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“jack parlett”

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  • Flamboyance

    The Power of Living Boldly

    by Jack Parlett ...
    *A Next Big Ideas Club Must Read Book for May**A Notable Book in BookRiot, LGBTQReads, The Daily Kos*For fans of Susan Cain and Jenny Odell, an indispensable, paradigm-shifting exploration of flamboyance—tracing its history and social significance through the lives of those who embody it and offering a roadmap for anyone looking to harness the power of their own inner flameFlamboyance ignites ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Poetics of Cruising

    Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr

    by Jack Parlett ...
    A groundbreaking new history of urban cruising through the lenses of urban poetsThe Poetics of Cruising explores the relationship between cruising, photography, and the visual in the work of leading poets, from Walt Whitman in the nineteenth century to Eileen Myles in the twenty-first. What is it that happens, asks Jack Parlett, and what is it that is sought, in this often transient moment of ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Fire Island

    A Century in the Life of an American Paradise

    by Jack Parlett ...
    *A Town and Country Must-Read Book of Summer**A BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF JUNE**A Washington Post “Book to Read This Summer”**AN ADVOCATE BEST LGBTQ+ BOOK OF 2022**A USA Today "Book to Celebrate Pride Month"**A New York Times "Editor's Pick"**A Kirkus Reviews Hottest Book of Summer*A groundbreaking account of New York's Fire Island,... ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Fire Island

    A Century in the Life of an American Paradise

    by Jack Parlett ...
    Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 48 min

    A groundbreaking account of New York's Fire Island, chronicling its influence on art, literature, culture and queer liberation over the past centuryFire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Flamboyance

    The Power of Living Boldly

    by Jack Parlett ...
    Narrated by Jack Parlett, Joe Jameson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 48 min

    *A Next Big Ideas Club Must Read Book for May**A Notable Book in BookRiot, LGBTQReads, The Daily Kos*For fans of Susan Cain and Jenny Odell, an indispensable, paradigm-shifting exploration of flamboyance—tracing its history and social significance through the lives of those who embody it and offering a roadmap for anyone looking to harness the power of their own inner flameFlamboyance ignites ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Lavender Scare

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    by David K. Johnson ...
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    Black-Owned

    The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

    by Char Adams ...
    Narrated by Shayna Small ...

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    Alligator Tears

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    by Edgar Gomez ...
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    How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back

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