Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Lesbian+ Book Club in 2022: So Many Possibilities!


Every December, members of the Edmonton Lesbian+ Book Club gather to decide upon our reading list for the coming year. In no particular order, here are the possibilities that I will put forward, with links to Goodreads for more information:

The Gospel of Breaking by Jillian Christmas
(poetry; author awarded Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ emerging writers in 2021)


How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang 

(blend of Chinese symbolism and reimagined history set in American gold rush era)


You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat 

(Palestinian American first-person voice; novel begins at age 12)


Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante 

(experimental novel of a trans woman’s unrequited love; winner of Lambda award)


No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami
(biography; history)


America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
(Filipino family saga)


Radiant Fugitives by Nawaaz Ahmed
(novel narrated by a baby in a Muslim Indian American family)


Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
(YA; identity crossroads set in 1953 San Francisco Chinatown)


Bestiary by K Ming Chang
(fabulist; three generations of Taiwanese American women)


Care Of: Letters, Connections and Cures by Ivan Coyote 

(letters)


We will confer and vote on these and other possibilities this weekend, and then announce our 2022 line-up. 


A complete list of all of the previous books we've read in the Edmonton Lesbian+ Book Club can be found here. We've been going for many years, so there are hundreds of titles! Follow us on Instagram for up-to-date stuff.


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