In this deeply moving and empowering true story, young readers will trace the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings in 1978 with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today’s world. This is the first picture book to look at the history of the iconic rainbow flag.

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders comes out this month from Random House Books for Young Readers. Buckley-the writing of his first novel, Edinburgh, and the election of Donald Trump.īy turns commanding, heartbreaking, and wry, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel asks questions about how we create ourselves in life and in art, and how to fight when our dearest truths are under attack. He examines some of the most formative experiences of his life and the nation’s history, including his father’s death, the AIDS crisis, 9/11, the jobs that supported his writing-Tarot-reading, bookselling, cater-waiting for William F.

In these essays, he grows from student to teacher, reader to writer, and reckons with his identities as a son, a gay man, a Korean American, an artist, an activist, a lover, and a friend. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is the author’s manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. With How to Write an Autobiographical Novel(Mariner Books), writer Alexander Chee has penned a collection of essays exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist. Rejoice! This month brings fresh new LGBTQ books to add to your reading list! New in April: Alexander Chee, Rob Sanders, Lara Lillibridge, and Ely Shipley

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