Edited by James Crews

Edited by Brad Peacock

Illustrated by Lisa Congdon

On Sale: May 6, 2025
Page Count: 200 pages
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN-13: 9781635868951

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This luminous and open-hearted anthology of poems from the LGBTQIA+ community proves that there is nothing more universal than love.

Edited by James Crews with his husband, Brad Peacock, and illustrated by Lisa Congdon, these compassionate poems of connection and affirmation are a celebration of all kinds of love—romantic love, family love, friendship, self-love, and love for nature. The poems are gathered from a diverse group of contemporary writers, both part of and allied with the LGBTQIA+ community, with a special focus on queer, nonbinary, and transgender poets.

Contributors include Andrea Gibson, Ellen Bass, Nikita Gill, Mark Doty, Audre Lorde, Richard Blanco, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Danez Smith, Joy Ladin, Carl Phillips, Li-Young Lee, and many others. Brief essays called “Stories of Becoming” act as touchstones throughout the book, telling the inspiring and touching stories of LGBTQIA+ people whose experiences may bring hope to others.

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I wish my queer younger self could’ve read this chorus of light, could’ve held these words as mirrors of my own possibility. Instead, I will share this anthology of belonging with queer and trans young ones I call family, and cry tears of hope that glisten like stars they can anchor their hearts to. Within these pages we are safe. We are held. We are loved.
Kai Coggin, author of Mother of Other Kingdoms and Mining for Stardust
Heartful poems you hold in your hands.
Richard Blanco, fifth inaugural poet of the United States
Love for All of Us is a beautiful book. More than an anthology, it is a lyrical argument for beauty, acceptance, courage and tolerance.
Michael Simms, editor of Vox Populi and author of Jubal Rising