New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies Queer Voices of the South: The Year In Review (2021)
In this episode of Queer Voices of the South, co-hosts Morris Ardoin and John Marszalek look back at the books and authors they covered in 2021.
January: Black Queer Freedom – Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire, by GerShun Avilez, University of Illinois Press
March: Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture, by Derritt Mason, University Press of Mississippi
March: Brown Trans Figurations – Rethinking Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies, by Francisco J. Galarte, University of Texas Press
March: Morris Kight: Humanist, Liberationist, Fantabulist – A Story of Gay Rights and Gay Wrongs, by Mary Ann Cherry, Process Media
April: Alternate Channels – Queer Images on 20th Century TV, by Steven Capsuto, Capsuto Books & Translation Services
April: Poor Queer Studies – Confronting Elitism in the University, by Matt Brim, Duke University Press
May: The Healing Otherness Handbook – Overcome the Trauma of Identity-Based Bullying and Find Power in Your Difference, by Stacee L. Reicherzer, New Harbinger
June: Rising and Other Stories, by Gale Massey, Bronzeville Books
June: The Lexington Six – Lesbian and Gay Resistance in 1970s America, by Josephine Donovan, University of Massachusetts Press
August: Gay, Catholic, and American – My Legal Battle for Marriage Equality and Inclusion, by Gregory Bourke, University of Notre Dame Press
September: Saved by a Song – The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting, by Mary Gauthier, St. Martin’s Publishing
October: Cruising for Conspirators – How a New Orleans DA Prosecuted the Kennedy Assassination as a Sex Crime, by Alecia P. Long, University of North Carolina Press
October: A Lesbian Belle Tells – Outrageous Southern Stories of Family, Loss, and Love, by Elizabeth McCain, Crystal Heart Imprints
November: My Buddha is Pink – Buddhism from a LGBTQI Perspective, by Richard Harrold, Sumeru Press
November: Mississippi Barking – Hurricane Katrina and a Life That Went to the Dogs, by Chris McLaughlin, University Press of Mississippi
November: Queer As All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me, by Shelby Criswell, Street Noise Books
Morris Ardoin is the author of Stone Motel – Memoirs of a Cajun Boy (2020, University Press of Mississippi), which was optioned for TV/film development in 2021. His blog, “Parenthetically Speaking,” which focuses on life as a writer, home cook, and Cajun New Yorker, can be found at www.morrisardoin.com. Twitter: @morrisardoin Instagram: morrisardoin.
John F. Marszalek III is the author of Coming Out of the Magnolia Closet: Same-Sex Couples in Mississippi (2020, University Press of Mississippi), named the 2020 Digital Book World Best Nonfiction Book and Best Book Published by a University Press.
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