I read a good bit of nonfiction this month - six titles, although half of them were children's picture books. June's spot is going to The Stonewall Reader
June Nonfiction #ReadingBracket2024
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I read a good bit of nonfiction this month - six titles, although half of them were children's picture books. June's spot is going to The Stonewall Reader
June Nonfiction #ReadingBracket2024
pickThis is a really great resource on the LGBTQ movement. It recounts the Stonewall Riots from multiple first hand perspectives, through interviews & articles written at the time. It also explores other events leading up to that night, which set the stage for the uprising, & the years afterwards. It spotlights the activists who led the fight for gay rights.
I recommend listening to the audiobook, as some of the interviews are the original recordings
pickIn honor of Pride month🏳️🌈it was nice to hear about and from the generations before me who also had to question and grapple with whether their love and being was ‘okay‘. And inspiring to hear about the steps they took to make sure others knew that they were not only okay, but good despite society‘s attitude.
pick8/10, mostly great collection of essays that taught me a lot about queer history.
pickI'm so happy I read this book! I had heard vaguely of the Stonewall riots, but I knew pretty much no details. This was so informative and also very upsetting. I hope/plan to learn more about the people involved.
pickA collection of articles, essays, and interviews from some of the LGBT folks involved in the Stonewall riots. A range of queer folks are represented and I appreciated hearing from so many different voices. I would absolutely recommend the audiobook for this because you hear some of the actual interviews that do not read well on paper. I knew nothing at all about Stonewall and am happy to fill in a bit of this knowledge gap in LGBT history.
Dear Litsy, I have an idea that is still brewing and I need help thinking it through. I want to get rid of some of my used books and I want to donate money to Lamda Literary (An Org for LGBTQ Authors) so I was thinking of hosting a Used Book Swap and ask folks who sign up to donate 5.00 bucks and then that money would go to Lamda Literary... Thoughts? I am open to ideas about how to do this better?
Hello Everyone Rashmila and I have our first episode up! You can find us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts by looking up Reading Squad! We are very excited to share this with you!
pickKnow the history. I liked how this included so many different types of voices and stories from our queer elders.
pickA small but very diverse anthology centered on LGBTQ+ experiences before, during, and after the Stonewall riots of 1969. It took a bit to read because the structure of some pieces wasn‘t straightforward (there is a long, dense stream-of-consciousness piece by Jill Johnston that is a prime example). But the collection highlights how Stonewall came about, how far we‘ve come as a society in the intervening 50 years, and how far we still have to go.
pickThe multiple perspectives of the major event was great but what I enjoyed most was the various voices of the movement. A great place to learn about the movers and shakers of the movement.
I‘ve read through the first and second sections (pre and during stonewall), Mostly yesterday on my plane ride, 50 year anniversary.
Pictured are several books/magazines referenced in the Stonewall reader, seen at the Museum of American history in DC yesterday as well.
pickYesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. In recognition of this pivotal moment in the gay rights movement I listened to The Stonewall Reader on audio (would highly recommend the audiobook and this book in general). Full review up on my blog: https://readingstewardess.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/the-stonewall-reader-review/
pickThe Stonewall Inn was run by the mafia and a haven for the poorest and most persecuted among the LGBTQIA community. 50 years ago, a momentous event began which would shift cultural attitudes and launch gay rights into the public view. The Stonewall Reader is a moving and brilliant collection of stories from before, during, and after the Stonewall Riots curated by The New York Public Library.
https://onthebl.org/2019/06/28/the-stonewall-reader/
As we acted upon our society, we acted upon ourselves; as we changed the world we changed our minds... We moved in a brief span of time from a sense that there was something wrong with us to the realization that there was something radically wrong with the society that had done its best to destroy us... We experienced the present as history, ourselves as history makers.
Book club selection this month, ready for discussion, but I‘m behind on the reading. Too much going on. I‘m in to keep going, it‘s a great anthology. Everyone agrees about the first 2/3, mixed reactions about the last bit. (Wearing my stonewall pride t shirt @kgriffith )
Feeling very on brand for a certain segment of my identity Venn diagram today. Happy #Pride, Littens! Tagged book is this month‘s #queerbookclub pick; I won‘t be there for the discussion, but I‘m going to still try to read at least a few of the stories during my travel this Saturday.
From my “You rushed to get this why haven‘t you read it yet?” pile. I figured now was certainly an appropriate time to read it.
My doodling turned out to be a pretty accurate visual representation of discussion about this year‘s pride events. #translivesmatter
