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Let us know of some great LGBTQ+ books that you love!

The Art of Being Normal

List of Queer, Trans, and Nonbinary Slam/Performance Poets:

Chrysanthemum Tran
(view spoiler)[ http://www.chrysanthemumtran.com/ (hide spoiler)]
Paul Tran
(view spoiler)[ https://iampaultran.com/ (hide spoiler)]
Kevin Kantor
(view spoiler)[ https://www.facebook.com/KevinKantorA... (hide spoiler)]
Jamie Mortara
(view spoiler)[ http://jamiemortara.com/ (hide spoiler)]
Ollie Renee Schminkey
(view spoiler)[ http://www.ollieschminkey.com/
The chapbook "YOU ARE SAD AND THAT SUCKS A LOT"
is stellar (hide spoiler)]
Ry Irene Mount
(view spoiler)[ https://www.facebook.com/RyIrenePoetry/ (hide spoiler)]
Riley Zahn
Danez Smith
(view spoiler)[ http://www.danezsmithpoet.com/ (hide spoiler)]
M. Less
(view spoiler)[ https://www.gameoverbooks.com/ (hide spoiler)]
Hieu Minh Nguyen
(view spoiler)[ https://www.hieuminhnguyen.com/ (hide spoiler)]
Justice Gaines (Ameer)
C. Russell Price
(view spoiler)[ http://www.jetfuelreview.com/c-russel... (hide spoiler)]


(will add when I have time/remember folks)

Also, if you want links to books/chapbooks/videos/etc. let me know and I can put those up.

E.J. wrote: "List of Trans and Nonbinary Slam/Performance Poets:

Chrysanthemum Tran
Paul Tran
Kevin Kantor
Jamie Mortara
Ollie Renee Schminkey
Ry Irene Mount
Riley Zahn
Danez Smith
M. Less
Hieu Minh Nguyen
Jus..."

this is great. i think those links would be great!

Gabby wrote: "The Art of Being Normal"

goooood book i hear

ɱค૭૭ɿ૯ wrote: "E.J. wrote: "List of Trans and Nonbinary Slam/Performance Poets:

Chrysanthemum Tran
Paul Tran
Kevin Kantor
Jamie Mortara
Ollie Renee Schminkey
Ry Irene Mount
Riley Zahn
Danez Smith
M. Less
Hieu Mi..."

There should be links under each person to their website/FB author page/etc. where you can find all their books.
If you go on Youtube and search their names, you'll find several videos (or more) of each person.

E.J. wrote: "ɱค૭૭ɿ૯ wrote: "E.J. wrote: "List of Trans and Nonbinary Slam/Performance Poets:

Chrysanthemum Tran
Paul Tran
Kevin Kantor
Jamie Mortara
Ollie Renee Schminkey
Ry Irene Mount
Riley Zahn
Danez Smith
..."

thank you so much!!!

ɱค૭૭ɿ૯ (໐ຖ hiคtนŞ) wrote: "Gabby wrote: "The Art of Being Normal"

goooood book i hear"

Oh, I loved it. It was so good. lol

I haven't read it myself but Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi is apparently phenomenal and features a black, Latinx, disabled, polyamorous cast.

Oh! Also!
I'm a published author too and have poems scattered around different literary publishers. I'm also a queer nonbinary trans femme so that's a +++.

Here are the links to things I got published

https://therisingphoenixreview.com/?s...
CW: Classism, Death Mention, Transphobia, Brief Mentions of Sexual Violence
(view spoiler)[ Poems are "I Want to Speak to a Manager," "An Ode to Port-a-Potties," and "The Woman Behind the Makeup Counter Asks What Gender Are You, the Man in the Pickup Truck Asks What Gender Are You, the Boy in My English Class Asks..." (hide spoiler)]

http://www.freezeraypoetry.com/ej-sch...
CW: Body Horror, Self-Harm Implied, ED (view spoiler)[ Eating Disorder (hide spoiler)] Mention, Rape/Sexual Assault, Transphobia
(view spoiler)[ Poems are "In Which I Become the Babadook," "Kesha and I Beat the Shit Out of My Rapist," and "Transdroids" (hide spoiler)]

http://runestonejournal.com/volume3/p...
CW: Homophobia/Transphobia
(view spoiler)[ Poem is "boy so queer" which is an old poem that has been edited to include my current pronouns [they/them/theirs] (hide spoiler)]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVKF8...
CW: Transphobic Violence, Sexual Violence Implied
(view spoiler)[ "Ode to Port-a-Potties" again but this time A VIDEO from me competing at Rustbelt. (hide spoiler)]

http://voicemailpoems.org/post/163531...
CW: Sexual Violence/Rape/Sexual Assault
(view spoiler)[ "Afterwards" -- an audio clip (hide spoiler)]

Below this next spoiler are all my author things so if you wanna know my Patreon, my FB Author page (feel free to like/follow to know if I'm performing at a college/area near you!), and how to get my e-chapbook, you can look there. I always feel uncomfy with self-promotion, but it's all queer/trans stuff!
(view spoiler)[
Here's where you can find out when I publish more things and if I'm performing at a city/town/college/bar near you!
https://www.facebook.com/EJSchoenborn...

Finally, here's a link to my Patreon account which has two free erasure poems to download. I also send out two erasure poems a month for as little as $1 a month. <3
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=9088557

I also sell an e-chapbook for PDF download for $5 (view spoiler)[ Cue my friend group screaming in the background, "You can't afford NOT to buy it!" (hide spoiler)] called "Fucking Straight Boys" that you can get by messaging me on here.
(hide spoiler)]

omg. transgdroids was one of the most....omg. I am going to memorize that one

haha. i love how on E.J.'s bio it tells us that all of their femme clothes are from goodwill.

Transdroids is SO much fun to perform too because I get to use a robot voice for half of it, and allow myself to twitch when I shortcircuit. <3

(Also, all my femme clothes are from Goodwill and thrift stores or hand-me-downs lol, but I love them all the same)

Ode to a Port-a-potty. That is offcially in my top five poems. probably top three. idk. i printed all the ones from the links out so i can memorize them at my leasure :)
you should post ur poems here when u write them if you want. lol they are like my crack now.

So I started reading this manga called "A guy like you," and its about this guy who finds out that this other guy is into him...and a bunch of stuff happens. he ends up pushing the guy away and calling him horrid gay slurrs, but then he ends up realizing that the gay guy is his childhood friend that he hasnt seen in 12 years, and he wants to fix their relationship, but he cant (so far). and i ship them so hard and it broke my heart everytime he looked down on his friend for being gay. (but i think they'll end up together <3)