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List of most Commonly Banned Books in the US Dominated by Heartwarming LGBT+ Stories

Books featuring LGBT+ content are once again dominating the rankings of the most-banned books – with two trans kids’ books coming top. The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom collates an annual list of the most commonly banned and challenged books at libraries across the US, which has long shone a light on the ongoing censorship faced by authors who address LGBT+ themes. This year’s list is no different, with a staggering eight of the top 10 books in the list targeted over LGBT+ content — the fourth consecutive year that queer books have made up more than half the list. LGBT+ books […]

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Tribute to Beloved Gay Children’s Book Author

When we were four, many of us daydreamed about being a ballerina, astronaut or magician. But, mostly, we were clueless about what we’d be when we grew up.  That wasn’t the case with Thomas (a.k.a. Tomie) dePaola, the acclaimed, gay children’s author and illustrator, who died at age 85 in Lebanon, N.H., from complications from surgery after a fall. DePaola, whose award-winning work was beloved by children and adults, wrote and illustrated more than 270 books. If you’ve been spellbound by magical grandmas; bullied; eagerly awaited the arrival of a new baby brother or sister; or frightened by news that […]

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New Book Shines Light on the Role queer Women Played in the Easter Uprising

Women who lived radical, unflinchingly queer lifestyles played an essential role in Ireland’s Easter Rising of 1916, but most later had their commitment to independence erased. A new book tries to change that. These women’s identities are explored in a new book by Niall O’Dowd. A New Ireland looks at how Ireland went from being one of the most conservative countries in Europe to one of the most socially liberal, examining social change over the last century and delving into the formative 1916 Rising.ADVERTISING That year, Irish revolutionaries took to the streets of Dublin and seized important buildings in an armed uprising in […]

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Support SoCo’s Booksellers Copperfields Books by Shopping Online

We may have to stay home, but our minds can soar to new worlds when you order books through copperfieldsbooks.com.  Our website offers an extensive array of books that we will ship directly to your home, so you can stay home & shop local. Visit our webpage and click “Shop Books” to browse dozens of genres you and your family will love! In addition, we’ve reduced our shipping prices, making it easier to support your local independent bookstore.

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March Book Releases by LGBTQI Authors

In honor of March as National Foreign Language Month, here is your favorite word (book) in seven languages with which you may, or may not, be familiar! Azerbaijani-Kitab; Estonian-Ramat; Farsi-Ketabi; Luxembourgish-Buch; Mongolian-Nom; Zulu-Incwadi. And here are all the LGBTQ Knigi(Russian) you can add to your shelf this month. In the captivating Fiebre Tropical, by Lambda Literary Fellow Juliana Delgado Lopera, a young protagonist grapples with a chaotic new life and an intense, but troubled, relationship. Uprooted from her comfortable life in Bogotá, Colombia, into an ant-infested Miami townhouse, fifteen-year-old Francisca is miserable and friendless in her strange new city. Her alienation grows when her mother […]

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Book Review: “Cantoras” by Carolina De Robertis

Cantoras tells the stories of five queer women in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay; of the homes they build, first and foremost a shack that the five buy together in Cabo Polonio, “the edge of the world,” the site of their retreat from dictatorship; of the community they sustain through abductions, separations, relocations; of the romantics they dare embrace despite criminalization, familial obligation, and each other. The novel spans more than three decades and tracks the everyday despair of living through dictatorship and the cautious optimism of returning to democracy. Cantoras tells the story of five queer women who find in one […]

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Book Review: “gods with a little g” by Tupelo Hassman

Irreverence defines every decision in Tupelo Hassman’s new novel, gods with a little g. From the beginning, the main character, Helen Dedleder, demands your attention by telling you not to bother paying attention. In the first chapter, she describes waving a sign that reads, “Keep going,” at the people flying over her town of Rosary, California. Rosary’s name is no accident—the author chose it in order to riff off the religious connotations of the word. gods with a little g is full of prayers, evangelists, Bible thumpers, holier-than-thou hate mongers, gay bashers, porn-hoarding believers, and a gang of teenage malcontents, the not so […]

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Book Review: “Why Didn’t Someone Warn You About Prince Charming?” by Jameson Currier

Here he is in all his glory. The supposedly perfect gay archetype. Handsome, virile, muscled, and perhaps with his most glaring attribute, his unavailability. Jameson Currier explores many themes in his latest collection of short stories, but the elusive “one that got away” is central to most of them. The results are a wry, witty, often self-deprecating take on desire from the more mature gay man’s point of view. The protagonists of many of these stories are settled, nuanced, experienced, and yet still filled with longing. Their days as a beauty, if they were ever perceived as that, are behind […]

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Occidental Center for the Arts’ Literary Series presents The Ice Palace Waltz by local author Barbara L. Bae March 1

Sunday March 1st, 2-4 pm. Occidental Center for the Arts’ Literary Series presents The Ice Palace Waltz by local author Barbara L. Baer. Her latest novel explores remembered stories of tragedy and loss following two early 20thcentury stock market crashes. In this compelling saga, she weaves the lives of two Jewish immigrant families who come together in a riveting saga amid the financial and social turmoil of early 20th Century America. Klezmer music will welcome audience in, then selected readings with a slide show, a Q&A facilitated by Judith Moorman, followed by book sales and signing. Admission is free, and all donations gratefully accepted.  Refreshments, Jewish nosh, […]

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Occidental Center for the Arts Literary Series with Local Author Barbara L. Baer

March 1 Occidental Center for the Arts’ Literary Series presents The Ice Palace Waltz by local author Barbara L. Baer. Two Jewish immigrant families come together in a riveting family saga amid the financial and social turmoil of early 20th Century America. Selected readings with slide show, Q&A, book sales & signing. Free admission, all donations gratefully accepted. Refreshments by donation, wine/ beer for sale. OCA: 3850 Doris Murphy Way, Occidental, CA. OCA’s facilities are accessible to people with disabilities. For more info: occidentalcenterforthearts.org or 707-874-9392.

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