{"id":725,"date":"2021-01-26T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T19:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/?p=725"},"modified":"2022-02-15T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T17:48:57","slug":"over-the-rainbow-press-release-ala-midwinter-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/archives\/725","title":{"rendered":"Over the Rainbow Press Release, ALA Midwinter 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CHICAGO-The Over the Rainbow committee of ALA?s Rainbow Roundtable gave careful consideration to 312 books this year.&nbsp; We chose 29 fiction and poetry titles and 19 nonfiction titles to make up the complete 2021 Over the Rainbow book list.&nbsp; The titles on this list all exhibit commendable literary quality and significant authentic LGBTQIA+ content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the books we reviewed, we were pleased to note the increased diversity of transgender, asexual, immigrant, indigenous, and asexual experiences.&nbsp; Authors explored history and contemporary politics through new lenses, while we also saw innovations in formats &#8212; including a cookbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top ten fiction and nonfiction titles are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex<\/em>. Angela Chen. Beacon Press, 2020.<\/li><li><em>Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America. <\/em>R. Eric Thomas. Ballantine Books, 2020.<\/li><li><em>A History of My Brief Body.<\/em> Billy-Ray Belcourt. Two Dollar Radio, 2020.<\/li><li><em>Homesick: Stories. <\/em>Nino Cipri. Dzanc Books, 2019.<\/li><li><em>Homie: Poems.<\/em> Danez Smith. Graywolf Press, 2020.<\/li><li><em>My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir<\/em>. Jenn Shapland. Tin House, 2020.<\/li><li><em>Plain Bad Heroines<\/em>. Emily M. Danforth. William Morrow, 2020.<\/li><li><em>The Prettiest Star. <\/em>Carter Sickels. Hub City Press, 2020.<\/li><li><em>Real Life. <\/em>Brandon Taylor. Riverhead, 2020.<\/li><li><em>What&#8217;s Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She<\/em>. Dennis Baron. Liveright, 2020.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ALA_OTR_2021-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image of the top ten books of the Over the Rainbow book list\" class=\"wp-image-729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ALA_OTR_2021-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ALA_OTR_2021-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ALA_OTR_2021-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ALA_OTR_2021-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ALA_OTR_2021-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ALA_OTR_2021-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/overtherainbow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ALA_OTR_2021-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The top ten books of the 2021 Over the Rainbow Booklist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO-The Over the Rainbow committee of ALA?s Rainbow Roundtable gave careful consideration to 312 books this year.&nbsp; We chose 29 fiction and poetry titles and 19 nonfiction titles to make up the complete 2021 Over the Rainbow book list.&nbsp; The titles on this list all exhibit commendable literary quality and significant authentic LGBTQIA+ content. 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