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The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 4 months agoHi friends, I’m looking for a lesbian author of color, who has written fiction preferably. Does anyone have any recommendations? It’s for my book club, trying to diversify it a bit.
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Felicia Luna Lemus (San Francisco!), Jewelle Gomez (vampires!), Mayra Lazara Dole (Miami! Coming Out!), Malinda Lo (fantasy without dragons!) and more listed here: http://zahrawithaz.livejournal.com/12471.html
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Seconding the Jewelle Gomez and Malinda Lo recs! If I recall correctly, Octavia Butler was a lesbian (but even if I’m wrong, you should read her because she is awesome!). I don’t know if Nalo Hopkinson, who I am loving a lot right now, is a lesbian, but her book “The Salt Roads” does have significant lesbian content. One of the stories in…[Read more]
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thanks guys! That will help a lot. I just suggested last night that next year we do all minority authors, and got treated with blank stares :( so my picks are going to be double minorities if I can help it :)
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Check out Achy Obejas!
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mayra lazara dole, who wrote “down to the bone,” is kinda awesome.
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The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 4 months agoSo everyone seems to have read Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, but has anyone read The Little Friend? It has to be my favourite book. And I’m a person who can never choose faves.
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The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 5 months agoI am on book 3 of the Hunger Games trilogy. It’s sooo good. I can’t wait for the movie.
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The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 5 months agoJust read Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi. I think I really needed to read that book.
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The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 5 months agoI just finished reading “The History of White People” by Nell Irvin Painter (I think I saw it recommended on here) and it was really interesting. I’m working on “Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme” now and really enjoying it so far.
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