Queer and How We Got Here - A (Personal) History Weddings Smithsonian curators share aspirational stories

Smithsonian curators share aspirational stories that have shaped the nation in chapters representing each decade from the 1770s to the 2020s

Filled with Heller's lush writing

Using their keen knowledge and deep love for all things literary

Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner--shimmying up and down chimneys for a whole night--or fatter--as he munches on cookies and milk in billions of houses across the world

But trying to be as good as everyone else at everything is exhausting and frustrating

Queer and How We Got Here - A (Personal) History Weddings Smithsonian curators share aspirational storiesBy: Hazel Newlevant Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2026 "Honest, informative, and stylish, this book made me grateful for the activism of the past and gave me courage for the fights to come!" Maia Kobabe, author of Gender Queer: A Memoir "This book belongs in every bookstore, library, and educational establishment, and in the hands of every queer kid." Mo B. Dick, Drag King legend and executive director of Drag King History More