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Pirates Tales

Kids, read your way into PNC Park this summer! The more books you read, the more chances you'll have to win tickets to a Pirates game.
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Drag Queen Story Hour

Drag Queen Story Hour is expanding to celebrate Pride this June! Check out the full schedule of dates and CLP locations.
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A Story for All

"Your version of pride is in your heart. Be proud of yourself." Thanks to WQED Pittsburgh and Akasha L Van-Cartier for this fabulous peek at CLP's Drag Queen Story Hours!

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The Affliction: A Novel in Stories
C. Dale Young
Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions & Criticism Cover Image
Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions & Criticism
Michelle Tea
So Lucky Cover Image
So Lucky
Nicola Griffith
Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us Cover Image
Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us
C.N. Lester
Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity Cover Image
Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity
Unbound : transgender men and the remaking of identity
When Katie Met Cassidy Cover Image
When Katie Met Cassidy
Camille Perri

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The Great American Read: Which of your favorite books did not make the list?

The whole country has been debating the book list for the Great American Read; especially concerning the books that did not make the list.  One of my favorite American authors is Pat Conroy, author of The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides, and The Water is Wide.  The Prince of Tides is one of my all-time favorites.  I just finished reading The South of Broad, one of Conroy's later novels.  Conroy…