The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

By Martin Moran, Armistead Maupin, Sarah Moon, et al.

Book Overview

If you received a letter from your older self, what do you think it would say? What do you wish it would say? That the boy you were crushing on in History turns out to be gay too, and that you become boyfriends in college? That the bully who is making your life miserable will one day become so insignificant that you won't remember his name until he shows up at your book signing? In this anthology, sixty-three award-winning authors such as Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Jacqueline Woodson, Gregory Maguire, David Levithan, and Armistead Maupin make imaginative journeys into their pasts, telling their younger selves what they would have liked to know then about their lives as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered people. Through stories, in pictures, with bracing honesty, these are words of love and understanding, reasons to hold on for the better future ahead. They will tell you things about your favorite authors that you never knew before. And they will tell you about yourself.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545399327
• ISBN13: 9780545399326
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great! If you're the G

Don't get me wrong, these letters are great. They reassure you that there's a future for people like us. I just didn't think there was enough variety for a book referencing the Q. It's like 80% G, 15% L, and 5% B. I bought this because I really wanted the T, which never came. Plus, the letters get repetitive after a while, which is good if you're trying to learn by repetition. But I wasn't a fan. I only resonated with like three letters. They mostly say yes, I had a hard time growing up/finding myself, but I stuck to it, probably fell in love, and I'm happy now and you can too.