This dovetails nicely with Roxane Gay’s post about writers of color: a list of writers of color who are also queer.
“I thought, I’m sure I can come up with 50 books by LGBT people of color,” writes the post’s author. “So I did.”
That list ranges from literary giants like James Baldwin and Alice Walker to somewhat lesser-known gems like Achy Obejas, whose short story collection We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? deserves several awards based on its name alone.
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