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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had the pleasure of serving as vice-chair for the American Library Association Over the Rainbow committee this year, and I’ll be chairing the committee in the coming year. I thought folks might enjoy seeing our top ten titles, as well
as having a link to the book list. All of the titles included on the list were unanimously approved by the OTR committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">January 26, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CHICAGO-The Over the Rainbow committee of ALA’s Rainbow Roundtable gave careful consideration to 312 books this year. We chose 29 fiction and poetry titles and 19 nonfiction titles
to make up the complete 2021 Over the Rainbow book list. The titles on this list all exhibit commendable literary quality and significant authentic LGBTQIA+ content.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In the books we reviewed, we were pleased to note the increased diversity of transgender, asexual, immigrant, and indigenous experiences. Authors explored history and contemporary
politics through new lenses, while we also saw innovations in formats -- including a cookbook.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The top ten fiction and nonfiction titles are:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Angela Chen. Beacon Press, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America.
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">R. Eric Thomas. Ballantine Books, 2020.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">A History of My Brief Body.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"> Billy-Ray Belcourt. Two Dollar Radio, 2020.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Homesick: Stories.
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Nino Cipri. Dzanc Books, 2019.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Homie: Poems.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"> Danez Smith. Graywolf Press, 2020.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">. Jenn Shapland. Tin House, 2020.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Plain Bad Heroines</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">. Emily M. Danforth. William Morrow, 2020.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">The Prettiest Star.
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Carter Sickels. Hub City Press, 2020.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Real Life. </span>
</i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Brandon Taylor. Riverhead, 2020.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">. Dennis Baron. Liveright, 2020.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.glbtrt.ala.org/overtherainbow/archives/726">Over the Rainbow Fiction and Poetry Longlist</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.glbtrt.ala.org/overtherainbow/archives/727">Over the Rainbow Nonfiction Longlist</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005F70"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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