Recs if you like The Dream of a Common Language...

Poetry books written by Disabled, Deaf, Neurodivergent, Ill poets.

Queer (& Trans, Two-Spirit +) poets

In-progress/Updated over time Recommendations highly welcomed! Seeking intersectional works esp.

Single work per author listed (unless an anthology of multiple authors works)

my attempt at collecting queer books so our history doesn't become lost + to hopefully interest others within it too.

*please note I'd love recommendations on works i may have missed!!

I'm making these kind of lists to make you open your eyes and do your own research.

The list is never-ending so there will always be someone missing

dive into some* of the most influential queer poets. read one poem at a time, devour whole collections, whatever. just approach openly and leave changed

*please request additions!!

Books saved the narrator in "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal" by Jeanette Winterson. Books may yet save us. This is a list of all the books mentioned & referenced in the novel. Feel free to comment any that I missed