‘Infringe’ by Sarah B. Burghauser
In Infringe, the reader is taken through the journey of a girl who has been raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, whose faith and sense of identity is fractured by trauma
‘Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home’ by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Dirty River goes above and beyond being a story of survival; it is a femme manifesto
‘Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl’ by Carrie Brownstein
The debut memoir from Sleater Kinney member and Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl is a whip smart and compelling story that expertly blends music writing with personal revelations
‘Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing’ by Kate Walter
Looking for a Kiss is about one woman’s herculean attempt to thrive in the face of tragedy and an uncertain romantic future
‘The Reappearing Act: Coming Out as Gay on a College Basketball Team Led by Born-Again Christians’ by Kate Fagan
“Fagan knows that it is not enough for a memoirist to merely relate her story; she must figure out how her life has shaped her.”
‘A Simple Revolution’ by Judy Grahn
For over forty years, Judy
‘Coal to Diamonds’ by Beth Ditto and Michelle Tea
Beth Ditto’s memoir is PUNK, which, after learning about her through the pages of this book, I think is probably what she would see as the best possible compliment about her work.
