Gordo by Jaime Cortez
Set in and around a farm labor camp outside Watsonville in the 1970s, the stories comprising Gordo are at once moving, funny, peculiar, and utterly charming. Think Steinbeck with a queer and Latinx twist.
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin
This book is both a candid personal essay about the author’s quest for community and companionship in gay bars (some in San Francisco!) and an erudite examination of the gay bar as a social institution.
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit
This series of essays examines George Orwell’s love of roses from a multiplicity of angles. Be prepared to learn about the history of the flower, the great author himself, where your supermarket roses come from, and a lot more.
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Published on January 27, 2022
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