AN UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST MEMOIR of life with quadriplegia combines raw personal experience, cultural theory. A MINUS

A BODY, UNDONE : LIVING ON AFTER GREAT PAIN
New York University Press
2016

A STINT IN “EX-GAY” THERAPY, described with wrenching honesty and a wealth of compassion. B PLUS

BOY ERASED
Penguin Publishing Group
2016

INCISIVE YET LYRICAL novel captures Berlin and Chicago in the 1980s through the eyes of a gay Black writer. B PLUS

BLACK DEUTSCHLAND
Farrar
2016

THE POWER OF URBAN SOLITUDE: a writer weaves her memories together with iconic artworks on city loneliness. A MINUS

LONELY CITY: ADVENTURES IN THE ART OF BEING ALONE
Picador USA
2016

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN’S MEMOIR shines when portraying the odd camaraderie of life on the indie-rock road. SOLID B

HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL: A MEMOIR
Riverhead Books
2015

WITTY, THOUGHT-PROVOKING science fiction! A UFO researcher/stripper on the run from Men In Black; smart fun. B PLUS

A CHINESE-CANADIAN FAMILY, RIVEN by a father’s desire for control and his children’s search for identity. B PLUS

THOUGHTFUL, ELOQUENT MEMOIR of a writer’s day jobs in sex work and in human services work. Stunning, raw! B PLUS

GLORIOUS, DREAMLIKE SPANISH novel riffs on the life and death of poet García Lorca.  Luminous new translation!

NESTED TALES OF gay men and single mothers, complex characterizations, rich historical context…good stuff.