Recs if you like Making Love with the Land...

Books that are part memoir part another genre: in a way that blends multiple mediums and/or themes in unique and engaging ways. Magical, explosive and memorable narratives expressed with creativity and depth. Books that inspire me to write more.

Intersectional books about anti-capitalism, economic injustice, and imagining better futures of interdependence and reciprocity

books that approach the topic of (in)sanity from a non-Western or decolonial perspective. suggestions (or corrections, if I’m mistaken about any of the current books) always welcome!

Nonfiction books exploring the natural world and our “place in the family of things” (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese) through radical BIPOC, queer, feminist, anti-capitalist, disability ecological perspectives. 🪲🌾🦉🌵

Nonfiction books exploring the natural world and our “place in the family of things” (Mary Oliver, Wild Geese). 🐦‍⬛🦋🌱🪸🦊🪷🪼🍄

Nonfiction books exploring water and the life it sustains. Oceans, lakes, fish, and more.

my personal curriculum on gender (particularly third-gender communities). recs welcome!

★ i have not read all of these so please let me know if they are problematic/should be removed!!★

Form the two short story collections- Never Whistle at Night and Never Whistle at Night II: Back for Blood here are some of the works by authors from these collections.

Memoir & adjacent nonfiction making sense of personal experience — bodies, minds, whole selves — through the lens of the natural world. Subject matter includes illness, identity, relationships, emotion, and more.

17th-century plate found in a London sewer

For the lovers

A list compiling all books read by the Trans Reading Group. The list will be added to every year! One book, Sasha by Roberta Angela Dee, is missing from Goodreads and therefore also this list.

an incomplete list of novels by canadian authors. if you have a suggestion for works feel free to comment them below. i am always looking for more diverse voices in the large category of canadian lit!

I wish we could make communal lists, because this would be a helpful one to be able to ask others to contribute to

Books and literature featuring narrators, main characters, or major supporting characters that are Two-Spirit (a culturally significant gender/queer identity in Native American cultures).

Queer main characters across genres — predominantly fantasy. Only the first book in each series is listed :)

Books from all genres by queer Canadians or heavily centred on queer Canadian culture.