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Please Miss (2022, Basic Books)
A chaotic trans memoir with an unreliable narrator. It’s very very good in places, and in other places the author lost me. I think some things may have gone over my head.
This poetry collections focuses on a hybridized Indigiqueer Trickster character named Zoa who brings together …
This was a lot of fun to read. 2S poet Joshua Whitehead takes on an invented trickster persona Zoa, then proceeds to riff on and infect well known English language poets, twisting and exploring them in a queer and anticolonial direction. Good stuff.
This poetry collections focuses on a hybridized Indigiqueer Trickster character named Zoa who brings together the organic (the protozoan) and …
The book is about expansive indigenous understanding of gender, described through historical record, literature, and film. I learned about a lot of sources I hadn't heard of. The writing is a bit academic, which is likely what caused me to set the book aside for a while, but I did enjoy it and I'm so glad I picked it up again and finished it while vacationing recently.
Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, fabricating cheap medicines for those who can't otherwise afford them. …
finally brings the queer/punk/kink vibe that I'm sure J. M. Barrie would have wanted Peter Pan to have if he had thought of it
Lush and frothy, incisive and witty, Shola von Reinhold’s decadent queer literary debut immerses readers …
It's about being black and queer, it's about aesthetics and adornment as a kind of spirituality, it's about escape and creation/reinvention of oneself, it's about reclaiming history, it's weird and hard to describe.
Felt nearly perfect. The only thing I can find to fault is not having nearly enough descriptions of Mathilda's outfits. Mathilda must have a fabulous fashion sense and there's a part of me with a burning need to know what she is wearing at all times.
Lush and frothy, incisive and witty, Shola von Reinhold’s decadent queer literary debut immerses readers …
black and queer and trans and chaotic and beautiful
The playful and poignant novel LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) sifts through a queer trans …
What writing! How can a book about grieving so be so much fun? How can the author make passages about buttplugs feel so poignant?
The book is not just about coping with grief. The book also beautifully paints a portrait of trans femme friendships and relationships.
The book is full of references to other media, many of them real and many of them fictional. It's worthwhile to follow the real references, the author has good taste.
A note on how to read the book. It's written in the form of an encyclopedia about a fictional TV show. Everyone I've talked to read the book in order. I didn't. I tried to go linearly at first, but only got as far as "B" and then chose a chaotic journey through the encyclopedia following references or just reading what looked good to me. I still saved "Z" for the end. I have …
What writing! How can a book about grieving so be so much fun? How can the author make passages about buttplugs feel so poignant?
The book is not just about coping with grief. The book also beautifully paints a portrait of trans femme friendships and relationships.
The book is full of references to other media, many of them real and many of them fictional. It's worthwhile to follow the real references, the author has good taste.
A note on how to read the book. It's written in the form of an encyclopedia about a fictional TV show. Everyone I've talked to read the book in order. I didn't. I tried to go linearly at first, but only got as far as "B" and then chose a chaotic journey through the encyclopedia following references or just reading what looked good to me. I still saved "Z" for the end. I have no regrets about my choice, but I am told the book is also good to read in ABC order if that's your thing.
