‘Walking the Dog’ by Elizabeth Swados
The book details the struggles of “former child prodigy and rich-girl kleptomaniac” Ester Rosenthal as she navigates a post-prison life as a high-end professional dog walker
‘Black Dove: Mama, Mi’jo, and Me’ by Ana Castillo
One of the collection’s implicit questions is what intersections of identities might come next, what experiences and realities we have yet to see represented
‘Apocalypse Baby’ by Virginie Despentes
Apocalypse Baby, in the end, is a demanding read; Despentes’ words, plot, and ideas are contentious, confrontational, and very purposefully so.
‘Pissing in a River’ by Lorrie Sprecher
Amanda, the narrator of Lorrie
‘Spit and Passion’ by Cristy C. Road
Not all LGBT coming of
