Mean Little Deaf Queer: a Memoir

Mean Little Deaf Queer: a Memoir
by Terry Galloway 

Terry Galloway is not one to shrink from her own personal shortcomings, physical or otherwise. She’s more likely to throw them right in your face until you squirm or laugh or cry. In this memoir she is unflinching in her account of growing up deaf and queer in a conservative and pre-ADA era. She felt betrayed by her body and outcast in a world that didn’t know quite what to do with her. So she raged and performed on stage and found her way through creating art. This is an alternately inspiring, gritty, and hilarious story that anyone can learn from.

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Cockroach: a Novel

Cockroach: A Novel 
by Rawi Hage 

Rawi Hage creates an unsettling vision of immigrant life in Canada with his unnamed schizophrenic anti-hero. Half man and half cockroach, the thief scuttles through the shadows and storm drains of Montreal peering in on the privileged from the fringe of society. He is exiled and largely ignored. His state-mandated therapy sessions reveal a troubled and violent past in the war-torn Middle East and give insight not only into why he emigrated, but also why he retreated within himself. Despite his hallucinations, the thief’s keen observations of society are dead on and darkly funny. Beautifully written, Hage’s sophomore novel is a captivating read. 

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