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Category: Review

And Then the Gray Heaven by R. E. Katz

April 3, 2021 lalanquistLeave a comment

Bodies, embodiment, and the self in R. E. Katz' forthcoming debut novel, AND THEN THE GRAY HEAVEN.

Posted in ReviewTagged Advanced Reader Copy, And Then the Gray Heaven, ARC, Book Review, Everglades, Florida, gender, museums, nonbinary, novel, R. E. Katz, RE Katz, Review, Transgender

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

October 1, 2020April 3, 2021 lalanquist1 Comment

Aiden Thomas' CEMETERY BOYS, validation, and confronting the unhealthy desire to prove one's gender identity, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys, fantasy, latinx, lgbtqia, modern fantasy, Review, Teen read, Transgender, YA fiction

twice-spent comet by Ziggy Schutz

April 21, 2020July 11, 2020 lalanquistLeave a comment

How naming something or saying something out loud is a powerful thing, and how that power can be used to create a found family in Ziggy Schutz' "twice-spent comet" from the anthology BEHIND THE SUN, ABOVE THE MOON, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged Behind the Sun Above the Moon, found family, Review, short story, short story review, the power to name, twice-spent comet, Ziggy Schutz

Finna by Nino Cipri

April 1, 2020July 11, 2020 lalanquistLeave a comment

The difficulties of messy relationships, and how FINNA by Nino Cipri shows how to move forward after they end, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged Book Review, nino cipri, Review, scifi, trans, Transgender

The Four Profound Weaves by R. B. Lemberg

March 1, 2020July 11, 2020 lalanquist2 Comments

The need for trans-inclusive cultural story representation and the way THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES by R. B. Lemberg starts to fill in that gap, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged ARC, Birdverse, elders, fantasy, gender binary, R. B. Lemberg, representation, The Four Profound Weaves, Transgender

We Both Laughed in Pleasure by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma

February 2, 2020July 11, 2020 lalanquist6 Comments

“Fucked up and afraid--like a male.” (137), or the messy trans realities of WE BOTH LAUGHED IN PLEASURE: THE SELECTED DIARIES OF LOU SULLIVAN edited by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged AIDs crisis, Book Review, diaries, ellis martin, History, lou sullivan, susan stryker, Transgender, we both laughed in pleasure, zach ozma

Ad Astra Per Aspera by Nino Cipri

January 21, 2020July 11, 2020 lalanquist1 Comment

The resonant comedy of Nino Cipri's "Ad Astra Per Aspera" in TRANSCENDENT 4 edited by Bogi Takács, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged ad astra per aspera, Bogi Takács, gender, nino cipri, Review, short story, speculative fiction, Transcendent 4, Transgender

Rock and Riot by Chelsey Furedi

January 1, 2020July 11, 2020 lalanquistLeave a comment

The problem with binaries in Chelsey Furedi's ROCK AND RIOT, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged agender, binary, chelsey furedi, gender binary, nonbinary, Review, rock and riot, Transgender

Darkling by Brooklyn Ray

December 1, 2019July 11, 2020 lalanquist5 Comments

Parallels between magic and transness in Brooklyn Ray's DARKLING, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged Book Review, brooklyn ray, magic, modern fantasy, Review, romance, trans man, Transgender, witches

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

November 1, 2019July 11, 2020 lalanquist7 Comments

Nuanced approaches to Good and Evil in Akwaeke Emezi's PET, a review.

Posted in ReviewTagged akwaeke emezi, Book Review, fantasy, fiction, pet, Review, Transgender, utopia, young adult

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