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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
by Peter Cameron  
Powells.com Staff Pick The New York Times Book Review already got it exactly right: "It's his best work....The novel demonstrates every kind of strength....It's as if Cameron had taken the tools earned over a whole career and applied them to the materials of a first book...
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris
Powells.com Staff Pick One of these days I'll find the time to construct an actual review of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, but until I do let these words stand as my pledge: You will not regret purchasing this book. Further: You're unlikely to find more pure...
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
Powells.com Staff Pick Alison Bechdel, creator of the Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip, uses the cartoon form to tell the story of her coming out and the discovery of her father's sexual orientation. The title refers to the funeral home where she grew up, and her parents...
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
Powells.com Staff Pick Completely autobiographical and, as always, hilarious, Me Talk Pretty One Day is my favorite of all the David Sedaris collections. The first half of the book focuses on his childhood in North Carolina and his very unusual family; the second half details...
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Rose of No Man's Land
by Michelle Tea
Powells.com Staff Pick Michelle Tea, a long-time favorite with streetwise memoir readers, proved she could pull off a novel with Rose of No Man's Land. It's like Freaks and Geeks with lesbians. Tea's writing dazzles and hurts in all the right places and her comic timing has...
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
Powells.com Staff Pick "Burroughs has a way of writing reminiscent of David Sedaris. His mock-naivete is a little shocking, a little naughty. He confesses to things that most people just don't admit to in polite conversation. But the twinkle in the eye is there, the nudge in...
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris
Powells.com Staff Pick One of these days I'll find the time to construct an actual review of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, but until I do let these words stand as my pledge: You will not regret purchasing this book. Further: You're unlikely to find more pure...
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How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater
by Marc Acito
Powells.com Staff Pick Former theatre geeks unite! I truly enjoyed this nostalgic romp through the life of Edward Zanni, a young thespian in suburban New Jersey. Edward's quest to attend Juilliard and the madness and mayhem that surround him turn the pages of this great story....
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The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
Powells.com Staff Pick After completing his first two books, Michael Cunningham's writing career was right on track. Both novels had received excellent reviews, and Cunningham had established a small, loyal following among readers of literary fiction. He then decided to...
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The Cutting Room
by Louise Welsh
Powells.com Staff Pick Wow! A first novel with an intriguing plot and totally believable characters. An excellent writer who allows you to empathize with a protagonist who is not always deserving. Mark Ingraham, Powells...
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Selfish and Perverse
by Bob Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick Entertaining, romantic, and extremely funny, Bob Smith's debut novel is the improbably charming story of Nelson Kunker, a young comedian who can't decide between the famous, gorgeous Dylan or the stable, sane (but also gorgeous) Roy. Selfish and Perverse...
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Boy Meets Boy
by David Levithan
Powells.com Staff Pick This is a smart, funny modern fairy tale of high school as I wish it were. It's a completely funky, accepting, diverse, cool school — and town for that matter. This isn't to say that it's alien; it has the familiar drama and intrigue of people...
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Annie Oakley's Girl
by Rebecca Brown
Powells.com Staff Pick "A cult classic, Annie Oakley's Girl has been described as "one of the freshest, most memorable story collections of my lifetime" by Tillie Olsen. High praise indeed." Chris F., Powells.com...
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Hero
by Perry Moore
Powells.com Staff Pick A fast-paced action-packed thrill-ride of a book! Thom Creed is an average high school student who discovers that he has superpowers. He tries to blend in at school, and hide all his secrets from his father, all the while falling in love. An excellent...
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The Time of the Doves
by Merce Rodoreda
Powells.com Staff Pick I've worked in the literature section for almost eight years, and the beauty of Powell's is in the opportunity to discover, time and again, an author that you've never heard of before, one that sits on a bottom shelf close to the floor gathering...
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Naked Civil Servant (77 Edition)
by Quentin Crisp
Powells.com Staff Pick I'm not usually a fan of autobiography but The Naked Civil Servant is an exception. Quentin Crisp's book describes his life as a very "out" homosexual, with an outrageously effeminate manner and dress, living in London from the 1920's through the...
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Totally Joe
by James Howe
Powells.com Staff Pick This book continues the story of Joe Bunch, a character from The Misfits, an earlier book by James Howe. Joe is your average seventh-grade homosexual. He's funny and smart and excited about the future. That future may or may not include starting a gay...
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Nightwood
by Djuna Barnes
Powells.com Staff Pick There's no denying that Nightwood is a demanding text. In her preface, Jeanette Wintersone aptly writes of Djuna Barnes' prose: "You can slide into it, because the prose has a narcotic quality, but you can't slide over it." When given the attention it...
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Exile in Guyville: How a Punk Rock Redneck Faggot Texan Moved to West Hollywood and Refused to Be Shiny and Happy
by Dave White
Powells.com Staff Pick Dave White (of Movies.com, among other sites) is my favorite movie reviewer, and when I heard he had written a book about his move from Texas to Hollywood I had to read it. Exile in Guyville is a collection of his emails home to family and friends...
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Specimen Days: A Novel
by Michael Cunningham
Powells.com Staff Pick Specimen Days, a novel in three parts, showcases Michael Cunningham's capacity to evoke complex characters and expansive emotional reactions. Featuring a host of shifting but related characters — including a lizard-like alien and a precocious boy...
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