Johnson, George M. (George Matthew)

Summary: In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 JOH

Ziyad, Hari

Summary: "An eloquent, restless, and enlightening memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists today about growing up Black and queer in America, reuniting with the past, and coming of age their own way. One of nineteen children in a blended family, Hari Ziyad was raised by a Hindu Hare Kṛiṣhṇa mother and a Muslim father. Through reframing their own coming-of-age story, Ziyad takes readers on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZIYAD, HARI ZIY

Thomas, R. Eric

Summary: "The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and laugh-out-loud funny essays about the lifelong search for community and returning home. After going viral "reading" the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas is ready to live his best life. Or,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.603 THO

Cooper, Christian

Summary: "Christian Cooper is a self-described Blerd (Black nerd), an avid comics fan, and an expert birder who devotes every spring to gazing upon the migratory birds that stop to rest in Central Park, just a subway ride away from where he lives in New York City. When birdwatching in the park one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in the ritual that had been a part of his life since he was ten...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.072 COO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COOPER, CHRISTIAN COO

Arceneaux, Michael

Summary: "Ever since Oprah Winfrey told the 2007 graduating class of Howard University, 'Don't be afraid,' Michael Arceneaux has been scared to death. You should never do the opposite of what Oprah instructs you to do, but when you don't have her pocket change, how can you not be terrified of the consequences of pursuing your dreams? Michael has never shied away from discussing his struggles with debt,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 ARC

Shakur, Prince

Summary: "After immigrating from Jamaica to the United States, Prince Shakur's family is rocked by the murder of Prince's biological father in 1995. Behind the murder is a sordid family truth, scripted in the lines of a diary by an outlawed uncle hell-bent on avenging the murder of Prince's father. As Shakur begins to unravel his family's secrets, he must navigate the strenuous terrain of coming to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAKUR, PRINCE SHA

Porter, Billy

Summary: It's easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Actor and survivor Billy Porter shares his life story in his own words.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 PORTER, BILLY POR

Porter, Billy

Summary: The incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner shares his life story of coming of age in a world where simply being himself was a constant struggle and how unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PORTER, BILLY POR

Arceneaux, Michael

Summary: "In this collection, Arceneaux takes stock of how far he has traveled--and how much ground he still has to cover in this patriarchal, heteronormative society. He explores the opportunities afforded to Black creatives but also the doors that remain shut or ever-so-slightly ajar; the confounding challenges of dating in a time when social media has made everything both more accessible and more...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARCENEAUX, MICHAEL ARC

Brown, Karamo

Summary: "An insightful, candid, and inspiring memoir from Karamo Brown--Queer Eye's beloved culture expert--as he shares his story for the first time, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWN, KARAMO BRO

Stewart, Jeffrey C.

Summary: "A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro--the creative African Americans whose art, literature, music, and drama would inspire Black people to greatness. In The New Negro : The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOCKE, ALAIN STE

Arceneaux, Michael

Summary: "In the style of New York Times bestsellers You Can't Touch My Hair, Bad Feminist, and I'm Judging You, a timely collection of alternately hysterical and soul-searching essays about what it is like to grow up as a creative, sensitive black man in a world that constantly tries to deride and diminish your humanity. It hasn't been easy being Michael Arceneaux. Equality for LGBT people has come a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARCENEAUX, MICHAEL ARC

Broome, Brian

Summary: "A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROOME, BRIAN BRO

Clemmons, François

Summary: The intimate debut memoir by the man known to the world as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 's "Officer Clemmons," a Grammy Award-winning artist who made history as the first African American actor to have a recurring role on a children's television program

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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEMMONS, FRANCOIS CLE