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LGBTQ

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Fic­tion
Milk Fed
Melis­sa Broder
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Poet­ry
Her Birth and Lat­er Years: New and Col­lect­ed Poems, 1971 – 2021
Ire­na Klepfisz
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Games We Played
Shawne Steiger
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The Paper­cut­ter: Book 1 of The Split series
Cindy Riz­zo
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OneTable Live | Book Club with Jew­ish Book Council

Friday, July 24, 2020
5–6pm

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Fic­tion
The Tree and the Vine
Dola de Jong, Kristen Gehrman (trans.)
Essay

Queer­ing Genesis

Sarah Blake
June 15, 2020
Interview

JBC Authors at the Table: Ilana Masad

Ilana Masad
June 10, 2020
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Every­body (Else) Is Per­fect: How I Sur­vived Hypocrisy, Beau­ty, Clicks, and Likes
Gabrielle Korn
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Fic­tion
All My Mother’s Lovers 
Ilana Masad
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Mishkan Ga’avah: Where Pride Dwells: A Cel­e­bra­tion of LGBTQ Jew­ish Life and Ritual
Denise Eger (Editor)
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What We Will Become: A Moth­er, a Son, and a Jour­ney of Transformation
Mimi Lemay
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Becom­ing Eve 
Abby Stein
Interview

Son­tag: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ben­jamin Moser

Bob Gold­farb
September 23, 2019
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Chil­dren’s
A Room Away From the Wolves
Nova Ren Suma
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Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Fam­i­ly Mem­oir of a Trans­gen­der Journey
Jo Ivester
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