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Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult life

  • Written by Jonathan Alexander, Chancellor's Professor of English and Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of California, Irvine
Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult lifeThe past decade has seen a flurry of young adult fiction written from a queer perspective. Aurelie and Morgan David de Lossy / Getty Images

In recognition of LGBT Pride Month, The Conversation reached out to Jonathan Alexander – an English professor with a scholarly interest in the interplay between sexuality and literature – for...

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