Suggested Links

Noteworthy Websites for Writers and Readers:

Lambdaliterary.org*
—LGBT interviews, book reviews and more;
Shelf-Awareness.com
—great e-newsletter about books and the industry; reviews, essays and more;
Storyfix.com
—Larry Brooks’ e-newsletter on writing;
NMBook.org
—passionate and dedicated New Mexican book people supporting our craft;
Gotham Writers' Workshop
—creative writing classes taught by literary pros; great resources for writers;
Publishingtriangle.Org*
—offers support and appreciation for LGBT literature;
LoriLLake.com*
—great resource for LGBT writers;
RegalCrest.biz*
—publisher of outstanding LGBT novels;
Hrc.org*
—working for LGBT equality.

* Of particular interest to LGBT writers

Stolen Lives (Twenty Years in a Desert Jail) – Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi
Muslim Next Door – Sumbul Ali-Karamali
A House in Fez – Suzanne Clarke
Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond - Budgett Meakin
Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives – Afdhere Jama
Chiva (A Village Takes on the Global Heroin Trade) – Chellis Glendinning
The Devil’s Butcher Shop (The New Mexico Prison Uprising) – Roger Morris

Origin of Sorrow – Robert Mayer
(In this superbly crafted tome, the reader experiences life in the period of enlightenment.)
Into the Heat – Cindy Bellinger
(A testimony to the reason living in the forest is so incredibly reviving.)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Jean-Dominique Bauby and Jerome Leggatt
(A young and successful magazine publisher suddenly struck with locked-in syndrome. This memoir attests the remarkable strength and courage of the human spirit.)
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats – Jan-Philipp Sendker
(The simplicity, beauty and passion of genuine love.)
The Secret Holocaust Diaries – Nonna Bannister
(A diary kept hidden away and shared 43 years later tells of enduring the horrors of Hitler’s Germany.)
By the Iowa Sea – Joe Blair
(Chronicles the dreams of a free spirit and young love pitted against life’s reality.)