This June, the MIT Libraries and the MIT Press honor the LGBTQ community on campus and worldwide. The Press is offering a 30% discount this June on a list of related works they’ve published. We at the Libraries have put together a list of highlights from our collections, focusing especially on those by and about queer and transgender people of color. Enjoy!
Fiction:
- The Color Purple, Alice Walker
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Huntress, Malinda Lo
- Passing, Nella Larsen
- Under the Udala Trees, Chinelo Okparanta
- Ascension, Jacqueline Koyanagi
Graphic novels:
- The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For, Alison Bechdel
- Skim, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
- Lumberjanes [Volume one], Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis
- Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention, Tings Chak
- Snapshots of a Girl, Belden Sezen
Popular non-fiction:
- Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, Janet Mock
- Zami, a New Spelling of My Name, Audre Lorde
- Borderlands: The New Mestiza = La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldúa
- Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, Kenji Yoshino
- A Cup of Water under My Bed, Daisy Hernandez
Academic non-fiction:
- All About Love: New Visions, Bell Hooks
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, Audre Lorde
- Lone Star Muslims: Transnational Lives and the South Asian Experience in Texas, Ahmed Afzal
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa (editors)
DVDs:
- Paris is Burning
- Out in the Dark
- Eyes Wide Open
- Trembling before G-d
- Three to Infinity: Beyond Two Genders
Poetry:
- Torn, C. Dale Young
- Kissing God Goodbye: Poems, 1991-1997, June Jordan
- Black Wings & Blind Angels: Poems, Sapphire
CDs:
- StoryCorps OutLoud: Stories from the LGBTQ Community
- The Color Purple: A New Musical
- Lush Life, Billy Strayhorn
- Comfort Woman, Meshell Ndegeocello
- The Bessie Smith Collection, 1923-33
Our full list has dozens of additional suggestions! We’ll be adding to it over the course of the month, so make sure to check back for more things to go on your To Be Read pile.
