthood being famous for their tentacle art and slash fiction.What would the public say if they knew their favorite naughty couple was vanilla in the bedroom? There are days I question if we deserve our reputation, and even more days where I wish we lived that life.LizI should be content to be a modern day, corporate princess. My family name slips easily from tongues when people in this town talk about where the cash lives. But I’m desperate to define me. Chloe and Jordan offer me a night of exploration for all three of us, and wow the memories. But my name on top of theirs makes a feeding frenzy for the sharks. After all, in a world where scandal sells more advertising space than innovation, three people can’t have a private happily ever after.Author’s Note: This book was previously released as The Geeks and The Socialite. It contains three people discovering who they are both in front of and behind the cameras. It’s an FFM romance with all sorts of pairings—MF, FFM, and FF.Other Books By Allyson LindtValkyrie's Legacy Series (Urban Fantasy)Valkyrie RebornValkyrie HuntedValkyrie ConcealedValkyrie CrownedThree Player Co-op (Ménage Romance)Looking For ItWaiting For ItAsking For ItRunning For ItFighting For ItGame for Cookies Series (Ménage Romance)Seduction GamesControl GamesTwo Plus One (Ménage Romance)Their NerdTheir Matchmaker3d20 Series (Ménage Romance)Roll Against TrustRoll Against RegretRoll Against DiscoveryRoll Against BetrayalSubscribe, Live, Love Series (Ménage Romance)Red HuntedRed ConsumedBeauty ClaimedBeauty AwakenedUbiquity Series (Urban Fantasy Reverse Harem)Seductive SoulSoul ReaperSoul BetrayerTruth's Harem Series (Urban Fantasy Reverse Harem)Fate's IllusionInnovation's MuseApathy's HeroRidden Hard (M/F Contemporary Romance)Hard FlipHard PackRiding the WaveDrive Me WildLove Equation (Contemporary Romance)RivalRegretRestraintLove Games (M/F Contemporary Romance)His ReputationHer AirmanHis CosplayerLove Hack (M/F Contemporary Romance)His HackerHis InfatuationHer SurrenderHacking Wonderland (Suspense)Reagan through the Looking GlassThe Hatter and the HarePainting the Roses RedReigning HeartsNull Equation (Dystopian Romance)Over ExposedOver StimulatedOver SharedStand Alone TitlesSeeking More (M/F New Adult Romance)Destined for Temptation (Paranormal Romance)
Corruption (NEON #2)
by Allyson LindtDahliaFor the first time in my life, I know where I came from, and I can embrace my heritage.But the price on my head has grown, and those closest to me are in danger as well.Freyr will never forgive me if something happens to Fenrir. I don't blame him--I won't be able to forgive myself if I lose either of them.Author's Note:This series will give you multiple happily ever afters, for multiple MMF polyamorous triads… But getting there will be one hell of an angst-filled ride.
Decimation (NEON #6)
by Allyson LindtThe final book Allyson Lindt's heart-stopping, paranormal MMF series, NEON.MagnusI know how to save the people who matter. How to get my family back. How to finally destroy the god who wants to see us dead.No matter the cost.
Dungeon Crawl (Three Player Tag-Team #5)
by Allyson LindtFallynEven a brat needs love.To anyone who watches my vlog, I’m the obnoxious know-it-all who breaks video games for a living, but that’s just a persona. There are only two men, guys who have no idea who I am outside of an avatar, who know the real me. I trust them, I’m falling for them, and I’m pretty sure they feel the same.Except when I meet them in person I realize they’re the programmers for one of the games I’ve trashed the most. Then it’s game over for our relationship before we even leave the load screen.There’s a fine line between lust and hate, and it isn’t long before the three of us find ourselves in a sexy game of one upmanship built on spite and desire.If we can’t work our way through our animosity, the delicious ways we get each other off won’t make up for our broken hearts.
Exploitation (NEON #5)
by Allyson LindtMagnusI've had everything--everyone--I loved stripped from me.I have my sister back, but I'll never forgive the god who said he loved me, and lied. And I'll never forget the phoenix shifter who can't remember me now that he's been reborn.Both men left me with a secret. Something that will get me killed if anyone finds out.Something I have to tell them, in order to survive.
Random Encounter (Three Player Tag-Team #1)
by Allyson LindtAdrienneI'm both terrified and thrilled to be the new artist for the hottest coming soon game in the industry--double entendre intended.The start-up gaming company I work for likes to push boundaries, including adult ratings, no limit on in-game partners, and some moderately graphic depictions of all the different ways to get down and dirty with two or more people.Given that I’m inching my way toward forty and my experience in the bedroom is limited to a couple of less than attentive ex-boyfriends, I'm not sure I can pull off the realistic designs that are expected of me.Two sexy men have got my back... and my front... and every bit of me from head to toe. Because they're going to help me work through the various positions the game is supposed to portray.In front of a camera.For drawing reference, of course.And as long as I remember this is all for purely research purposes, I'll be fine.I can remember that, right?Other Books By Allyson LindtValkyrie's Legacy Series (Urban Fantasy)Valkyrie RebornValkyrie HuntedValkyrie ConcealedValkyrie CrownedThree Player Co-op (Ménage Romance)Looking For ItWaiting For ItAsking For ItRunning For ItFighting For ItGame for Cookies Series (Ménage Romance)Seduction GamesControl GamesTwo Plus One (Ménage Romance)Their NerdTheir Matchmaker3d20 Series (Ménage Romance)Roll Against TrustRoll Against RegretRoll Against DiscoveryRoll Against BetrayalSubscribe, Live, Love Series (Ménage Romance)Red HuntedRed ConsumedBeauty ClaimedBeauty AwakenedUbiquity Series (Urban Fantasy Reverse Harem)Seductive SoulSoul ReaperSoul BetrayerTruth's Harem Series (Urban Fantasy Reverse Harem)Fate's IllusionInnovation's MuseApathy's HeroRidden Hard (M/F Contemporary Romance)Hard FlipHard PackRiding the WaveDrive Me WildLove Equation (Contemporary Romance)RivalCharmed by the GeeksRegretRestraintLove Games (M/F Contemporary Romance)His ReputationHer AirmanHis CosplayerLove Hack (M/F Contemporary Romance)His HackerHis InfatuationHer SurrenderHacking Wonderland (Suspense)Reagan through the Looking GlassThe Hatter and the HarePainting the Roses RedReigning HeartsNull Equation (Dystopian Romance)Over ExposedOver StimulatedOver SharedStand Alone TitlesSeeking More (M/F New Adult Romance)Destined for Temptation (Paranormal Romance)
Sabotage (NEON #3)
by Allyson LindtMagnusWhen I was granted immortality, I hoped I could put one of life's worries behind me--that a powerful group of gods want me dead.Turns out undying isn't as literal as I thought.I've got some powerful people fighting by my side, including a phoenix shifter with a sexy AF accent, and a god on the inside of the same organization trying to kill me.I'll gladly take their help in the staying alive department, and I definitely don't mind that the arrangement comes with physical benefits of the naked and horizontal variety.But I can't offer more than that. Not an eternity, or a lifetime, or any sort of love, because it becomes more clear every day that nothing is forever, and trust is the most fleeting thing there is.Author's Note:This series will give you multiple happily ever afters, for multiple MMF polyamorous triads… But getting there will be one hell of an angst-filled ride.
Subversion: A Ménage Paranormal Romance (NEON #1)
by Allyson LindtDahlia Being hunted by the gods has never been hotter.I was trained as an assassin for some of the oldest names in mythology. When I decided I wanted out, the gods in question weren't having it.Screw them.Fortunately, I’ve made some influential and supernatural friends over the years, including Freyr, a god of fertility, and Fenris, a wolf shifter with a heavenly heritage. They share my strong distaste for the other gods. They also own NEON, the hottest burlesque club in the Underground, and want me to be their new opening act.Will that put me right in the public eye, and tell those hunting me exactly where I am?Freyr, Fen, and I hope so. Plus, I'm not complaining about the scorching benefits that come with being hidden by two smokin' hot immortals.As long as I get to my hunters before they get to me.Author's Note: NEON is its own series in Allyson Lindt's Valkyrie universe. You can take your first step into this world here. However, this series does contain spoilers for the Valkyrie's Legacy series by Allyson Lindt. This series will give you multiple happily ever afters, for multiple MMF polyamorous triads… But getting there will be one hell of an angst-filled ride.