{"id":658,"date":"2019-01-28T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/?p=658"},"modified":"2019-01-29T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T16:27:00","slug":"over-the-rainbow-press-release-alamw-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/archives\/658","title":{"rendered":"Over the Rainbow Press Release ALAMW 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEATTLE – The Over the Rainbow Booklist committee of the <\/span>American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (ALA-GLBTRT) considered <\/span>469 books this year, 284 fiction and 185 nonfiction titles. ?After careful reading, wide-ranging discussion, and due deliberation, the final Booklist consists of 50 fiction titles in 5 categories (<\/span>Short Stories, Poetry, Literary and General Interest (combined), Graphic, and Genre (all genres)<\/span>) and 54 nonfiction titles in 4 categories (<\/span>Academic, Memoirs\/Biographies, History, and General Interest<\/span>). ?<\/span><\/p>\n

With the expansion of queer publishing across the rainbow, we read an incredibly diverse collection of titles from major, independent, and self-publishers. ?Themes running through books this year include: the pros and cons of visibility; the resilience of individuals telling complex stories in their own voices that blurred lines between queerness and disability, class, ethnicity, race, religion and age; a ‘second phase’ of publishing, past the introduction of issues, that addressed law and medical practices; resilience in the face of oppression and violence; and the effects of history on both individuals and culture, envisioning a future outside current circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe top ten fiction and nonfiction titles for the 2018 Over the Rainbow Booklist are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bingo Love<\/em> by Tee Franklin, Image Comics<\/span><\/p>\n

David Bowie Made Me Gay<\/em> by Darryl W. Bullock, Overlook Press<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Milk<\/em> by Lillian Faderman, Yale University Press<\/span><\/p>\n

Her Body and Other Parties<\/em> by Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press<\/span><\/p>\n

House of Impossible Beauties<\/em> by Joseph Cassara, Ecco\/Harper\/Collins<\/span><\/p>\n

Living Out Loud<\/em>, Michael Murphy, editor, Routledge<\/span><\/p>\n

Mean<\/em> by Myriam Gurba, Coffeehouse Books<\/span><\/p>\n

Othered<\/em> by Randi M. Romo, Sibling Rivalry Press<\/span><\/p>\n

So Lucky<\/em> by Nicola Griffith, Macmillan<\/span><\/p>\n

Trap Door<\/em>, Reina Gossett, editor, MIT Press<\/span><\/p>\n

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