Books I read in May 2023

[amado1]

Total:
— War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges;
— Doubly Gifted: The Author as Visual Artist by Kathleen G. Hjerter;
— Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak by Jean Hatzfield;
— Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics by David Bowie;
— Yentl the Yeshiva Boy by Isaac Bashevis Singer;
— Making Faces, Playing God: Identity and the Art of Transformational Makeup by Thomas Morawetz;
— Thin by Lauren Greenfield;
— Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card;
— The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel;
— T.E. Lawrence: Biography of a Broken Hero by Harold Orlans;
— Mission Child by Maureen McHugh;
— The Ugly Little Boy by Isaac Asimov;
— The End of Forgetting: Growing Up With Social Media by Kate Eichhorn.

Books I hope to crack open on vacation:

— Pageboy by Elliot Page;
— Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America by Krista Burton;
— Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer;
— Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies;
— The Planet Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder;
— The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune;
— Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn;
— Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy;
— Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler/

Comments

[greghousesgf]

Dykes to Watch Out for is Great!

[kradeelav]

so many of these look absolutely kickass -- i'm really curious how you find your best titles; just wandering around libraries and recs from friends?

Recognize a lot in this round, and that "Making Faces" one in particular looks like fun to read during Pride too.