Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry)
By: Kevin Kantor
4.31
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Please Come Off-Book queers the theatrical canon we all grew up with. Kantor critiques the treatmen…
Want to Read $ 16.00"So glory to the queers who live to see the credits roll"-Kevin Kantor, Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry)
"So glory to the queers who live to see the credits roll"-Kevin Kantor, Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry)
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1. When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
By: Jericho Brown , None , Chen Chen
4.26
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family—the s… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
"What is it, to remember nothing, of what one loved?"-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
"But sometimes no one said anything & I saw him, the local paper boy on his route. His beanstalk frame & fragile bicycle. & I knew: we would be so terribly happy."-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
"My mother was in the hospital & everyone wanted to be my friend. But I was busy making a list: good dog, bad citizen, short skeleton, tall mocha. Typical Tuesday. My mother was in the hospital & no o…"-Jericho Brown, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
2. The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills
By: Charles Bukowski
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A book of poems written by Charles Bukowski for Jane, his first love. These poems explore a more em… read more
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- poetry
- fiction
"The best way to think is not at all"-Charles Bukowski, The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills
"The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich."-Charles Bukowski, The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills
3. No Matter the Wreckage
By: Sarah Kay , Sophia Janowitz
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Following the success of her breakout poem, "B," Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of poetry … read more
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- poetry
4. The Hellbound Heart
By: Clive Barker
4.07
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. … read more
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- fiction
"She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence."-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart
"Allí el placer era dolor, y viceversa. Y él lo conocía tan bien que era como sentirse en casa."-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart
"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas"-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart
"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas."-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart
5. Take Me with You
By: Andrea Gibson
3.57
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
For readers of Rupi Kaur (Milk and Honey) and Atticus (Love Her Wild), a book small enough to carry… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
6. Depression & Other Magic Tricks
By: Sabrina Benaim
4.27
Format: 359 pages,
Depression & Other Magic Tricksis the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performa… read more
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- poetry
7. Our Numbered Days
By: Neil Hilborn
4.24
Format: 212 pages,
In 2013, Neil Hilborn's performance of his poem "OCD" went viral. To date, it has been watched over… read more
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- poetry
8. All My Pretty Ones
By: Anne Sexton
3.50
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
"All My Pretty Ones" is the title poem of Anne Sexton's intensely confessional second book of poetr… read more
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9. When My Brother Was an Aztec
By: Natalie Díaz
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"I write hungrysentences," Natalie Diaz once explained in an interview, "because they want more and… read more
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10. Even this Page is White
By: Vivek Shraya
3.67
Format: None pages,
Vivek's debut collection of poetry is a bold and timely interrogation of skin: its origins, functio… read more
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11. The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1)
By: J.Y. Yang
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as children.… read more
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12. Camp Damascus
By: Chuck Tingle
3.94
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus
"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus
13. If They Come for Us
By: Fatimah Asghar
4.24
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Poet and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series "Brown Girls" captures the experience of being… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
"Do all survivors carry villian inside them?"-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"I didn't know I need to worry about them until they were gone."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"Every year I manage to live on this earth I collect more questions than answers."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"Every year I managed to live on this earth I collect more questions than answers."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
14. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
By: Franny Choi
3.99
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds--past, present, an… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
"I have last year's ashes in my throat, stories stuffed so full of morals they bleed sugar."-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
"How can I explain the things and things and things I did wrong? I was never any good at telling the difference between what wanted me and what wanted me gone"-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
15. The Crane Husband
By: Kelly Barnhill
3.88
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerf… read more
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- fiction
"Your mother doesn't know these things,"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"But Michael was only six. He should be worrying about learning how to tie his shoes, not about our mother’s checking account."-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"I was, as I said, only nine. But my mother often spoke to me as though I were a peer rather than a child and expected me to understand things for which I did not yet have context. I didn’t know then …"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
"My dad told me stories of weavers who stitched the world and spun fortunes and pulled on strings to change someone's fate. Was there a string I could pull to stop my father from dying? Was there a pa…"-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband
16. Cool for the Summer
By: Dahlia Adler
3.77
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He… read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
"What am I? It's one summer. You can't change into a different person over a summer."-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer
"I think about that handshake a lot, because it reassures me that it was clearly just a friendly suggestion. I had no idea what it would spark."-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer
"I don't even realize we're falling out of our chairs until we land on the sand, our laughter floating into the summer night amid the crackling flames until our mouths find each other again and there'…"-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer
"If being bi means always knowing, well, that isn't me. The only girls on my bedroom walls are my friends, and I'm certainly not into any of them that way. That settles it. I'm straight. Just like I a…"-Dahlia Adler, Cool for the Summer
17. Me: Moth
By: Amber McBride
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more
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- poetry
- fiction
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
18. Helium (Button Poetry)
By: Rudy Francisco
4.29
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
2018 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist Helium is the debut poetry collection by … read more
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- poetry
"The word “repurpose"-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"I held you the way a boat holds water."-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"you wouldn't let me love both of us at the same time"-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"Loving you was the last thing I felt really good at."-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
19. When You Call My Name
By: Tucker Shaw
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Tucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in Ne… read more
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- fiction
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
"Just so you know,"-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name
"I stop somewhere waiting for you."-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name
"He didn't know yet that he would remember this name forever."-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name
"Tell me why you don’t sleep. I didn’t say goodbye. I knew what was happening, but I didn’t say goodbye. I didn’t even try to."-Tucker Shaw, When You Call My Name
20. Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
By: Andrea Gibson
4.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In Andrea Gibson's latest collection, they continue their artful and nuanced looks at gender, roman… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
"There will be music for you one day."-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
"My "yes" never fit into the "no" of this world."-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
"Come tender as the trees forgiving the books for asking to be made."-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
"It isn't that you don't like boys. It's that you only like boys you want to be"-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
21. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more
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- poetry
22. You Better Be Lightning
By: Andrea Gibson
4.63
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- gay
- lgbt
"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
23. The Future
By: Neil Hilborn
4.23
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Neil Hilborn's highly anticipated second collection of poems, The Future, invites readers to find c… read more
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- poetry
"When I was little I broke both my ankles jumping off a roof because I was sure a cape would enable me to fly. My parents attributed this to my strong imagination. Last year my therapist called it a d…"-Neil Hilborn, The Future
"I think a lot about killing myself, not like a point on a map but rather like a glowing exit sign at a show that’s never been quite bad enough to make me want to leave. See, when I’m up I don’t kill …"-Neil Hilborn, The Future
24. Darling
By: K. Ancrum
3.63
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A teen girl finds herself lost on a dangerous adventure in this YA thriller by the acclaimed author… read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
25. There Are Trans People Here
By: H. Melt
4.19
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
There are trans people here in the past, the present, and the future. H. Melt's writing centers the… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
26. I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
By: Rudy Francisco
4.31
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
In his stunningly intimate, highly anticipated follow up to Helium, Rudy Fransico has created a col… read more
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- poetry
"Speak because your voice is currency, and their comfort isn't worth your silence."-Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
"Yes, I'm fine; yes, I'm always fine. No, I'm not just saying that so you'll leave me alone."-Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
"Most of what I know I've learned from falling, from placing the brighter side of my hands against the earth and pressing until vertical. The ground has taught me more about flight than the sky ever c…"-Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away (Button Poetry)
27. Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
By: Ollie Schminkey
4.26
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schm… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
"when i spell grief, i can never remember if the i or e comes first, so i spend each day autocorrecting my greif, my grief, greif, grief, greif, until i can finally figure out what the fuck it is i’m …"-Ollie Schminkey, Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
"i see an old man using a walker on the sidewalk, and my stomach aches for those 30 years my dad never got. if i die at the same age as my dad, my life is almost half up. i imagine him sitting at a pa…"-Ollie Schminkey, Dead Dad Jokes (Button Poetry)
28. Born in a Second Language
By: Akosua Zimba Afiriyie-Hwedie
4.04
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Born in a Second Language troubles the spectrum between silence (or the limitations of the mouth) a… read more
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- poetry
29. Ocultos
By: Laura Pérez
3.43
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Hay otros mundos en el mundo en el que vivimos. La realidad está llena de fuerzas ignotas y de leye… read more
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30. Come the Slumberless To the Land of Nod
By: Traci Brimhall
4.54
Format: 78 pages, Paperback
Written during the trial for a close friend’s murder, Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod expos… read more
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- poetry
31. Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry)
By: Kevin Kantor
4.31
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Please Come Off-Book queers the theatrical canon we all grew up with. Kantor critiques the treatmen… read more
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- poetry
- gay
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"So glory to the queers who live to see the credits roll"-Kevin Kantor, Please Come Off-Book (Button Poetry)
