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A National Book Critics Circle Award Winner in 2015, this memoir is a piece of “autotheory,” a category Nelson created and claimed on her own. I can’t express how much I enjoyed Jones’ writing and narration better than this line from the publisher:
“An award-winning poet, Jones has developed a style that’s as beautiful as it is powerful—a voice that’s by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze.
The main character, Jam, is a young transgender girl who comes across Pet, a creature who comes to life from a painting. You lose him, only to find him again, then lose him in the crowd... London Parker (they/them) is a nonbinary contestant on a popular cooking show; on set, they run into Dahlia Woodson, a clumsy, recently divorced chef with her eye on the prize.
She’s gone from a childhood in the infamously abusive cult The Children of God, to a period of homelessness, to work in the U.S. Air Force, and finally to work as a writer. In this fictional world, everyone is told monsters no longer exist, but Pet’s specialty and imperative are to hunt monsters. This book contains a few frankly described scenes of gay sex.
The audiobook trades narration between Cate Blanchett and Hough herself, and it’s a fascinating listen.
How We Fight for Our Livesby Saeed Jones
Narrated by the author, 5 hours 34 minutes
Saeed Jones is best known as a poet, but his memoir and narration is something worth celebrating.
Set in the fictional town of Big Burr, Kansas—dubbed the most homophobic town in the US—a group of queer volunteers move in to try and change the minds of the town’s residents. Young adult novels have some of the best queer stories in the industry, and The Black Flamingo is no exception.
Under the Rainbowby Celia Laskey
Narrated by a full cast, 7 hours 41 minutes
Under the Rainbow is Celia Laskey’s debut novel, and it’s a really good one.
It’s a wonderful story of owning and loving who you are, and Logan Rozos brings the story to the next level with his narration.
Detransition, Babyby Torrey Peters
Narrated by Renata Friedman, 12 hours 31 minutes
I had the pleasure of reading this novel with my book club at the time, and as a cisgender woman, I really enjoyed reading a transgender perspective.
The audiobook comes with bonus interviews and even some recordings of Tegan and Sara’s very first songs, released for the first time with this memoir. Let us know in the comments!