Pride Month Recommendations

Pride Month Recommendations

June 2, 2022

June has just begun and with the beginning of Pride month in mind, we would like to make recommendations of a few books and films to showcase the remarkable work that has come from the LGBTQIA+ community over the years. The lists below highlight authors, characters, directors, and stories about the struggles, triumphs, and joys that encapsulate Pride. These are great stories for you to enjoy this and every month of the year!

Non-fiction books:

• Collected Essays, James Baldwin
• How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, Alexander Chee 
• Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime, Alex Espinoza 
• Looking for Lorraine, Imani Perry 
• In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado
• The Natural Mother of the Child, Krys Malcolm Belc 
• The Life and Death of Latisha King, Gayle Salamon

Fiction books:

• Mostly Dead Things, Kristen Arnett 
• Patsy, Nicole Dennis-Benn 
• Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston 
• Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body, Megan Milks 
• Orlando, Virginia Woolf 
• Memorial, Bryan Washington 

Films on Kanopy:

• The Watermelon Woman, directed by Cheryl Dunye 
• Shiva Baby, directed by Emma Seligman
• Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post, directed by Desiree Akhavan 
• MURDER and Murder, directed by Yvonne Rainer
• Disobedience, directed by Sebastian Lelio