Reading Outside the Gender Binary - hosted by dytiscusfriend

A memoir, biography, or other nonfiction book
People who are outside the gender binary are not only authors and poets but also scholars, scientists, historians, therapists, and many other professions that bring their knowledge and expertise to their writing. Knowledge and expertise on one's own life can make reading a memoir a delight as well.
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Why Indigenous Literatures Matter by Daniel Heath Justice

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter

Daniel Heath Justice

284 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History by Daniel Heath Justice

Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History

Daniel Heath Justice

296 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction emotional reflective medium-paced
The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story by Tiya Miles

The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story

Tiya Miles

315 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history race emotional slow-paced
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country by Tiya Miles, Sharon Patricia Holland

Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country

Tiya Miles, Sharon Patricia Holland

392 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles

Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom

Tiya Miles

306 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era by Tiya Miles

Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era

Tiya Miles

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history travel challenging medium-paced
The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits by Tiya Miles

The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits

Tiya Miles

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat by Paula Gunn Allen

Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat

Paula Gunn Allen

368 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Studies in American Indian Literature by Paula Gunn Allen

Studies in American Indian Literature

Paula Gunn Allen

384 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

medium-paced
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

Ma-Nee Chacaby

264 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced