Join us for a conversation with the editor and three contributors to Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology. Poets Tamiko Beyer, Joy Ladin, Amber Flora Thomas, and Michael Walsh will discuss the role of "nature" in queer and trans lives and in poetry. What is queer nature? Who gets to be natural or unnatural and why? How queer or trans is the earth's flora and fauna? Does straight nature exist and could it be a false myth? Who gets to belong in a land or to a place and how do people do so without colonizing?

Join AADL staff members as they discuss The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater.

This event is part of the 2022 Big Gay Read, featuring The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater. For all Big Gay Read events, see aadl.org/thebiggayread. 

Lucy recommends a LGBTQIA+ focused book for teens. A great way to get ideas for new titles. Books highlighted in this series will be available from AADL and Overdrive.

The Greatest Thing is recommended for ages 12 and up.

Lucy recommends a LGBTQIA+ focused book for teens. A great way to get ideas for new titles. Books highlighted in this series will be available from AADL and Overdrive.

This episode features an overview of the first book in several YA graphic novel series.

Lucy recommends a LGBTQIA+ focused book for teens. A great way to get ideas for new titles. Books highlighted in this series will be available from AADL and Overdrive.

Between Real and Perfect is recommended for ages 14 and up.

Award-winning, NIH-funded sustainable behavior change researcher at the University of Michigan discusses her new book The Joy Choice, a fresh, brain-based solution that turns the old behavior-change paradigm on its head.

This event is in partnership with Literati Bookstore. It will feature a signing with books for sale.

Lucy recommends a LGBTQIA+ focused book for teens. A great way to get ideas for new titles. Books highlighted in this series will be available from AADL and Overdrive.

Ready When You Are is recommended for ages 14 and up.

Lucy recommends a LGBTQIA+ focused book for teens. A great way to get ideas for new titles. Books highlighted in this series will be available from AADL and Overdrive.

The Heartbreak Bakery is recommended for ages 14 and up.

Lucy recommends a LGBTQIA+ focused book for teens. A great way to get ideas for new titles. Books highlighted in this series will be available from AADL and Overdrive.

The Grief Keeper is recommended for ages 12 and up.

For this year's Trans Day of Visibility, AADL staff interview PhD Candidate LaVelle Ridley, discussing her anthology project, "Paradise on the Margins," as well as her research, published work and community activism around Ann Arbor!