Join Mandy Giles and KB Brookins for a live conversation about KB's memoir, Pretty, winner of the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction. Written by a prize-winning young Black trans writer with outsized talent, Pretty is a fierce, disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race.

The event will include a reading by the author, fireside chat with Mandy Giles, and audience questions.

How to join:

Step 1 - ✍️ Click the button below to get access to the Zoom registration.

Step 2 - 📚 Buy the book to get the most out of the event! Buying through  👉this Bookshop.org link 👈 benefits independent bookstores and Parents of Trans Youth at no extra cost to you.

Step 3 - 🗣️ Show up live on September 29 and be ready with your questions for KB! (Recording will be available for members of the Parents of Trans Youth online community only.)

KB Brookins is the author of three books, including Pretty, winner of the 2025 Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Nonfiction. They are an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Santa Clara University and the creator of Trans News That Doesn’t Suck, a digital series that has amassed over 8,000 Substack subscribers and 1 million+ views across Instagram and TikTok.Follow KB online at @earthtokb.