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DC Pride: The New Generation (graphic novel - hardbound) by DC Comics

The highly anticipated sequel to the Ringo Award-winning DC Pride 2021, DC Pride: The New Generation, features more stories, more characters, and more pride than ever before! It spotlights LGBTQIA+ fan-favorites new and old, including Superman (Jon Kent), Nubia, Tim Drake, Kid Quick, Connor Hawke, Aquaman (Jackson Hyde), Green Lantern (Jo Mullein), Alysia Yeoh, the Ray, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Batwoman—brought to life by a stellar lineup of queer and ally talent. This is perfect for fans of Red, White & Royal Blue and The Guncl e

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For (graphic novel - paperback) by Alison Bechdel

Settle into this wittily illustrated soap opera (Bechdel calls it “half op-ed column and half endless serialized Victorian novel”) of the lives, loves, and politics of Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and the rest of the cast of cult-fave characters. Most of them are lesbians, living in a midsize American city that may or may not be Minneapolis. Bechdel’s brilliantly imagined countercultural band of friends—academics, social workers, bookstore clerks—fall in and out of love, negotiate friendships, raise children, switch careers, and cope with aging parents. Bechdel fuses high and low culture—from foreign policy to domestic routine, hot sex to postmodern theory—in a serial graphic narrative “suitable for humanists of all persuasions.”

You Gotta Be You (nonfiction/ self-help - hardbound) by Brandon Kyle Goodman

As a Black nonbinary, queer person in a dark-skinned 6’1”, 180pound male body born into a religious immigrant household, Brandon Kyle Goodman knows the pain of having to hide one’s true self, the work of learning to love that true self, and the freedom of finally being your true self. In You Gotta Be You, Brandon affectionately chal- lenges readers to consider, “Who would I be if society never got its hands on me?” This question set Brandon on a mission to dropkick societal shackles by unlearning all the things he was told he should be in order to step into who he really is.

Saturday, June 24 @ 3 pm (free - SF Ferry Building store) Fred Small, author of Everything Possible https://www.bookpassage.com/

Strong and bold, or quiet and kind, every child is unique with a future filled of possibilities. Based on Fred Small’s iconic folk song that became an anthem for generations, Everything Possible celebrates love and friendship, gently encouraging children to dream their own dream and choose their own path, wherever it may take them. It is an inspiring and uplifting picture book for children everywhere.

Sunday, June 25 @ 4 pm (ticketedCorte Madera store) Lisa See, author of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women $45 includes a book and full tea service Join us for a special event celebrating this latest historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China. This is perfect for fans of See’s classic Snowflower and the Secret Fan and The Island of Sea Women.

Sunday, July 9 @ 1 pm (free - Corte Madera store) Federico Erebia, author of Pedro & Daniel Pedro and Daniel are Mexican-American brothers growing up in 1970s Ohio. Their mom doesn’t like that Daniel plays with dolls or that neither of the boys loves sports. Life at home can be rough but the boys have an unshakable bond that will last their entire lives. Pedro & Daniel is a sweeping and deeply personal novel that spans from childhood to teenage years to adulthood.

Together the brothers manage an abusive home life, school, coming out, first loves, first jobs, and the AIDS epidemic, in a coming-of-age story unlike any other.