This part-memoir, part-manifesto reveals what sets apart the latest generation of young people coming of age in an all-wired, overeducated, and underemployed world. People are obsessed with Ryan O'Connell's blogs. With tens of thousands reading his pieces on Thought Catalog and Vice, watching his videos on YouTube, and hanging on to each and every #dark tweet, Ryan has established himself ... Weiterlesen

Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell: And Tango Makes Three

USA 2015, Book with 36 pp., illustrated by Henry Cole, colour, brochure, € 14.95
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Roy and Silo were »a little bit different« from the other male penguins: instead of noticing females, they noticed each other. Thus penguin chick Tango, hatched from a fertilized egg given to the pining, bewildered pair, came to be »the only penguin in the Central Park Zoo with two daddies«. This true story remains firmly within the bounds of the ... Weiterlesen

Michelle Theall: Teaching the Cat to Sit

A Memoir. USA 2014, 275 pp., hardbound, € 24.99
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Even when society, friends, the legal system, and the Pope himself swing toward acceptance of the once unacceptable, Michelle Theall still waits for the one blessing that has always mattered to her the most: her mother's. Michelle grew up in the conservative Texas Bible Belt, bullied by her classmates and abandoned by her evangelical best friend before she'd ever even ... Weiterlesen

Christopher Rice: The Heavens Rise

UK 2013, 321 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Deep in the swamps outside of New Orleans, Niquette Delongpre and her family uncover a well on their property - a well that has roots all the way down into the soils of the Mississippi River. A well that brings ancient things to the surface - things that should have stayed buried. When Niquette is exposed to a small parasite, ... Weiterlesen

Andrew Solomon: Far from the Tree

Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity. USA 2012, 976 S., brochure, € 18.50
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In »Far from the Tree«, Andrew Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so. Solomon's startling proposition is that diversity is what unites us all. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, multiple severe disabilities, with children who are ... Weiterlesen

Alex Sanchez: Boyfriends with Girlfriends

USA 2012, 218 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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While Sergio is attracted to both girls and guys, he's only ever dated girls before. Lance has always known he's gay, but he's never had a serious boyfriend. When they meet, there's an instant sizzle, and they know that they've got something special. But will it be enough to overcome their differences? Allie has been into guys her whole life, ... Weiterlesen

Cheryl Kilodavis: My Princess Boy

A Mom's Story About a Young Boy Who Loves to Dress up. Illustrated by Suzanne DeSimone. USA 2010, 24 pp., colour, hardback, € 17.95
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Dyson loves the color pink and sparkly things. Sometimes he wears dresses, and sometimes he wears jeans. He likes to wear his princess tiara, even when climbing trees. He's a Princess Boy, and his family loves him exactly the way he is. This is a story about love and acceptance. It is also a call for tolerance and an end ... Weiterlesen

Stephen Chbosky: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

UK 2009, 232 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first ... Weiterlesen

Joseph Brockton: Every Nine Seconds

A Queer as Folk Novel. USA 2003, 260 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Before they were grown men working and playing in Pittsburgh, Brian Kinney and Michael Novotny were high-school friends dealing with bullies, secret crushes, and their emerging sexuality. Step back in time with two of »Queer as Folk«'s hottest characters: on the eve of Brian's 18th birthday, he and his best friend, Michael, celebrate a bond that could link them forever ... Weiterlesen

Christopher Rice: The Snow Garden

UK 2003, 406 pp., Pb, € 7.95
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Atherton University, freshman year. Kathryn, Randall, and Jesse come from different parts of America, but find themselves unexpectedly drawn together. For each of them, college promises a bright future and a way to disconnect from a dark, haunted past. Kathryn wants to forget her drug dealing and HIV-positive boy-friend, Randall conveils both a mobile-home childhood in Texas and a teenage ... Weiterlesen

Colm Tóibín: The Blackwater Lightship

USA/UK/CAN/AUS 2004, 273 pp., brochure, € 18.95
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Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, »The Blackwater ... Weiterlesen

Joseph Olshan: Nightswimmer

USA 1994, 252 pp., brochure, € 19.99
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Olshan's 1994 venture into gay-themed fiction succeeds on several levels. A dramatic death brings Sean Paris into the life of narrator Will Kaplan, who is still haunted by the disappearance 10 years earlier of his lover. Was Chad struck down by a ship during one of the duo's frequent nocturnal swims off the California coast, or did he purposefully vanish ... Weiterlesen

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