LGBTQIA+ (69)


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A Doença E O Tempo : AIDS, UMA HISTÓRIA DE TODOS NÓS by Eduardo Jardim PT

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Neste novo livro, o ensaísta e filósofo Eduardo Jardim parte da ideia de que toda experiência, para ter seu acabamento, precisa ser narrada. Partindo desse pressuposto, o autor investiga a viagem do vírus HIV desde seu surgimento, na África — há quase cem anos —, até sua chegada ao Brasil, acompanhando suas repercussões em todo o mundo. Como Eduardo observa, “muito cedo, escritores, cineastas e artistas se interessaram pela aids, tomando-a como tema ou como inspiração.” Assim, nesse percurso, A doença e o tempo analisa as manifestações sociais, políticas e culturais desencadeadas pelo surgimen... continue

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A Dream of a Woman by Arsenal Pulp Press, Casey Plett EN

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Award-winning novelist Casey Plett (Little Fish) returns with a poignant suite of stories that center transgender women.

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A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt EN

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WINNER OF THE HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE JIM DEVA PRIZE FOR WRITING THAT PROVOKES FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY NATIONAL BESTSELLER A slim but electrifying debut memoir about the preciousness and precariousness of queer Indigenous life. Opening with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life on the Driftpile First Nation, Billy-Ray Belcourt delivers a searing account of Indigenous life that’s part love letter, part rallying cry. With the lyricism and emotio... continue

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A Minor Chorus : A Novel by Billy-Ray Belcourt EN

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*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE* NATIONAL BESTSELLER An urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada’s most daring literary talents. An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape of the novel he yearns to write, an autobiography of his rural hometown, the answers to existential questions about family, love, and happiness. What ensues is a series of conversations, connections, and disconnections that reveals the texture of life in a town literature has left unexplore... continue

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A palavra que resta by Stênio Gardel PT

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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Uma carta guardada por mais de cinquenta anos — e jamais lida. É essa a relíquia que Raimundo leva consigo. Homem analfabeto que na juventude teve um amor secreto brutalmente interrompido, ele resolve que ainda é tempo de aprender a ler e talvez decifrar essa ferida aberta do passado.

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A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett EN

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A new edition of the acclaimed debut story collection by two-time Lambda Literary Award winner Casey Plett. By the author of Little Fish and A Dream of a Woman: eleven unique short stories featuring young trans women stumbling through loss, sex, harassment, and love in settings ranging from a rural Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn. These stories, shiny with whiskey and prairie sunsets, rattling subways and neglected cats, show that growing up as a trans girl can be charming, funny, frustrating, or sad, but will never be predictable. A Safe Girl to Love, winner of the Lambda Lite... continue

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Acts of Service : A Novel by Lillian Fishman EN

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A “bold and unflinchingly sexy” (Vogue) debut novel about a young woman who follows her desires into a world of pleasure, decadence, and privilege, unraveling everything she thought she knew about sex . . . and herself. “One of the most entertaining books about sex I’ve ever read . . . The perfect read for fans of Raven Leilani and Ottessa Moshfegh, this is a book that will have people talking.”—BuzzFeed “A sex masterpiece.”—The Guardian ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Hollywood Reporter “Anytime I want, I can forsake this dinner party and jump into real life.”—Eve Babit... continue

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All This Could Be Different : A Novel by Sarah Thankam Mathews EN

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Country: Asia / India flag India
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2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick “One of the buzziest, most human novels of the year…breathless, dizzying, and completely beautiful.” —Vogue “Dazzling and wholly original...[written] with such mordant wit, insight, and specificity, it feels like watching a new literary star being born in real time.” –Entertainment Weekly From a brilliant new voice comes an electrifying novel of a young immigrant building a life for herself—a warm, dazzling, and profound saga of queer love, friendship, work, and precarity in twenty-first century America Graduating into the... continue

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
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Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

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Arlindo by Ilustralu PT

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Uma história sobre descobrir que a gente não tá só. Vencedor do CCXP Awards (2022) na categoria Melhor Quadrinho. Arlindo é um garoto cheio de sonhos e vontade de encontrar seu lugar no mundo. Tudo o que ele quer é seguir sua vida de adolescente na cidadezinha onde mora, no interior do Rio Grande do Norte. Ele aluga filmes na locadora com as amigas todo sábado, sente o coração bater mais forte pelas primeiras paqueras, canta muito Sandy & Júnior no chuveiro, e ainda cuida da irmã mais nova e ajuda a mãe a fazer doces para vender. Por mais que ele se esforce e dê o seu melhor, muita gente na ci... continue