Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

From July ‘21 to June ‘22, the YA memoir All Boys Aren't Blue by George M Johnson was banned in 29 school districts. I listened to this book at the start of my own questioning process, and it fortified me for the road ahead. Kudos to my FL library for keeping this one on shelves. https://t.co/BwmbW7rDjs

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

My mom's hero won a MacArthur Genius Grant this week for her book Braiding Sweetgrass. “I didn’t have an agent. I’m not a professional writer. I’m a botanist. But it was something that I felt I really wanted to say.” -Robin Wall Kimmerer, 69 https://t.co/eJOWcPseOL

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

What is the most banned book in the US? According to @PENamerica, it's Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. I read my library's copy and would love to own this graphic memoir for the banned books shelf I'm creating for my kids at home. #amreadingmemoir #HappyPride https://t.co/LhXm9BqsP1

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

My review of SEE NO STRANGER by @valariekaur is out today on Memoirs with Melissa. For those of you recovering from burnout or despairing over an onslaught of disturbing current events, this may be the healing read you need. https://t.co/ohkLO6dCnf https://t.co/Vva3JOyijV

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

@RevSarahLocke Nonfiction: When God Becomes a Drug by Father Leo Booth, Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd Memoir: Burning Butch by R/B Mertz, Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper, Boy Erased by Garrard Conley, Pure by Linda Kay Klein

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

"Your past is not an excuse. But it is an explanation...." -Heard on this morning's audio book, What Happened to You?, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

@CharifShan Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz, Solito by Javier Zamora, You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith, Girlhood by Melissa Febos, How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler, The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser, The Family Outing by Jessi Hempel, Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

@CharifShan Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz, Solito by Javier Zamora, You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith, Girlhood by Melissa Febos, How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler, The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser, The Family Outing by Jessi Hempel, Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

@ThienAngst Memoir is my favorite genre. I’ve read 58 in the past few years. Some recent standouts: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami Unbound by Tarana Burke Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Girlhood by Melissa Febos

Melissa Gopp-Warner (she/her)🌈

A personal success outside the writing world: I finished my first half marathon on Sunday at 1:55:23, well below my goal pace. Thanks ⁦@262withDonna⁩ for the inspiration to keep putting one foot in front of the other. #runDONNA #finishbreastcancer https://t.co/Mw42p6iCRU