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The Fight of Our Lives by David Levithan; Gabriel Duckels: Award-winning author David Levithan and University of Cambridge PhD Gabriel Duckels detail a history of the epidemic, touching on key moments and figures. Threaded throughout are poems, essays, and first-person interviews to reminder us: We must remember. We need to know what happened and why. Our voices are powerful, and they can make a difference. ... View the full summary and rep info on wordpress: https://qbdatabase.wpcomstaging.com/2026/04/12/the-fight-of-our-lives-by-david-levithan-gabriel-duckels/?feed_id=4769&_unique_id=69dbde12e86c9

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Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead: The novel Jonny Appleseed established Joshua Whitehead as one of the most exciting and important literary voices on Turtle Island, winning both a Lambda Literary Award and Canada Reads 2021. In Making Love with the Land, his first nonfiction book, Whitehead explores the relationships between body, language, and land through creative essay, memoir, and confession. ... View the full summary and rep info on wordpress: https://qbdatabase.wpcomstaging.com/2025/12/21/making-love-with-the-land-by-joshua-whitehead/?feed_id=4478&_unique_id=694845bbdcf99

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Let the Mountains Be My Grave by Francesca Tacchi

In 1940s Italy, partisan Veleno thinks of nothing but killing as many Nazis as he can before he dies. Beloved by the ancient Italic goddess Angitia, Veleno is the perfect person to recover a strange weapon the Nazis plan to use, but doing so may force him to confront his death differently than he expects.

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Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans.

Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove: Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying—and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans. ..... View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

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In the distant future of planet cracking , VR distraction, and corporate greed, grieving private detective Ryoma LeBeau takes a simple job on the opulent casino planetoid of Scylla. Captivated by a chance meeting with a Synth musician, Guin, he finds himself drawn to the lounge bar where they perform, weaving their music around his heart.

Synthetic Sea by Franklyn S. Newton: In the distant future of planet cracking , VR distraction, and corporate greed, grieving private detective Ryoma LeBeau takes a simple job on the opulent casino planetoid of Scylla. Captivated by a chance meeting with a Synth musician, Guin, he finds himself drawn to the lounge bar where they perform, weaving their music around his heart. ..... View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

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When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don’t use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online.

Bless the Blood by Walela Nehanda: When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don’t use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. ..... View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

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Anyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It’s the place time travelers reach. To Calisto, Pocket is home, and they have no intention of traveling—it’s too dangerous. For Fawkes, traveling is life. He put on time boots when he was young and has been stumbling through eras ever since.

Costumes for Time Travelers by A. R. Capetta: Anyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It’s the place time travelers reach. To Calisto, Pocket is home, and they have no intention of traveling—it’s too dangerous. For Fawkes, traveling is life. He put on time boots when he was young and has been stumbling through eras ever since. ..... View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

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For nearly a decade in the 50s and 60s, the Florida Legislature founded, funded, and supported the Johns Committee—an organization using the cover of communism to attack members of the NAACP and queer professors and students. Spearheaded by Charley Johns, the Committee was determined to eliminate any threats to the state's white, conservative regime.

American Scare by Robert W. Fieseler: For nearly a decade in the 50s and 60s, the Florida Legislature founded, funded, and supported the Johns Committee—an organization using the cover of communism to attack members of the NAACP and queer professors and students. Spearheaded by Charley Johns, the Committee was determined to eliminate any threats to the state's white, conservative regime. ..... View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!