Coloring into Existence 
Available Dec. 5, 2023!

Coloring into Existence: Queer of Color Worldmaking in Children’s Literature is a comparative and hemispheric study across Canada, the United States, and Mexico from 1990 to 2020. Fusing literary criticism and close readings with historical analysis and interviews, Coloring into Existence documents the emergence of a North American queer of color children’s literary archive, focusing on the creation, distribution, and potential impact of picture books by and about queer and trans of color authors. Millán engages LGBTQ+ picture books through the hermeneutic of autofantasía, a framework developed throughout the book that usefully entangles fiction and nonfiction.