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LGBTQ Literature: Recovery [1]

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Date: 2024-07-28  

LGBTQ Literature is a Readers and Book Lovers series dedicated to discussing literature that has made an impact on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. From fiction to contemporary nonfiction to history and everything in between, any literature that touches on LGBTQ themes is welcome in this series. LGBTQ Literature posts on the last Sunday of every month at 7:30 PM EST. If you are interested in writing for the series, please send a message to Chrislove.

Good evening, faithful LGBTQ Literature readers. It’s never easy for me to admit when I need—and, therefore, when this series needs—a break. When I start something, I tend to be stubborn about finishing it. But I’ve never needed a break more than I need one this month.

Let me tell you how my month has been. At the end of June, like many of you, I was glued to my TV to watch the first debate between Biden and Trump. We all know how that went, and we all know about the three-week horror show that followed. I don’t think I need to explain just how dark of a period it was, because it was for all of us. It was a three-week national crisis, and I was lucky to be able to focus on anything.

Then, in the midst of that darkness, Hurricane Beryl hit. While we saw Beryl coming, we did not know how bad it was going to be until mere hours before it hit us. Our neighborhood ended up being almost right in the center of Beryl’s path, and we went through one of the most terrifying nights of our lives up to this point. By some miracle, our house escaped any major damage, although we were without power for days. After trying to ride it out for a day or so, we evacuated to Dallas with our cat to stay with friends. So that was a huge mess that upended everything for a full week.

Hurricane Beryl happened to hit right when my summer semester was supposed to start. So I basically had to redesign all of my classes to account for the fact that we lost an entire week of our class time (they’re only five-week classes to begin with!).

Suffice it to say, it’s been one hell of a month—for all of us, and certainly for me. I thought about postponing this month’s diary by a week, but no. I’m taking the month off in the name of recovery. The series will be back next month, rest assured, but I’m going to be kind to myself this month.

I hope all of you are also recovering from this wild month we had. With Kamala Harris rapidly unifying our party and enthusiasm for her candidacy surging across the country, I can’t help but be filled with hope and optimism that I haven’t felt for years. The future is looking much brighter, if we work for it. And I will! But first, let me recover.

In the meantime, if you haven’t read last month’s LGBTQ Literature diary, I told a very personal story about myself. Feel free to check it out if you haven’t already. See y’all next month!

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