Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month 2020: LGBTQ+ BooksLike this list

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• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

  Vuong, Ocean

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  Written as a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read, when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties. The novel unearths a family's history that began before he was born--a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam--and serves as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 100 Crushes

  Lim, Elisha,

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  "100 Crushes" compiles five years of queer comics by Elisha Lim. It's an absorbing documentary that travels through Toronto, Berlin, Singapore, and beyond in the form of interviews, memoirs, and gossip from an international queer vanguard.

• Marriage of a Thousand Lies

  Sindu, S. J.

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  Lucky and her husband, Krishna, are gay. They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conservative Sri Lankan-American families, while each dates on the side. It's not ideal, but for Lucky, it seems to be working. She goes out dancing, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Edinburgh

  Chee, Alexander,

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  Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boy's choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Disinherited

  Ong, Han

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  When his Fiipino father's will is read, American Roger Caracera is stunned to discover that he has been left half a million dollars. Unable to live with this burdensome inheritance, he decides to give his money away. But who among the millions of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Slant

  a Novel

  Wang, Timothy

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  James, an Asian boy who likes video games and romantic comedies, realizes he’s gay while attending college in Boston. He begins a whirlwind exploration of the gay world, negotiating its many pitfalls.

• Gutted

  Chin, Justin, 1969-2015

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  Within the Japanese poetic form of the zuihitsu, Chin reflects on experiences of grief, loss, comfort and illness, and resolve.

• Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

  a Memoir

  Madden, T Kira,

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  T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut is a memoir about coming of age as a queer, biracial teenager within the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where cult-like privilege, shocking social and racial disparities, rampant…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Time Will Be Different

  Sugiura, Misa

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  CJ Katsuyama spends most of her after-school hours working at her family's flower shop, Heart's Desire. While that seems like the perfect place for a romance, looming bankruptcy also sets the stage for a dynamic, multilayered drama about family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Take Out

  Queer Writing From Asian Pacific America

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  "Take Out" brings together established and emerging artists to define their personal and collective vision as gays and lesbians. The visual, literary, and performance works in this anthology probe a variety of topics-inter-generational…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Called Us Enemy

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei s childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon and America itself in this gripping tale of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Soft Science

  Choi, Franny,

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  "Soft Science" explores queer, Asian American femininity. A series of Turing Test-inspired poems grounds its exploration of questions not just of identity, but of consciousness--how to be tender and feeling and still survive a violent world filled…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Quarantine

  Stories

  Mehta, Rahul

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  Mehta's debut short story collection is an emotionally arresting exploration of the lives ofIndian-American gay men and their families.

• For Today I Am a Boy

  Fu, Kim,

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  Peter, the only boy among four siblings born to Chinese immigrants, is convinced he is a girl and must fight the confines of a small town as well as the expectations of his parents to forge his own path into adulthood.

• The Very Inside

  An Anthology of Writings by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women

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  More than fifty contributions of poetry, prose, interviews, articles and artwork make this collection fascinating and important.

• Leche

  a Novel

  Linmark, R. Zamora

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  After thirteen years of living in the U.S., Vince returns to his birthplace, the Philippines. As he ventures into the heat and chaos of the city, he encounters a motley cast of characters, including a renegade nun, a political film director,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Chant Comes

  Kay Ulanday Barrett

  Barrett, Kay Ulanday,

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  Kay Ulanday Barrett has been bringing his unique poetry to audiences for over a decade, unpicking vital political questions around race, sickness and disability and gender, and chronicling the everydayness of life in the U.S. Empire with humor,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No One Can Pronounce My Name

  a Novel

  Satyal, Rakesh,

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  Harit, a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid-forties, lives with his mother who can no longer function after the death of Harit's sister, Swati. In a misguided attempt to keep both himself and his mother sane, Harit has taken to dressing up in a sari…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Fire Is Burning, It Is in Me

  the Life and Writings of Michiyo Fukaya

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  Michiyo Fukaya, a Japanese-American lesbian poet and activist, was also a single mother of a mixed-race daughter, living on welfare, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual assault, and a woman of color in an all white environment.…Read moreRead more of this annotation