Literature Resources
This page provides access to:
- A selection of current literature e-books (if you would like to find older e-books, or books in print, please use the UNT Libraries Catalog),
- The Book Review Digest database to locate current academic research in higher education, and
- A selection of web resources for writers.
If you need help with your research, please contact the Women's and Gender Studies/LGBTQ Studies Librarian, Julie Leuzinger (she/her/hers).
NOTE: While we have tried to use inclusive language in this guide, if you notice anything that could be improved, please don't hesitate to contact us with suggestions.
Literature e-books
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The Kilroys list: 67 monologues and scenes by women and nonbinary playwrights
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Call Number: PS628.W6 K55 2020ISBN: 9781559369169Publication Date: 2020 -
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Avast!: Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors
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Call Number: PR9617.3 .A93ISBN: 9781760994006Publication Date: 2024 -
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A dream of a woman: stories
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Call Number: PR9199.4.P59 D74ISBN: 1551528576Publication Date: 2021 -
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All the flowers kneeling
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Call Number: PS3620.R3627 A78ISBN: 9780525508342Publication Date: 2022 -
Disintegrate/dissociate: poems
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Call Number: PR9199.4.T94 A6 2019ISBN: 9781551527604Publication Date: 2019 -
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Translating Trans Identity
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Call Number: P306.97.T83 R67ISBN: 9780367369972Publication Date: 2021
Literature Databases
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Book review digest.Book Review Digest reviews English-language fiction and non-fiction. It includes adult and children's books.
You can use the database, Book Review Digest, to locate reviews of books published about a specific topic. For example, enter transgender (highlighted in yellow below) in the text box and click the Search button (circled in red below).
Literature Web Resources
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Non-binary MonologuesMonologues for non-binary actors.
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Ours for the Making: Trans Lit, Trans PoeticsFor over 30 years, Lambda Literary has championed LGBTQ books and authors. No other organization in the world serves LGBTQ writers and readers more comprehensively than Lambda Literary. We believe that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer literature is fundamental to the preservation of our culture, and that LGBTQ lives are affirmed when our stories are written, published, and read.
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Trans/Space: A Trans*, Non-binary, and Queer+ Poetry ProjectTrans/Space was created by Tucson’s Poet Laureate, TC Tolbert, a trans and genderqueer poet and educator, and has been supported by a fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. Trans/Space honors, celebrates, and lifts up Trans*, Non-binary, and/or Queer+ (TNBQ+) poets and poetry — a site intent on spreading the brilliant and necessary words of TNBQ+ folks and connecting us to each other’s work.
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Trans LabPlays by trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) writers are a rarity in American theater. As transgender stories are co-opted, commercialized, and misrepresented by cisgender writers, Trans Lab fellowship supports the creation of a critical mass of TGNC plays by TGNC writers.