#kindredstories

[books4us]

Yes, yes . I know it’s the day they call Christmas. So to all who partake, enjoy. It’s also Sunday, which means it is THE SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT!!! And for the last Sunday of the year, I give you Andre’s Aces. The fabulous five! These are the best five books I read in 2022! They all deserve your attention. So pull back the red curtain(swipe left) to reveal the Five Aces!! Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta 🏆All the conventions of writing fiction are kicked to the curb and it’s done so lustrously. Dr. No 🏆 Percival Everett is the best person currently writing fiction, period. Mother Country 🏆 A book that will stir all the emotions as you consider the weight of ethics and morality. Yonder 🏆 A story of the stolen and the thieves amplifying love and tenderness. South To America 🏆 Ms. Imani Perry is the best person writing non-fiction in these times. The Queen! This book proves it, as she easily shifts through genres, as she takes the readers on a journey South! So, that’s all folks, and if you want to read my thoughts on these great books, you’ll have to scroll through my feed and click on the covers. P.S. As an addendum, the best bookstore in the Southwest, USA is hands down @kindredstorieshtx. They have the best mix of inventory, customer service, appearance, and customer engagement. Terri Hamm is bringing a professionalism to book retailing, that is often lacking in many of our establishments! If you are in Houston, TX go check them out. If not you can order online. They are very deserving of your support. #ownvoicesreviews #bookpusher #pushingbooksainteasy #kindredstories #imaniperry #jabariasim #percivaleverett #jacindatownsend #jameshanaham #blackbooksmatter #goodblackreads #sundayspotlight #blackbibliophile #readologist #readmorebooks #bestbooksof2022 (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cml6w8eLMS5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories edited by Michael Earp

(2019)

From The Publisher:

Twelve of Australia’s best writers from the LGBTQ+ community are brought together in this ground-breaking collection of YA short stories.

What does it mean to be queer? What does it mean to be human? In this powerful #LoveOzYA collection, twelve of Australia’s finest writers from the LGBTQ+ community explore the stories of family, friends, lovers and strangers – the connections that form us. This inclusive and intersectional #OwnVoices anthology for teen readers features work from writers of diverse genders, sexualities and identities, including writers who identify as First Nations, people of colour or disabled. With short stories by bestsellers, award winners and newcomers to young adult fiction including Jax Jacki Brown, Claire G Coleman, Michael Earp, Alison Evans, Erin Gough, Benjamin Law, Omar Sakr, Christos Tsiolkas, Ellen van Neerven, Marlee Jane Ward, Jen Wilde and Nevo Zisin.

Advance praise from Lili Wilkinson: “Beautiful, fresh and exciting, Kindred brings together the pleasure of reading about people who share your own experience, and the delight in discovering lives, worlds and ways of being that are utterly unlike your own. It made me believe that the world is bigger, kinder and more beautiful than I’d thought possible. Kindred peels back the labels we all wear to find the people, stories and beating hearts underneath. It’s a book for everyone.”

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My first two reads for Pride Month 2019 🏳️‍🌈

I’m loving If I Was Your Girl so far and I can’t wait to dive into Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories 

What LGBT+ books are you picking up this month?

Need some suggestions? Check out my LGBT+ Recs list! 

[thelittlebookroom]

We are phenomenally proud to share the cover of KINDRED: 12 QUEER #LOVEOZYA STORIES edited by our very own bookseller extraordinaire MICHAEL EARP! • It is tremendously exciting to see this very fine collection creeping ever closer to our shelves: it will be released into the wild in June! And we will be celebrating! 🌈📚🎉 • #kindredstories #ownvoices #loveozya #books #bookstagram #read #local #community #bookshop #littlebookroom (at The Little Bookroom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BseOCdKFwC3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cnhird3yc9m3

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Hi, I'm so sorry but I have to leave this group! Life got unexpectedly really hectic REALLY quickly, and I just don't have the time anymore! Thank you though!

we are so sorry to see you go angel, we’ll miss you around the dash but thank you for lending us your talents, we’ve loved every minute of it !! i wish you nothing but the best and i hope that life calms down for you soon !! best of luck and lots of love !!

members, please unfollow, anne shirley is now reopened for applications !

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Kindred Stories

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and The Arc Tennessee are currently seeking interviews with individuals with disabilities and/or families who live in rural areas of Tennessee. We want to better understand the challenges and barriers rural residents may face when trying to access supports and services such as medical specialists, respite, transportation, job coaches, and more. The ultimate goal of the Kindred Stories of Disability: Rural Issues project is to share the stories we collect from rural residents with legislators and policymakers and to contribute to improved service delivery across ALL areas of our state.

If you are an individual with a disability or a family member who lives in a rural area of Tennessee and you are willing to participate in an interview over the phone during the month of October, please consider participation. Interviews usually last one (1) hour and are conducted by students from Vanderbilt University’s Department of Special Education. Questions will be shared with participants in advance of the interviews and will focus on a variety of potential barriers to disability services.

If you are a service professional who works with individuals and families living in rural areas who might be willing to share their experiences, please forward this request to them.

To participate please send an email (with “Kindred Stories” in the subject line) to:  courtney.taylor@vanderbilt.edu, or call (615) 322-5658.

A project of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) Public Policy Team, each year the VKC and The Arc Tennessee collaborate to produce a collection of stories that highlight the challenges individuals with disabilities and their families face as they navigate service systems and supports. Booklets are shared with Tennessee legislators during Disability Day(s) on the Hill and the Disability Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C., to educate them with first-hand accounts from constituents in their districts. Stories are collected by students from Vanderbilt and Belmont Universities, who interview the families as part of a course assignment.

For examples of past Kindred Stories of Disability projects, see: http://vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vkc/resources/kindred/

[books4us]

The SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT is here! And today we highlight a book that will challenge your thoughts around reading. It’s always pleasurable when you can pick up a book and be intellectually stimulated and actually learn something. I got my copy from @kindredstorieshtx. In my brief thoughts, I wrote; ✍🏾 Some great points made in this collection. Expanded my idea of reading and expounded upon some of the familiar tropes we readers parrot about reading. Reading creates empathy. That pithy saying was delightfully destroyed. And her discussion of representation writing was nuanced and prescient. “Representation Matters Art is still, ultimately, just another armed wing of the attentive arts of white supremacy: it’s the kind of art you make when someone has told you to prove you’re a human—and you agree. It’s art that makes us stupider, the way white supremacy makes us stupider: it was bad enough to rob us of life, land, and language, but style, too, babe? It’s the kind of art you make when every impulse you have is a conditioned fear response to some imaginary white specter in the audience, in the mirror.” All-in-all a very good collection of essays that takes a fine razor to the culture of book reading and inflicts a thousand cuts all the while informing and creating smarter readers. This book needs to be on your shelf. #howtoreadnow #elainecastillo #ownvoicesreviews #readmorebooks #blackbibliophile #goodreads #kindredstories #booksaremylife #readingismylife #makereadinglitagain #sundayspotlight #vikingpress (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmUBZ7zL7zJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Review: Kindred - 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories Rating: 4/5

An excellent LGBT+ short story anthology with heaps of diversity not just in gender and sexuality but in race, religion and ability as well. My only qualm was that, like the Proud anthology from the UK, there were no asexual characters.

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Rats by Marlee Jane Ward - 2/5 - Not quite my thing but an imaginative way to start the anthology. (wlw)

In Case of Emergency, Break Glass by Erin Gough - 4/5 - disaster lesbians ruining parties to save endangered birds? love it. (wlw)

Bitter Draught by Michael Earp - 3/5 - A bittersweet story about gay farmers looking for herbs. Needed a bit more room to establish the world and relationships. (mlm)

I Like Your Rotation by Jax Jacki Brown - 5/5 - This one had wlw wheelchair users so it’s automatically my favourite. Loved the intersectionality here too. (wlw)

Sweet by Claire G Coleman - 3/5 - I liked the idea of this one and it's very diverse but I was completely lost in regards to the setting. (trans/NB)

Light Bulb by Nevo Zisin - 4/5 - Beautiful imagery with a lovely parent/child relationship. Always good to see supportive parents in queer stories. (trans)

Waiting by Jen Wilde - 5/5 - Can I have an entire novel about Audrey and Josie falling in love and becoming fandom superqueens please??? Awesome #OwnVoices autism rep too! (bi)

Laura Nyro at the Wedding by Christos Tsiolkas - DNF - This one just … does not feel like YA. I didn’t connect to the characters at all. (mlm)

Each City by Ellen van Neerven - 2/5 - Another genre piece that needed a bit more room to develop. (gender diversity)

An Arab Werewolf in Liverpool by Omar Sakr - 4/5 - Wacky and fun. Loved the Muslim LGBT+ rep. (mlm)

Stormlines by Alison Evans - 4/5 - A gentle sci-fi story set amongst the ocean with loads of characters with different gender identities. 

Questions to Ask Straight Relatives by Benjamin Law - 5/5 - A nonfiction piece that brilliantly examines the queer perspective. An excellent way to wrap up the anthology. (mlm)

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