#Keah Brown

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'I love you too,' Millie said, reaching out to clasp her sister's hand.

Keah Brown, from "Mother Nature's Youngest Daughter"

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- Take the Mic

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do you know how wonderful it is to now read books that feature your disability? for years, i've had such few examples of cerebral palsy in fiction. but look! an ambulatory high schooler navigating her senior year, a girl searching for a summer romance after a major surgery, a musician dealing with unwanted internet fame! i have representation!

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Authors in Conversation: Keah Brown and Sarah Moon

Today on the site, I’m delighted to welcome authors Keah Brown and Sarah Moon to talk about their books, The Secret Summer Promise and Middletown, both of which released on Tuesday from Levine Querido! (The former was a brand new release, while the latter was a paperback rerelease with a beautiful new cover.) They’ve written their own intro, so I’m just gonna step aside and let them take it away!…

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Daily Book - The Secret Summer Promise

The Secret Summer Promise Keah Brown YA Fiction / Romance, 2023, 304 pg black bisexual female MC with cerebral palsy x Asian-American wlw female (possible) LI; male (possible) LI

THE BSE (Best Summer Ever) LIST!

Blueberries

Art show in ShoeHorn

Lizzo concert

Thrift shop pop-up

Skinny Dipping at the lake house

Amusement Park Day!

Drew Barrymarathon

Paintball day

Oh, and ….

Fall out of love with Hailee.

Andrea Williams has got this. The Best Summer Ever. Last summer, she spent all her time in bed, recovering from the latest surgery for her cerebral palsy. She’s waited too long for adventure and thrills to enter her life. Together with her crew of ride-or-die friends, and the best parents anyone could ask for (just don’t tell them that), she’s going to live it up.

There’s just one thing that could ruin it: Her best friend, Hailee, finding out Andrea’s true feelings. So Andrea WILL fall out of love with Hailee – even if it means dating the cute boy George who keeps showing up everywhere with a smile.

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Title: Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

Author: Bethany C. Morrow, Samira Ahmed, Jason Reynolds, Darcie Little Badger, Keah Brown, L.D. Lewis, Kait Feldmann, Yamile Saied Méndez, Ray Stoeve, Laura Silverman, Sofia Quintero, Connie Sun

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2019

Genres: fiction, anthology, contemporary, LGBT+, poetry, activism, social justice

Blurb: You might be the kind of person who stands up to online trolls, or who marches to protest injustice; perhaps you are #DisabledAndCute and dancing around your living room, alive and proud; perhaps you are the trans mentor that you wish you had when you were younger. Maybe you call out false allies, or stand up to loved ones; maybe you speak your truth and drop the mic, or maybe you take it with you when you leave.

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Hi QLL! Thank you so much for all the work you do!

Would you happen to have have any recommendations for fiction books featuring queer, physically disabled protagonists? YA or otherwise? I’ve been reading lots of fiction with disabled characters lately, but almost everything I’ve read has been (YA) romance and mostly straight, so I’d love any other recommendations! A lot of the lists I find online either focus on queer characters who are neurodivergent or mentally ill, or don’t have many queer characters.

you’re so welcome <3

we do, for sure! here’s a few:

Hunger Pangs by @thebibliosphere (deaf werewolf MC, adult fic)

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith (multiple sclerosis, adult fic)

Redsight by Meredith Mooring (blind MC, adult fic)

Brooms by Jasmine Walls (one MC is deaf, YA graphic novel)

The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown (MC with cerebral palsy, YA)

Queer Disability Anthology (fiction, poetry, non-fic, comics etc)

Time & Time Again by Chatham Greenfield (chronic pain, YA)

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Happy Disability Pride Month!

Here are some books with disabled bi MCs to celebrate the occasion 💖

Books listed

💕 The Faithless by C.L. Clark 💕 Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei 💕 The Immeasurable Depth of You by Maria Ingrande Mora 💕 The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes 💕 Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington 💕 Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert 💕 Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Jessica Walton 💕 The Disasters by M.K. England 💕 The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown 💕 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 💕 Scoring a Spouse by Liz Lincoln 💕 Other bound by Corinne Duyvis 💕 Play It Again by Aidan Wayne 💕 Dark Pines by Will Dean 💕 Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds 💕 In The Ring by Sierra Isley 💕 Dearly Departed by Heather Novak 💕 Monstersona by Chloe Spencer

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Support from the Start: How to Talk About Disability With A Disabled Partner When You're a Nondisabled Person

New relationships - whether romantic, sexual, or both - are almost always exciting, no matter who you are. But for people with disabilities in relationships with neurotypical, nondisabled partners, new relationships can be filled with anxiety, including anxiety about the serious conversations that need to be held. Is there a best way to tell your partner you’re disabled? As an autistic person, I’ve learned there is no “best way,” so much as being vulnerable and honest within my comfort level and making sure whoever my partner is capable of being supportive of my identity and understanding the various needs associated with my neurodivergence.

Disability covers a wide range of conditions, such as cognitive and learning differences, intellectual disabilities, visual or hearing impairments, or physical disabilities. Each person’s experience and exact disability traits are different. Like anybody else, people with disabilities generally want intimacy, to love and be loved. We are worthy of companionship, love, and sex. Spend any time on the accounts of disabled social media creators like Alex Dacy, Keah Brown, or Andrew Gurza, and the message is clear: just like anybody else, disabled people can perceived as desirable, we see ourselves as cute, and we crave the same range of human desires as nondisabled people. But what exactly does all of that mean for our partners, who are often new to this whole disability thing?

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Disability Picture Books #2

[ID: A poster reading "Disability Picture Books" in black writing in the centre. A small, circular logo is in the top right corner. It is red with an open book in the middle, white leaves around the book, and the word "The Disability Archive" across the bottom. In the lower left corner, cartoonish clipart of children climbing a colourful stack of books. All of this is overlayed onto the disability pride flag. /end]

[ID: The same poster, edited. The writing has been removed and replaced by four book covers, and the images in both corners have been shrunken slightly. The book covers, from top to bottom, are: "Jubilee", "The You Kind of Kind", "The World Needs More Purple People", and "My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay." /end]

[ID: The same poster, with different book covers. The four books, from top to bottom, are: "You Are Loved", "A Day With No Words", "You Are Enough", and "Sam's Super Seats". /end]

[ID: The same poster, with different book covers. The four books, from top to bottom, are: "All Are Welcome", "We Move Together", "Kami and the Yaks", and "Zoom!" /end]

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A collection of picture books featuring disabled characters and/or discussions of disability!

Once again, thank you to @creativiteaa for providing the majority of the list, and thank you to @moonflowero1 for your contribution to!

Book List:

'Jubilee: The First Therapy Horse and an Olympic Dream' by K. T. Johnsons, Illustrated by Anabella Ortiz- Paralysis, Therapy Animal

'The You Kind of Kind' by Nina West, Illustrated by Hayden Evans- Wheelchair User

'The World Needs More Purple People' by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart, Illustrated by Daniel Wiseman- Wheelchair User

'My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay' by Cari Best, Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton- Blind

'You Are Loved: A Book About Families' by Margaret O'Hair and Sofia Sanchez, Illustrated by Sofia Cardoso

'You Are Enough: A Book About Inclusion' by Margaret O'Hair and Sofia Sanchez, Illustrated by Sofia Cardoso

'A Day With No Words' by Tiffany Hammond, Illustrated by Kate Cosgrove- Autism, Non-Verbal

'Sam's Super Seats' by Keah Brown, Illustrated by Sharee Miller- Cerebral Palsy

'All Are Welcome' by Alexandra Penfold, Illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman

'Kami and the Yaks' by Andrea Stenn Stryer, Illustrated by Bert Dodson- Deaf

'We Move Together' by Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire, Illustrated by Eduardo Trejos

'Zoom!' by Robert Munsch, Illustrated by Michael Martchenko- Wheelchair User

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It isn't always easy, but being me is the best, and sometimes I need a little rest.

Keah Brown, from Sam's Super Seats

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[The six images above are the covers of the books that are featured in the post and are described below after each of the titles.]

Disability Pride Month

For Disability Pride Month we gathered a few titles that we have enjoyed and/or hope to read in the near future. If you know of others that shouldn't be missed, please let us know. 

The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown Levine Querido [Cover is painted and shows three young people sitting near water with a bright sun up above. They're wearing shorts and have long dark hair.]

THE BSE (Best Summer Ever) LIST!

1. Blueberries 2. Art show in ShoeHorn 3. Lizzo concert 4. Thrift shop pop-up 5. Skinny Dipping at the lake house 6. Amusement Park Day! 7. Drew Barrymarathon 8. Paintball day

Oh, and ….

9. Fall out of love with Hailee

Andrea Williams has got this. The Best Summer Ever. Two summers ago, she spent all her time in bed, recovering from the latest surgery for her cerebral palsy. She’s waited too long for adventure and thrills to enter her life. Together with her crew of ride-or-die friends, and the best parents anyone could ask for (just don’t tell them that), she’s going to live it up.

There’s just one thing that could ruin it: Her best friend, Hailee, finding out Andrea’s true feelings. So Andrea WILL fall out of love with Hailee – even if it means dating the cute boy George who keeps showing up everywhere with a smile.

Do we want Andrea to succeed? No! Does she? We’re not telling!

Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester Clarion Books [Cover has a young woman swimming in water. She is wearing a bikini and there are scars visible on her back.]

In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year, all while figuring out her first real boyfriend and how to feel safe in her own body.

Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body.

Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction where professional mermaids perform in giant tanks . . . and Verónica wants to audition. But her conservative Peruvian parents would never go for it. And they definitely would never let her be with Alex, her cute new neighbor.

She decides it’s time to seize control of her life, but her plans come crashing down when she learns her parents have been hiding the truth from her—the truth about her own body.

The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes Balzer + Bray [Cover shows four brightly dressed young people in a narrow passageway or hallway. They are leaning in towards each other to pose together for the picture.]

Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as an autistic girl who never talks, she goes largely ignored by her peers, despite her bold fashion choices. So when cute, popular Luis starts to pay attention to her, Ari finally feels seen.

Luis’s attention soon turns to something more, and they have sex at a party—while Ari didn’t say no, she definitely didn’t say yes. Before she has a chance to process what happened and decide if she even has the right to be mad at Luis, the rumor mill begins churning—thanks, she’s sure, to Luis’s ex-girlfriend, Shawni. Boys at school now see Ari as an easy target, someone who won’t say no.

Then Ari finds a mysterious note in her locker that eventually leads her to a group of students determined to expose Luis for the predator he is. To her surprise, she finds genuine friendship among the group, including her growing feelings for the very last girl she expected to fall for. But in order to take Luis down, she’ll have to come to terms with the truth of what he did to her that night—and risk everything to see justice done.

Disability Visibility Adapted for Young People edited by Alice Wong Delacorte Press [Our review] [The cover has several geometric shapes and bright colors on it along with the title.]

The seventeen eye-opening essays in Disability Visibility , all written by disabled people, offer keen insight into the complex and rich disability experience, examining life's ableism and inequality, its challenges and losses, and celebrating its wisdom, passion, and joy.

The accounts in this collection ask readers to think about disabled people not as individuals who need to be “fixed,” but as members of a community with its own history, culture, and movements. They offer diverse perspectives that speak to past, present, and future generations. It is essential reading for all.

Something More by Jackie Khalileh Tundra [The cover shows three students in uniform near a school sign. One is standing in front and the other two people are sitting on top of the sign.]

Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss and landing a spot in the school play. Within the halls of Holy Trinity High, she finds a world where things are no longer black and white and quickly learns that living in color is much more fun. But Jessie gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script.

Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens edited by Marieke Nijkamp Farrar, Straus and Giroux [This cover features two people hugging with their eyes closed on the cover. One has long hair and the other has very closely cut hair on one side with longer hair on the top. The one with short hair has a cane in one hand.]

This anthology explores disability in fictional tales told from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and more, Unbroken will offer today's teen readers a glimpse into the lives of disabled people in the past, present, and future.

The contributing authors are awardwinners, bestsellers, and newcomers including Kody Keplinger, Kristine Wyllys, Francisco X. Stork, William Alexander, Corinne Duyvis, Marieke Nijkamp, Dhonielle Clayton, Heidi Heilig, Katherine Locke, Karuna Riazi, Kayla Whaley, Keah Brown, and Fox Benwell. Each author identifies as disabled along a physical, mental, or neurodiverse axis―and their characters reflect this diversity.

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hello! what are your top 5 (or 10, if you can't choose) wlw books? doesn't have to be in the romance genre!

ONE LAST STOP by Casey McQuiston - a time slip romance between a jaded former detective and a woman from the 1970s thanks to the Q train.

THE LOCKED TOMB by Tamsyn Muir - several elite necromancers and their sworn swordsmen are invited to compete for sainthood.

A SCATTER OF LIGHT by Malinda Lo - a YA coming-of-age story about a teenager exploring the queer art scene – also related to LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB.

AFTERWORLDS by Scott Westerfeld - after her manuscript is picked up, recent high school graduate learns the most painful truths of being an author – the self-imposed misery of finishing the book

A LESSON IN VENGEANCE by Victoria Lee - a book that's very much for meeeeeeeeeeeeee!

HONEY GIRL by Morgan Rogers - done with completing her PhD, Grace is adrift after an accidental marriage causes her to confront what she wants in her future.

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - rival assassins fight each other across space and time, leaving letters behind.

Anything by Alexandria Bellefleur!

EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END by CL Polk - a private detective's life is on the line in Chicago as angels and monsters play their own games.

THE SECRET SUMMER PROMISE by Keah Brown - Andrea's summer bucket list implodes after a fight with her best friend.

BONUS

FROM DUST, A FLAME by Rebecca Podos - Hannah's mother vanishes after a curse awakens. Now determined to understand her complicated family legacy, Hannah learns that her past is littered with golems, dybbukim, and the demonic deals our loved ones will make to save us.

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hi there! looking for queer romance with disabled characters - especially physically disabled and/or chronically ill characters. I saw your recent post on disabled bi characters, but was wondering if you might be able to expand on just queerness in general?

Sure! First of all, you can always find characters by condition here: https://lgbtqreads.com/representation/disability-neurodivergence/

But for specifically Romance, and specifically physical disability/chronic illness, check out Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield and The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown in YA, and in NA/Adult, Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans, Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West, Just Business by Anna Zabo, Sated by Rebekah Weatherspoon, Connection Error by Annabeth Albert, Only Love by Garrett Leigh, and the Love Language series by Reese Morrison for a few to start with!

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Episode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-Fiction

This episode we’re discussing the topic of non-fiction Pop Culture books! We talk about cult classics, the Disney channel, the futch scale, and being Eldritch Millennials. 

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

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Things We Read (or tried to…)

Street Unicorns: Extravagant Fashion Photography from NYC Streets and Beyond by Robbie Quinn

Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman by Pádraig Ó Méalóid

Part 0: Introduction

I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future by Michael Molcher

And Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race by María Elena Fernández

The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry

Note: Anna didn’t have the Disney Channel because she lived in the woods in Alaska. It also did not exist in Canada until 2015.

The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel by Jenny Nicholson

That's So '90s!: A Pop-Cultural Guide to the Raddest Decade by Jo Stewart and Lisa Gillard

The Bizarre World of Fake Video Games by Super Eyepatch Wolf

Junk Film: Why Bad Movies Matter by Katharine Coldiron

Other Media We Mentioned

Attack of the New B Movies: Essays on SYFY Original Films edited by Justin Wigard and Mitch Ploskonka

Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide by Chris Garratt and  Richard Appignanesi

FRUiTS by Shoichi Aoki

Wikipedia

Miracleman: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham

RuPaul's Drag Race (Wikipedia)

The Pit Stop S16 E01

Glee (TV series) (Wikipedia)

Euphoria (American TV series) (Wikipedia)

Abbott Elementary (Wikipedia)

The Simpsons is Good Again by Super Eyepatch Wolf

Taskmaster: Series 17, Episode 1

Plan 9 from Outer Space (Wikipedia)

Every Frame a Painting

Links, Articles, and Things

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Jam and Matthew will be streaming Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp on Saturday, June 8th at 3pm PT/6pm ET. 

Jam made an image to promote it.

Jam’s Top Ten Video Essays About Media They Haven’t Experienced

Mood board (Wikipedia)

Blockbuster (Wikipedia)

Walkman (Wikipedia)

Milk caps/Pogs (Wikipedia)

Tamagotchi (Wikipedia)

Webring (Wikipedia)

Which Pokémon are the most goth?

20 Pop Culture Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

Indigenous Celebrity: Entanglements with Fame edited by Jennifer Adese & Robert Alexander Innes

The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown

She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson

Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History by Jeff Chang & Dave Cook

Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada by Karrmen Crey

Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris

Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones

K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television by Grace Jung

Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart by Jen Sookfong Lee

Indiginerds: Tales from Modern Indigenous Life edited by Alina Pete

Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse by Maya Phillips

The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit by Julian Randall

Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee Salisbury

First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game by Nadirah Simmons

Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith

Making a Scene by Constance Wu

Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, & Philip Wang

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Join us again on Tuesday, June 18th when it’s time once again for One Book One Podcast as we each pitch a book we think we should read and you (the listeners) get to vote!

Then on Tuesday, July 2nd we’ll be discussing the genre of Law/Legal Non-Fiction!

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Books Read in 2024

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Numb to This by Kindra Neely: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Cantoras by Caro De Robertis: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Plantains and Our Becoming by Melania Luisa Marte: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Violeta by Isabel Allende: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Lady For a Duke by Alexis Hall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Lady He Lost by Faye Delacour: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cinder Ella by S. T. Lynn: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Hamartia by Scarlett Drake: ⭐️⭐️✨

Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Just Another Story by Ernesto Saade: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Zara Hossein is Here by Sabina Khan: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation by James W. Loewen & Nate Powell: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Messy Roots by Laura Gao: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelayo: no starred rating

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Second Night Stand by Fay and Karelia Stetz-Walters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske: ⭐️⭐️✨

Sorry for the Inconvenience by Farah Naz Rishi: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨