Greetings, book people! Happy Pride! I don’t actually have any words for you today, celebratory or angry or otherwise. I’m super excited about another round of Books for Trans Rights, and I’m also exhausted. I am planning to throw a bit of a party on Bookstagram this month—not because I think I should or feel like I have to, but because I want to. It turns out making posts about queer books is joyful and nourishing. You can join the party here!

If want to support me and my work (and my joy), you can always treat me to a book from my 2023 preorders wishlist or my poetry wishlist! You can also subscribe to this newsletter!

But way more importantly, if you truly want to celebrate Pride with me, you can help me raise money for trans rights. Things are really bad right now in the U.S., so this is what I’m doing. It’s just one small thing. But it’s something. I have some super rad books to give away this month, including a few of my favorite reads of the year so far! I know a lot of you are new since the last time I did this, so all the details about how it works are below.

Books for Trans Rights

Every other month, I’ll post a new batch of 20-30 books to give away, and pick three organizations and/or mutual aid funds to raise money for. The books are a mix of hardcovers, paperbacks, and ARCs. They’re all in good condition. Many of them are new.

I’ll focus on organizations in states currently facing the worst anti-trans legislation, as well as national organizations and mutual aid funds that give individual grants to trans people and/or small community projects.

In June, I’m raising money for two organizations in Florida, the Central Florida Emergency Trans Care Fund and the Transinclusive Group, and one rad national organization, the Trans Justice Funding Project.

All you have to do is check out the list, pick out the books you want, and donate to the Books for Trans Rights Fundraiser!

I wish my budget allowed me to cover shipping costs, but that’s just not the case right now. So I’ll take the cost of shipping out of the final donation total. U.S. media mail is usually $3.50/package, so if you pledge $10, your total donation will be about $7.

Feel free to come back to this post in a week or three. I’ll update the list as books are claimed.

I’ll close out the fundraiser on June 30th and split the money between the three orgs. Then I’ll share how much we raised together, along with the donation receipts, in the next newsletter.

Ready? Let’s Go!

• Drop a comment indicating which book(s) you want. The first commenter for each title will get that book.

• Once I’ve confirmed that the book is indeed available (I’ll reply to your comment), head over to the Books for Trans Rights Fundraiser to make your pledge.

• You can donate any amount starting at $10. I encourage you to donate $15-$20 per book if you can, but any amount is great!

• After you’ve made a pledge, I’ll reach out to you for your mailing address and pop your book(s) in the mail!

• Unfortunately, I can only ship books to U.S. addresses. However, if you don’t live in the U.S. and still want to participate (or if you don’t see a book you want), I’ll happily send you some snail mail instead!

• That’s it! It’s simple! Have fun!

Books Available

I have a ton of exciting books to give away this month! A lot of them are ARCs of upcoming or recently released books. Many of them I have read and loved, but I somehow ended up with multiple copies. There is so much great poetry here! If you have questions about a book, please ask.

Fiction

• The Library of Legends by Janie Chang (Historical Fiction, Hardcover)

• Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett (Contemporary Fiction, Paperback)

• The Laughter by Sonora Jha (Contemporary Fiction, Hardcover)

• He Mele A Hilo by Ryka Aoki (Contemporary Fiction, Paperback)

• The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo (Historical Fiction, Hardcover)

• The Comeback by Lily Chu (Romance, Paperback)

More Fiction

• All the Things We Don’t Talk About by Amy Feltman (Contemporary Fiction, ARC)

• Mrs. S by K. Patrick (Contemporary Fiction, ARC)

• The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi (Contemporary Fiction, ARC)

• When the Hibiscus Falls by M. Evelina Galang (Short Stories, ARC)

• The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts by Soraya Palmer (Contemporary Fiction, ARC)

• Board to Death by CJ Connor (Cozy Mystery, ARC)

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction

• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (Fantasy, Paperback)

• The Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone (Sci-fi, Paperback)

• Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Sci-fi, Paperback)

• Uranians by Theodore McCombs (Speculative Short Fiction, ARC)

• Pump Six by Paolo Bacigalup (Sci-fi Short Fiction, Paperback)

Poetry

• Herostories by Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir, tr. K.B. Thorbs (ARC)

• Freedom House by KB Brookins (ARC)

• Milk Tongue by Irène P. Mathieu (ARC)

• Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones (Paperback)

• When I Waked I Cried to Dream Again by A. Van Jordan (ARC)

• Standing in the Forest of Being Alive by Kate Farris (ARC)

Nonfiction

• The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper (Memoir, Hardcover)

• A Private History of Awe by Scott Russell Sanders (Essays, Paperback)

• Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey (Memoir, Hardcover)

• Fat Off, Fat On by Clarkisha Kent (Memoir, ARC)

• Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? by Craig Seligman (History, ARC)

Cooking!

• How to Taste by Mandy Naglich (Food Writing, ARC)

• Cookie Love by Mindy Segal (Hardcover)

• Scandi Bites by Trine Hahnemann (Hardcover)

Ready to raise some money?

And then head on over to the Books for Trans Rights Fundraiser.