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    Items with the tag:

    lgbtq

    Interview—From the Journal

    ‘A Might-Have-Been Uni­verse’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with André Aciman

    Rus­sell Janzen
    August 4, 2020
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    Non­fic­tion
    The New Queer Conscience
    Adam Eli
    Cover of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
    Non­fic­tion
    The Auto­bi­og­ra­phy of Alice B. Toklas
    Gertrude Stein, Maira Kalman (illus.)
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    Fic­tion
    The Tree and the Vine
    Dola de Jong, Kristen Gehrman (trans.)
    Essay

    Queer­ing Genesis

    Sarah Blake
    June 15, 2020
    Interview

    JBC Authors at the Table: Ilana Masad

    Ilana Masad
    June 10, 2020
    Cover of Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes
    Non­fic­tion
    Every­body (Else) Is Per­fect: How I Sur­vived Hypocrisy, Beau­ty, Clicks, and Likes
    Gabrielle Korn
    Essay

    ‘Mor­tal­i­ty Faced You as a Ques­tion’: Ilana Masad on Liv­ing through Grief

    Ilana Masad
    May 11, 2020
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    Fic­tion
    All My Mother’s Lovers 
    Ilana Masad
    Cover of Mishkan Ga'avah: Where Pride Dwells: A Celebration of LGBTQ Jewish Life and Ritual
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    Mishkan Ga’avah: Where Pride Dwells: A Cel­e­bra­tion of LGBTQ Jew­ish Life and Ritual
    Denise Eger (Editor)
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    What We Will Become: A Moth­er, a Son, and a Jour­ney of Transformation
    Mimi Lemay
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    Non­fic­tion
    Becom­ing Eve 
    Abby Stein
    Interview

    Mir­rors and Win­dows: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Lesléa New­man on Diver­si­ty in Chil­dren’s Books 

    Emi­ly Schneider
    December 3, 2019
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    Chil­dren’s
    A Room Away From the Wolves
    Nova Ren Suma
    Interview

    It’s a Whole Spiel: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Kather­ine Locke and Lau­ra Silverman

    Kather­ine Locke, Lau­ra Silverman
    September 9, 2019
    Essay—From the Journal

    Bod­ies, Bor­ders, and Desire

    Three new nov­els set in Israel explore Jew­ish – Arab relationships.

    Ranen Omer-Sher­man
    August 5, 2019
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