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An intimate, atmospheric collection of short fiction exploring the intersections of Black and queer identity in the Carolinas. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Let the Dead Bury Their Dead.
- atmospheric
- intimate
- contemplative
- regional
- 01
A visitation of spirits
Randall Kenan
A haunting, time-leaping exploration of a tormented teenager's darkest night, woven into the rich, unvarnished history of a Southern black family.
- 02
Trash
Dorothy Allison · 1988
A raw, unapologetic exploration of survival, shame, and queer desire in the working-class South.
- 03
Going to Meet the Man
James Baldwin · 1986
A searing, blues-inflected descent into the beautiful and brutal realities of American life, where survival is an act of desperate artistry.
- 04
Best Gay Romance 2008
Labont�, Richard
A tender and passionate mosaic of gay love in all its fleeting and enduring forms.
- 05
You are not a stranger here
Adam Haslett
An intimate, heavy collection of stories that peers unflinchingly into the shadowed corners of mental illness and human connection.
- 06
B-boy blues
James Earl Hardy · 1994
A vibrant, unapologetic collision of hip-hop culture and queer romance set against the electric backdrop of 1990s New York City.
- 07
Cane
Jean Toomer · 1969
A reflective literary collection that weaves poetry and short fiction to evoke the social landscape of the 1920s South.
- 08
Less
Andrew Sean Greer
A sparkling, globe-trotting comedy of errors about outrunning heartbreak and accidentally stumbling into grace.
- 09
Faggots
Larry Kramer · 1978
A frantic, sweat-soaked descent into 1970s gay hedonism that masks a desperate, aching plea for true love.
- 10
Dance on my grave
Aidan Chambers · 1982
A fragmented, fiercely emotional dive into the dizzying heights of first queer love and the chaotic aftermath of sudden loss.
- 11
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
George Saunders · 1996
A hilarious, heartbreaking tour through the theme parks of a degraded American future.
- 12
Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado
A surreal, razor-sharp fever dream that maps the violence and desire inscribed upon women's bodies.
