The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves
Sarah Moon, James Lecesne, Armistead Maupin, Michael Cunningham, Jacqueline Woodson, Mayra Lazara Dole, Amy Bloom, Gregory Maguire, David Levithan, Rakesh Satyal, Eileen Myles, Jasika Nicole, Doug Wright, Stacey D'Erasmo, Jennifer Camper, Erik Orrantia, Brian Selznick, Malinda Lo, Richard McCann, Ali Liebegott, Linda Villarosa, Paul Rudnick, Eric Orner, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Tony Valenzuela, Christopher Rice, Jewelle L. Gómez, Bill Clegg, Erika Moen, David Leavitt, LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Howard Cruse, Michael DiMotta, Terrence McNally, Brent Hartinger, Susan Stinson, Marc Wolf, Julie Anne Peters, Lucy Knisley, Nick Burd, Paula Gilovich, Colman Domingo, Marion Dane Bauer, Lucy Thurber, Paige Braddock, Melanie Braverman, Michael Nava, Martin Moran, Bruce Coville, Bill Wright
3.93 · 14 ratings · Published: 01 May 2012
That the boy you were crushing on in History turns out to be gay too, and that you become boyfriends in college? That the bully who is making your life miserable will one day become so insignificant that you won't remember his name until he shows up at your book signing?
In this anthology, sixty-three award-winning authors such as Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Jacqueline Woodson, Gregory Maguire, David Levithan, and Armistead Maupin make imaginative journeys into their pasts, telling their younger selves what they would have liked to know then about their lives as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered people. Through stories, in pictures, with bracing honesty, these are words of love and understanding, reasons to hold on for the better future ahead. They will tell you things about your favorite authors that you never knew before. And they will tell you about yourself.
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- epistolary 2
- high-school 2
- protagonists of colour 2
- coming of age 1
- women loving women 1
- contemporary 1
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- non-fiction 3
- anthology 3
- young adult 3
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- mental illness 1