Secret kisses and hockey pucks,
A Canadian-Russian romance deluxe.
A few words delivered peak wattage:
I'm coming to the cottage. (Abby)
Named for a journalist with conviction,
And the band played on, his defining note.
This award honors nonfiction,
Previously awarded to a Scapegoat. (Abby)
From poets like Whitman and Auden
To neighborhoods broad and golden,
Coney Island to the Navy Yard,
This queer history of a borough we regard. (Abby)
The Bennet family, Pemberley and more --
But switch Lizzy for Kit (who we adore).
Now it's your chance to early review
This retelling that's queer through and through. (Abby)
This June we’re celebrating Pride,
By collectively creating a nonfiction reading guide.
Whether Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, or Queer,
Choose your ten favorite works and add them here. (Kate)
How do you like your literary vampires?
Toxic and lesbian, obviously.
This author feeds immortal desires,
Women hunger across centuries. (Abby)
If you’re a lover of products from LibraryThing
And want a daily reminder, perhaps something with cling?
Come pick out a Kaleidoscopic option
Depicting something furry, that might elsewhere be up for adoption. (Kate)
A complicated term, but used aplenty
More by young folks than our older gentry.
It’s not quite here and it’s not quite there;
It’s odd, or other, and everywhere.
A lexical uniter across social nooks,
Use this umbrella term to label your books. (Zeph)
A common history of this very celebration
It details the people behind the occasion.
Learn about the bar where Pride began,
Where victims of violence one night took a stand,
And the lives of six people who helped cross the line
Giving us something to celebrate in 1969. (Zeph)
Perhaps not a book that one would presume
To go on a Pride list in the bloom of June,
But ask any lady in the goth club, she’ll say
That a source for Dracula was probably gay.
A spooky story set in Austrian hills
Where the honored guest is a monster that kills.
While there are no pronouncements of love in sight,
It forgoes a sapphic kiss in favor of a bite. (Zeph)
A sweet little picture book telling the story
Of what goes into Pride, in all its glory.
About dragqueens and bikers, and history too,
A young narrator shares what their family will do,
And what happens around town before this joyful date
When everyone’s reminded that who they are is great. (Zeph)
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