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Pedro's theory : reimagining the promised land / by Gonsalez, Marcos,author.;
Pedro on main street, USA -- Pedro in the promised land -- Pedro of the Americas."In Pedro's Theory Marcos Gonsalez explores the lives of these many Pedros, real and imagined. Several are the author himself, while others are strangers, lovers, archetypes, and the men he might have been in other circumstances. All are journeying to some sort of Promised Land, or hoping to discover an America of their own. With sparkling prose and cutting insights, this brilliant literary debut closes the gap between who the world sees in us and who we see in ourselves. Deeply personal yet inspiringly political, it also brings to life those selves that never get the chance to be seen at all." --
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Gonsalez, Marcos.; Mexican Americans; Gay men; Gay immigrants; Gay men.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Limitless Africans / by Owunna, Mikael Chukwuma,1990-photographer.(CARDINAL)813211; Lee, Zun,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)813213; Aliyu, Rafeeat,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)813212; Costa, Valentin da,translator.; Werra, Patrick de,translator.;
Subjects: Visual works.; Interviews.; Portraits.; Gay people; Lesbians; Transgender people; Gay people; Lesbians; Transgender people; Gay immigrants; Gay immigrants; Homosexuals.; Lesbians.; Transgender people.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The fitful sleep of immigrants / by Ortega-Medina, Orlando,author.(CARDINAL)873136;
"Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with addiction issues, plots his exit from the big city to a more peaceful life in idyllic Napa Valley. But before he can realize his dream, the US government summons his Salvadoran life-partner Isaac Perez to immigration court, threatening him with deportation. As Marc battles to save Isaac, his world is further upended by a dark and alluring client, who aims to tempt him away from his messy life. Torn between his commitment to Isaac and the pain-numbing escapism offered by his client, Marc is forced to choose between the lesser of two evils while confronting his twin demons of past addiction and guilt over the death of his first lover." -- Back cover.
Subjects: Novels.; Gay men; Immigrants; Same-sex marriage; Gay men.; Same-sex marriage.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cinema love : a novel / by Tang, Jiaming,author.(CARDINAL)888918;
"A staggering, tender epic about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them"--
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Novels.; Gay men; Chinese Americans; Immigrants; Gay men.;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 16
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Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese restaurant : a memoir / by Chin, Curtis,author.(CARDINAL)879389;
Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung's Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone--from the city's first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples--could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, beneath a bright-red awning and surrounded by his multigenerational family, filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin came of age; where he learned to embrace his identity as a gay ABC, or American-born Chinese; where he navigated the divided city's spiraling misfortunes; and where--between helpings of almond boneless chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, and some of his own, less-savory culinary concoctions--he realized just how much he had to offer to the world, to his beloved family, and to himself--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Chin, Curtis.; Chinese Americans; Children of immigrants; Gay men; Gay men.; Gay biographies.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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My cat Yugoslavia [large print] / by Statovci, Pajtim,1990-author.(CARDINAL)620373; Hackston, David,translator.(CARDINAL)354081;
"A love story set in two countries--Yugoslavia and Finland-- in two radically different moments in time, brings together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Bildungsromans.; Fiction.; Gay men; Emigration and immigration; Gay men.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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When I grow up I want to be a list of further possibilities / by Chen, Chen,1989-author.(CARDINAL)415297; Brown, Jericho,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)559972;
"In this ferocious and tender debut, Chen Chen investigates inherited forms of love and family -- the strained relationship between a mother and son, the cost of necessary goodbyes -- all from Asian American, immigrant, and queer perspectives. Holding all accountable, this collection fully embraces the loss, grief, and abundant joy that come with charting one's own path in identity, life, and love. When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities. To be a season of laughter when my father says his coworker is like that, he can tell because the guy wears pink socks, see, you don't, so you can't, you can't be one of them. To be the one my parents raised me to be. A season from the stormiest planet. A very good feeling with a man. Every feeling, in pink shoes. Every step, hot pink."--
Subjects: Poetry.; Asian Americans; Immigrants; Gay people; Families; Identity (Psychology); Homosexuals.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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No other world : a novel / by Mehta, Rahul,author.(CARDINAL)593569;
"In a rural community in Western New York, twelve-year-old Kiran Shah, the American-born son of Indian immigrants, longingly observes his prototypically American neighbors, the Bells. He attends school with Kelly Bell, but he's powerfully drawn—in a way he does not yet understand—to her charismatic father, Chris. Kiran's yearnings echo his parents' bewilderment as they try to adjust to a new world. His father, Nishit Shah, a successful doctor, is haunted by thoughts of the brother he left behind. His mother, Shanti, struggles to accept a life with a man she did not choose—her marriage to Nishit was arranged—and her growing attachment to an American man. Kiran is close to his older sister, Preeti—until an unexpected threat and an unfathomable betrayal drive a wedge between them that will reverberate through their lives. As he leaves childhood behind, Kiran finds himself perpetually on the outside—as an Indian American torn between two cultures and as a gay man in a homophobic society. In the wake of an emotional breakdown, he travels to India, where he forms an intense bond with a teenage hijra, a member of India's ancient transgender community. With her help, Kiran begins to pull together the pieces of his broken past."--
Subjects: Fiction.; East Indian Americans; Immigrants; Young gay men;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Crossing / by Statovci, Pajtim,1990-author.(CARDINAL)620373; Hackston, David,translator.(CARDINAL)354081;
The death of Enver Hoxha and the loss of his father leave Bujar growing up in the ruins of Communist Albania and of his own family. Only his fearless best friend Agim--who is facing his own realizations about his gender and sexuality--gives him hope for the future. Together the two decide to leave everything behind and try their luck in Italy. But the struggle to feel at home--in a foreign country and even in one's own body--will have corrosive effects, spurring a dangerous search for new identities.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Refugees; Identity (Philosophical concept); Immigrants; Gay men; Albanians; Gay men.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Angry queer Somali boy : a complicated memoir / by Ali, Mohamed Abdulkarim,1985-author.(CARDINAL)863756;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192)."Writing from a homeless shelter in downtown Toronto, Mohamed "Mo" Ali chronicles how he ended up there in this powerful and often irreverent memoir of exile, addiction, and racism. Kidnapped by his father on the eve of Somalia's societal implosion, Ali was taken first to the Netherlands by his stepmother, and then on to Canada. With its promise of freedom, opportunity, and multiculturalism, his new home seemed to offer a new lease on life. But unable to fit in, he turned to partying and drugs. Interwoven with world history and sociopolitical commentary on Somalia, Canada, and Europe, the story of this gay Muslim immigrant is told with tenderness in a refreshing and welcome new voice. Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali lives in Toronto. This is his first book."--Machine generated contents note: Xamar Jajab, or Broken Hamar -- Torn Desert Flowers -- The Dutch Disease -- (S)he Does Not Know Her Beauty -- The Great White North -- Bienvenue a Toronto -- The Past in Pictures -- A Place of No Abiding Use -- Gentrification of the Mind -- A Rain-Bearing Cloud at Night -- The Span of My Uncertain Years -- Run, Mohamed, Run -- There Were Nights That Can Never Be Forgotten -- The Morass of Vice and Libertinage -- Brave Old World -- Flames Ravaging His Glowing Hair.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Ali, Mohamed Abdulkarim, 1985-; Somalis; Muslim gay people; Somalis; Somalis; Gay immigrants; Gay immigrants; Muslim gay people; Muslim gay people; Gay Muslims.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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