Books for Project

I had an interesting time finding some of my books for the project. First finding the genre was rather tricky. I wanted to examine a story that I had not yet finalized in my mind. Also one that I may have developed a certain negative "single story" about. I thought about class struggle, perhaps on a Gossip Girl theme. That wasn't quite right. Then I thought perhaps mental health issues. Brain on fire, A beautiful mind, books like these. Still that wasn't perfect as I had already poured a lot of my energies into the research of such things. Finally I thought wait, I have a cousin that has a particular condition, one that I may not totally understand. So with out further ado I give me a project based around the theme of LGBTQ.


 1) The Queer South: LGBTQ writers on the American South (Poetry)
 2) Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (Realistic Fiction)
3) Unspeakable love: gay and lesbian life in the Middle East
by Whitaker, Brian (Historical Fiction)
 
4) Stargate Atlantis: Homecoming
By Melissa Scott (Fantasy)


5) Autobiography of My Hungers
Rigoberto González and Rigoberto Gonzalez


6) Safe is not enough: better schools for LGBTQ students
by Sadowski, Michael (Nonfiction) 

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2018 at 3:56 PM

    Your third book choice sounds very interesting! It's always good to be informed on the lifestyles of where you're living but also to be educated on how other people have it in their countries. We, (the U.S.) just got same sex marriage legalized not too long ago so it'd be interesting to know if the Middle East has more or less progress than us.

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  2. KimMarie ColeSeptember 11, 2018 at 1:42 PM

    I appreciated learning about your selection process. Like Ashley, I'll look forward to hearing your insights once you've delved into these books. Looking at the topic cross-culturally is a great idea and will doubtless broaden your perspective quite a bit--and perhaps give you things to talk about with your cousin.

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