{"title":"Celebrate Pride!","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"be-gay-do-crime","title":"Be Gay Do Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003eby The Mary Nardini Gang\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContagion Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the discordant chorus of anons who penned the defining texts of the queer anarchist network Bash Back!, none was more fervent in its glorification of criminal desire, decadent hedonism, and social undoing than the Milwaulkee-based Mary Nardini Gang. Their fiery “Towards the Queerest Insurrection” still circulates as an integral manifesto of riotous queerness, while the “Criminal Intimacy” and “Whore Theory” have made their more subterranean way into innumerable conversations and correspondences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen years later, the secretive group supplements these collected writings with a subtle retrospective. Carefully unlocking the hidden layers of their theses on insurrection, they face up to what they got wrong, concede that the world ended somewhere between the Greek insurrection of 2008 and now, and insist upon the vital task of ushering new worlds into being as we live amid the decomposition and cataclysmic death throes of the old one. To their theses on insurrection, they prepend a new arcana tooled for opening onto the queerest of outsides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDedicated to their friends among the dead, this pocket edition is a necromantic mirror, an encrypted message to old loves, and an invitation to those finding these words for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17608977186867,"sku":"Be Gay Do Crime","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/products\/be_gay_do_crime.jpg?v=1561135033"},{"product_id":"witchcraft-and-the-gay-counterculture","title":"Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Arthur Evans\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeral Death Coven, Contagion Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2013, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis radical faerie classic, first published in 1978 by Fag Rag Press, uncovers the hidden mythic link between homosexuality and paganism in an elegy for the world of sex and magic vanquished by Christian civilization. From Joan of Arc to the Cathars and the underground worshippers of Diana, the author shows how every upwelling of gender transgression and sexual freedom was targeted by the authorities for total and often violent repression or appropriation. The concluding manifesto calls for pagan reconnection with the living world, the creation of armed anarchist cells, and the destruction of industrial civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes the essential new introduction by Feral Death Coven, which places the text in relation with Silvia Federici’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/caliban-and-the-witch-women-the-body-and-primitive-accumulation\" title=\"Caliban and the Witch\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaliban and the Witch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, anarchist anti-civilization thought, and new strains of paganism, and makes clear the book’s failures and shortcomings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17608977416243,"sku":"Witchcraft and the Gay Counterc","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/products\/witchcraft_and_the_gay_counterculture.jpg?v=1570087938"},{"product_id":"progress-pride-flag","title":"Progress Pride Flag","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Daniel Quasar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlags for Good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e200D Polyester, 3' x 5'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"Progress\" Flag places 5 half sized stripes in an arrow shape representing trans and non-binary individuals, marginalized POC communities, as well as those living with AIDS on top of the traditional LGBTQ Rainbow Flag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBurning Books says, \"It's been hard to find a supplier of flags that doesn't sell a Black Lives Matter flag right alongside a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethin blue line\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, gadsden flag (don't tread on me), etc. We were very happy to find Flags for Good, who is a politically and environmentally conscious company, that won't just sell any flag to anyone who's buying.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39313613324339,"sku":"Progress Pride Flag","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/products\/Progress-Pride-Flag-Folded_1600x_96c8d1ac-dc8c-489f-8edf-c485d161e6d6.jpg?v=1630501156"},{"product_id":"all-boys-arent-blue-a-memoir-manifesto","title":"All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003eby George M. Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFarrar, Strauss and Giroux\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4\/28\/2020, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9780374312718\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eIn a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoth a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, \u003ci\u003eAll Boys Aren't Blue \u003c\/i\u003ecovers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson's emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTarget age: 14 to 18\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"An absolute necessity . . . the personal stories and the healing and reconciliation of self in this title are all undeniably honest and relatable--a reminder of our shared imperfection and humanity.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The conversational tone will leave readers feeling like they are sitting with an insightful friend . . . This young adult memoir is a contemporary hallmark of the blossoming genre. Johnson anchors the text with encouragement and realistic guidance for queer Black youth.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Johnson's debut is a collection of heartfelt personal essays revolving around themes of identity and family . . . In a publishing landscape in need of queer black voices, readers who are sorting through similar concepts will be grateful to join him on the journey.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Powerful . . . Johnson's book is geared toward young adults--a market that needs this level of realness about everything from finding and harboring joy to bullying to navigating queerness. \u003ci\u003eAll Boys Aren't Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a game changer.\" - \u003ci\u003eBitch \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge M. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and activist based in New York. They have written on race, gender, sex, and culture for Essence, the Advocate, BuzzFeed News, Teen Vogue, and more than forty other national publications. George has appeared on BuzzFeed's AM2DM as well as on MSNBC. \u003ci\u003eAll Boys Aren't Blue \u003c\/i\u003eis their debut, and was an Amazon Best Book of the Year, an Indie Bestseller, a \u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, and optioned for television by Gabrielle Union. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called it an exuberant, unapologetic memoir infused with a deep but cleareyed love for its subjects. At the time of publication, George used he\/him pronouns. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40361909944371,"sku":"All Boys Aren't Blue","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/products\/9780374312718.jpg?v=1646188962"},{"product_id":"surviving-the-future-abolitionist-queer-strategies","title":"Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited by Scott Branson, Raven Hudson, and Bry Reed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePM Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/23\/2023, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781629639710\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a collection of the most current ideas in radical queer movement work and revolutionary queer theory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeset by a new pandemic, fanning the flames of global uprising, these queers cast off progressive narratives of liberal hope while building mutual networks of rebellion and care. These essays propose a militant strategy of queer survival in an ever precarious future. Starting from a position of abolition--of prisons, police, the State, identity, and racist cisheteronormative society--this collection refuses the bribes of inclusion in a system built on our expendability. Though the mainstream media saturates us with the boring norms of queer representation (with a recent focus on trans visibility), the writers in this book ditch false hope to imagine collective visions of liberation that tell different stories, build alternate worlds, and refuse the legacies of racial capitalism, anti-Blackness, and settler colonialism. The work curated in this book spans Black queer life in the time of COVID-19 and uprising, assimilation and pinkwashing settler colonial projects, subversive and deviant forms of representation, building anarchist trans\/queer infrastructures, and more. Contributors include Che Gossett, Yasmin Nair, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Adrian Shanker, Kitty Stryker, Toshio Meronek, and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eForeword by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMimi Thi Nguyen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is not an anthology that simply includes queer and trans minorities in mix of existing abolitionist thought. Rather, it is a transformative collection of queer\/trans methods for living an abolitionist life. Anyone who dreams of dismantling the prison-industrial complex, policing, borders and the surveillance state should read this book. Frankly, everybody who doesn't share that dream should read it, too, and maybe they'll start dreaming differently.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSusan Stryker, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/transgender-history-the-roots-of-todays-revolution\" title=\"Transgender History\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTransgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an essential text for this moment. This anthology is the toolbox we need right now, filled with contributions that show the conditions and the stakes of the crises we're facing through the lens of queer abolitionist resistance. Reading this book raised urgent questions for me that I had not even thought to ask yet. Surviving the Future is a much-needed resource for our movements, as we simultaneously face worsening crises and grow queer abolitionist resistance.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-- Dean Spade, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/mutual-aid-building-solidarity-during-this-crisis-and-the-next\" title=\"Mutual Aid\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fierce and fabulous--\u003cem\u003eSurviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies\u003c\/em\u003e--is necessary reading for revolutions past, present and future. Incorporating a wide range of contributions--analytics, demands, pleasures, losses, testimonies, campaigns and tools--this polyvocal abolitionist project is already making our world queerer and more free, now.\" -- Erica R. Meiners, co-author of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/feminist-and-the-sex-offender\" title=\"Feminist and the Sex Offender\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeminist \u0026amp; the Sex Offender: Confronting Harm, Ending State Violence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadds substantial fuel to the fire, stoking the radical queer political imagination at a time when so few dare to imagine that another world is possible. May each chapter be a spark that lights yet another fire as we burn the prison industrial complex to the ground, including the prisons in our own heads.\" -- Ryan Conrad, editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/against-equality-queer-revolution-not-mere-inclusion\" title=\"Against Equality\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgainst Equality: Queer Revolution Not Mere Inclusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurviving the Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a testament that otherwise worlds are not only possible, our people are making them right now--and they are queering how we get there through organizing and intellectual work. Now is the perfect time to interrogate how we are with each other and the land we inhabit. This collection gives us ample room to do just that in a moment of mass uprisings led by everyday people demanding safety without policing, prisons and other forms of punishment. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-- Charlene A. Carruthers, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/unapologetic-a-black-queer-and-feminist-mandate-for-radical-movements-pb\" title=\"Unapologetic\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScott Branson \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a queer\/trans anarchist writer, translator, community organizer, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eteacher. They were one of the organizers of the two UNC \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAsheville\/Davidson College queer conferences that inspired this book. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey translated Jacques Lesage de la Haye's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/the-abolition-of-prison\" title=\"The Abolition of Prison\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Abolition of Prison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and Guy Hocquenghem's second book of essays addressing the May 1968 uprising in France, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGay Liberation after May '68\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, for which they also wrote a critical introduction. Scott is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/practical-anarchism-a-guide-for-daily-life\" title=\"Practical Anarchism\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePractical Anarchism: A Daily Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and is currently working on a book about the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einstitutionalization of queerness for Duke University Press as well as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebook on trans-anarcha-feminism. They often contribute to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Final Straw Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, a weekly anarchist radio show and podcast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRaven Hudson\u003c\/strong\u003e is an activist, writer, and researcher with a BA in English and Gender \u0026amp; Sexuality Studies from Davidson College where they co-founded the Asian American Initiative (AAI), co-edited the student literary magazine \u003cem\u003eLibertas\u003c\/em\u003e, and helped create and host AAI's \u003cem\u003eCoalasian: A Southern Podcast\u003c\/em\u003e. Their recent work centers on wounds and the melancholic subject within contemporary queer, Asian American poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eBry Reed\u003c\/b\u003e is a queer black feminist from Baltimore, MD currently pursuing doctoral study in American Studies at Purdue University. She is committed to prison abolition, pleasure, and care work as tools for black liberation. Beyond her doctoral study, she is a writer, educator, and radical troublemaker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMimi Thi Nguyen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her first book, called \u003cem\u003eThe Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages\u003c\/em\u003e, focuses on the promise of \"giving\" freedom concurrent and contingent with waging war. Her following project is called \u003cem\u003eThe Promise of Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e. She has published widely, including in \u003cem\u003eSigns\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCamera Obscura\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWomen \u0026amp; Performance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003epositions\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRadical History Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eArtForum\u003c\/em\u003e. Her papers have been solicited for the Feminist Theory Archive at Brown University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45123024257307,"sku":"Surviving the Future","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9781629639710.jpg?v=1683651741"},{"product_id":"the-womens-house-of-detention-a-queer-history-of-a-forgotten-prison-1","title":"The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Hugh Ryan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBold Type Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/9\/2023, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781645036654\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: block;\" class=\"blurb_bq\" data-mce-style=\"display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis fascinating history of a now-demolished prison, and the women, transgender men, and gender nonconforming people who were held there -- including Ethel Rosenberg, Angela Davis, and Andrea Dworkin -- is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the 20th century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Women's House of Detention, Greenwich Village's most forbidding and forgotten queer landmark, stood from 1929 to 1974, imprisoning tens of thousands from all over New York City. The little-known stories of the queer women and trans-masculine people incarcerated in this building present a uniquely queer argument for prison abolition. The \"House of D\" acted as a nexus, drawing queer women down to Greenwich Village from every corner of the city. Some of these women -- Angela Davis, Grace Paley, Andrea Dworkin, Afeni Shakur -- were famous, but the majority were working-class people, incarcerated for the \"crimes\" of being poor and improperly feminine. Today, approximately 40 percent of people in women's prisons identify as queer; in earlier decades, the percentage was almost certainly higher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorian Hugh Ryan explores the roots of this crisis of queer and trans incarceration, connecting misogyny, racism, state-sanctioned sexual violence, colonialism, sex work, and the failures of prison reform. At the same time, \u003ci\u003eThe Women's House of Detention\u003c\/i\u003e highlights how queer relation and autonomy emerged in the most dire of circumstances: from the lesbian relationships and communities forged through the House of D, to a Black socialist's fight for a college education during the Great Depression, to the forgotten women who rioted inside the prison on the first night of the Stonewall Uprising nearby. This is the story of one building and so much more: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Using records documenting poor, white, Black, and Latina women incarcerated for criminalized lives, Hugh Ryan shows us the profound injustices of prisons themselves and how lesbians have been demeaned and yet tried to survive. A game-changer from a community-based historian.\" -- Sarah Schulman, author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca title=\"Let the Record Show\" href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/let-the-record-show-a-political-history-of-act-up-new-york-1987-1993\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/let-the-record-show-a-political-history-of-act-up-new-york-1987-1993\"\u003eLet the Record Show\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003ca title=\"Conflict is Not Abuse\" href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/conflict-is-not-abuse-overstating-harm-community-responsibility-and-the-duty-of-repair\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/conflict-is-not-abuse-overstating-harm-community-responsibility-and-the-duty-of-repair\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eConflict is Not Abuse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"[A] thoroughly researched archival treasure.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethem.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Ryan dives into the archives created by those incarcerated in the House of D and the people who put them there, giving us the gift of rich context for these stories and countless hidden queer histories. Placing the prison in a quintessential queer community, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Women's House of Detention\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e illuminates prisons as queer spaces and queer resistance through acts of autonomy, care, and collectivity, offering queer abolitionist organizers working to close jails and prisons across the country a glimpse into the long legacy they are living--and the inspiration to keep fighting until there are no more houses of detention.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003eAndrea Ritchie, co-author of\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/queer-injustice-the-criminalization-of-lgbt-people-in-the-united-states\" title=\"Queer (In)justice\"\u003eQueer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHugh Ryan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and curator based in Brooklyn. He is the Founder of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, and sits on the Boards of \u003cem\u003eQED: A Journal in LGBTQ Worldmaking,\u003c\/em\u003e and the Museum of Transgender History and Art. His writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, Tin House, Buzzfeed, the LA Review of Books, Out,\u003c\/em\u003e and many other venues. The author of \u003cem\u003eWhen Brooklyn Was Queer\u003c\/em\u003e, he is the recipient of the 2016-2017 Martin Duberman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, a 2017 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature, and a 2018 residency at The Watermill Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45170222661915,"sku":"Women's House of Detention PB","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9781645036654.jpg?v=1684276272"},{"product_id":"this-arab-is-queer-an-anthology-by-lgbtq-arab-writers","title":"This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited by Elias Jahshan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaqi Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10\/18\/2022, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9780863564789\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis ground-breaking anthology features the compelling and courageous memoirs of eighteen queer Arab writers - some internationally bestselling, others using pseudonyms. Here, we find heart-warming connections and moments of celebration alongside essays exploring the challenges of being LGBTQ+ and Arab.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom a military base in the Gulf to loving whispers caught between the bedsheets; and from touring overseas as a drag queen to a concert in Cairo where the rainbow flag was raised to a crowd of thousands, this collection celebrates the true colours of a vibrant Arab queer experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI'm not sure if there's ever \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebeen an anthology like this before -- and it's about time. [These essays] paint \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea wonderfully complicated portrait of the diversity of LGBTQ+ Arab \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexperiences.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA vital addition to what it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emeans to be Arab. This collection dispels assumptions and overturns stereotypes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby showcasing the wonderful diversity and richness of Arab identity. With the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einnumerable crises our region remains mired in, we can sometimes lose sight of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe fact that what we want are spaces of freedom and tolerance, dignity and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprosperity, equality, safety, and, above all, of love. Let this anthology serve \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eas a beautiful reminder of that.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003eLayla Al Ammar\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eElias Jahshan \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(he\/him) is a Palestinian-Lebanese-Australian journalist and writer. He is a former editor of \u003ci\u003eStar Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, Australia's longest-running LGBTQ+ media outlet, and a former board member of the Arab Council Australia. His short memoir 'Coming Out Palestinian' was anthologised in \u003ci\u003eArab Australian Other: Stories on Race and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has written freelance for outlets including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eSBS Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Kali\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Arab\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and raised in western Sydney, he now lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47583599788315,"sku":"This Arab Is Queer","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9780863564789.jpg?v=1704842701"},{"product_id":"decolonize-drag","title":"Decolonize Drag","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKareem Khubchandani, Edited by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBhakti Shringarpure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOR Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11\/28\/2023, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781682193952\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlthough imagined as a queer subcultural practice, drag seems to be everywhere we look: from AI filters on TikTok to brunchtime entertainment, from state legislations to political rallies. 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From the firsthand perspective of a drag artist, LaWhore describes encounters with depoliticized versions of drag that leave her disappointed and perplexed, and prompts Khubchandani for context and analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir dynamic sets the tone for the book, investigating how drag--and gender more broadly--has been privatized and delimited so that it's only available to certain people.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDecolonize Drag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eargues for more abundance in and access to fashioning gender, and considers how drag changes meaning and efficacy as it shifts across geographies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"We've needed this book... Khubchandani describes legendary drag acts, interweaves personal experiences, and formulates unflinching critiques of systemic inequalities that shape how all drag is received... An absolute must-read for fans, practitioners, and scholars of drag alike.\" \u003c\/span\u003e-- Sasha Velour, winner of Season 9 of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRuPaul's Drag Race \u003c\/em\u003eand author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Who knew a critique of the political economy of drag could be so fun? Every chapter packs a pun(ch)! This multi-layered analysis is timely, worldmaking, and most importantly--glamorous.\" \u003c\/span\u003e-- Alok Vaid-Menon, poet, artist, comedian, fashion icon, and author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/beyond-the-gender-binary\" title=\"Beyond the Gender Binary\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeyond the Gender Binary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKareem Khubchandani\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an associate professor in the department of theater, dance, and performance studies at Tufts University. He is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIshtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife\u003c\/em\u003e, co-editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueer Nightlife\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand editor of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTPQ\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003especial issue\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCritical Aunty Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing appears in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScholar and Feminist Online\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransgender Studies Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSAMAJ\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSouth Asia\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJournal of Asian American Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVelvet Light Trap\u003c\/em\u003e. Khubchandani performs in drag as LaWhore Vagistan who interweaves storytelling, standup comedy, body art, theater, and digital media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBhakti Shringarpure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a writer, academic and founding editor of Warscapes magazine. She is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCold War Assemblages: Decolonization to Digital\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand a regular contributor to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfrica is a Country\u003c\/em\u003e. She currently runs the Radical Books Collective which pushes for an alternative, inclusive and non-commercial approach to books and reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47617155236123,"sku":"Decolonize Drag","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81fyMfK-lWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1705186800"},{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny","title":"A Short History of Trans Misogyny","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJules Gill-Peterson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVerso Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1\/30\/2024, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781804291566\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn accessible, bold new vision for the future of intersectional trans feminism, called \"one of the best books in trans studies in recent years\" by Susan Stryker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be answered: why does it happen? If men are not inherently evil and trans women do not intrinsically invite reprisal--which would make violence unstoppable--then the psychology of that violence had to arise at a certain place and time. The trans panic had to be invented.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAward-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson takes us from the bustling port cities of New York and New Orleans to the streets of London and Paris in search of the emergence of modern trans misogyny. She connects the colonial and military districts of the British Raj, the Philippines, and Hawai'i to the lively \u003ci\u003etravesti\u003c\/i\u003e communities of Latin America, where state violence has stamped a trans label on vastly different ways of life. 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By placing current the familiar and current political attack on trans femininity in Europe and North America within a much broader global and historical context, this text provides us with a rigorous and scholarly understanding of the origins and rationale of such violence. It educated and challenged me and it will become a vital contribution to political thought and organising around gender.\" -- Shon Faye, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/the-transgender-issue-trans-justice-is-justice-for-all\" title=\"The Transgender Issue\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Transgender Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In Jules Gill-Peterson's provocative and generative framing, trans misogyny is not a minoritizing term for describing the disparagement of femininity in trans women; it is a ubiquitous, infrastructural pressure that effects everyone to some degree, informing the hierarchy of lives deemed worth living. Details inside.\" -- Susan Stryker, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/transgender-history-the-roots-of-todays-revolution\" title=\"Transgender History\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJules Gill-Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is US-based writer, activist, and the author of the award-winning book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistories of the Transgender Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, published in 2018. Gill-Peterson is a tenured associate professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and a General Editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the journal of record in the field. She has earned a public reputation for fiercely advocating for transgender children and women, with interviews in outlets from NPR, to ABC, to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e magazine. She was profiled by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuardian\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand published an op-ed on trans kids in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e in 2021. 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Yussuf enriches personal stories with much-needed bi+ education. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is an antidote to society's biphobia. It seeks to build a more inclusive vision of manhood through practical coping skills and a future where hearts can love freely. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImportantly, Yussuf deconstructs colonial mindsets and shows how stereotypes about bi black men are deeply rooted in white supremacy. An important addition to the queer conversation.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- Dr. Julia Shaw, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ.R. Yussuf \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis the award-winning author of\u003ci\u003eThe Other F Word: Forgiveness\u003c\/i\u003eand creator of the hashtag #BisexualMenSpeak for bisexual+ men and masculine-identified folks to have the space to speak for themselves and talk about how being bisexual+ impacts the way they move through the world. Yussuf maintains a podcast called\u003ci\u003eLet's Heal Already,\u003c\/i\u003erevolving around mental wellness, self-improvement, and emotional literacy. Yussuf secured a peer support certification from the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (B.E.A.M.) and has used his training to support countless Black bisexual\/pansexual men. Yussuf's writing has appeared in\u003ci\u003eMen's Health Magazine, Thrive Global, Black Youth Project, Queerty, Queer Majority, Positively Positive, The Good Men Project, Escarp, Instigatorzine,\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eThe CultureLP.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48378307674395,"sku":"Dear Bi Men","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/71nvNgx00bL._SL1500.jpg?v=1713299665"},{"product_id":"fieldwork-a-foragers-memoir-1","title":"Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Iliana Regan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgate Midway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4\/23\/2024, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9781572843325\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Award-nominee Iliana Regan, a new memoir of her life and heritage as a forager, spanning her ancestry in Eastern Europe, her childhood in rural Indiana, and her new life set in the remote forests of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Fieldwork explores how Regan's complex gender identity informs her acclaimed work as a chef and her profound experience of the natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot long after Iliana Regan's celebrated debut,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurn the Place\u003c\/i\u003e, became the first food-related title in four decades to become a National Book Award nominee in 2019, her career as a Michelin star-winning chef took a sharp turn north. Long based in Chicago, she and her new wife, Anna, decided to create a culinary destination, the Milkweed Inn, located in Michigan's remote Upper Peninsula, where much of the food served to their guests would be foraged by Regan herself in the surrounding forest and nearby river. Part fresh challenge, part escape, Regan's move to the forest was also a return to her rural roots, in an effort to deepen the intimate connection to nature and the land that she'd long expressed as a chef, but experienced most intensely growing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn her family's farm in rural Indiana, Regan was the beloved youngest in a family with three much older sisters. From a very early age, her relationship with her mother and father was shaped by her childhood identification as a boy. Her father treated her like the son he never had, and together they foraged for mushrooms, berries, herbs, and other wild food in the surrounding countryside--especially her grandfather's nearby farm, where they also fished in its pond and young Iliana explored the accumulated family treasures stored in its dusty barn. 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The stories from this side of Regan's family are darker, riven with alcoholism and domestic strife too often expressed in the harm, physical and otherwise, perpetrated by men--harm men do to women and families, and harm men do to the entire landscapes they occupy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Regan explores the ancient landscape of Michigan's boreal forest, her stories of the land, its creatures, and its dazzling profusion of plant and vegetable life are interspersed with her and Anna's efforts to make a home and a business of an inn that's suddenly, as of their first full season there in 2020, empty of guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She discovers where the wild blueberry bushes bear tiny fruit, where to gather wood sorrel, and where and when the land's different mushroom species appear--even as surrounding parcels of land are suddenly and violently decimated by logging crews that obliterate plant life and drive away the area's birds. Along the way she struggles not only with the threat of COVID, but also with her personal and familial legacies of addiction, violence, fear, and obsession--all while she tries to conceive a child that she and her immune-compromised wife hope to raise in their new home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurn the Place\u003c\/i\u003e, Regan announced herself as a writer whose extravagant, unconventional talents matched her abilities as a lauded chef. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFieldwork\u003c\/i\u003e, she digs even deeper to express the meaning and beauty we seek in the landscapes, and stories, that reveal the forces which inform, shape, and nurture our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An intimate, passionate, and fresh perspective on the natural world and our place within it.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Regan's latest work may very well surpass the critical success and praise of her debut in 2019. Her honesty is captivating, and her writing creates a tangible experience that is remarkable and unforgettable. This is a story many readers will not want to miss.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Occasionally, a book appears like a shimmering treasure stumbled upon during a forest walk. This is certainly the case with Iliana Regan's memoir \u003ci\u003eFieldwork\u003c\/i\u003e... Regan's exquisite, carefully planned prose paradoxically feels like a casual chat... With both \u003ci\u003eBurn the Place\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFieldwork\u003c\/i\u003e, Regan has earned her place as not only a world-class chef, but also a gifted memoirist.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIliana Regan\u003c\/b\u003e is the creator of the Michelin star-awarded restaurant Elizabeth, which she turned over to her employees in 2020 in order to run the Milkweed Inn bed and breakfast in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In 2019 her debut memoir, \u003ci\u003eBurn the Place\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the National Book Award, the first time a food writer was so recognized since Julia Child won in the year Regan was born, 40 years ago. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48481698545947,"sku":"Fieldwork","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81NG9rsUGiL._SL1500_c3008464-6386-4368-b5fe-66e02ae72258.jpg?v=1713991206"},{"product_id":"my-child-is-trans-now-what-a-joy-centered-approach-to-support-1","title":"My Child Is Trans, Now What?: A Joy-Centered Approach to Support","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Ben V. 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The combination of exhaustion from trans people who have become their community's designated educator and the growing trend of \"canceling\" anyone who says anything wrong has created a culture where people who have good hearts and minimal access to information are so afraid to make a mistake they don't even try.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Child is Trans, Now What? A Joy-Centered Approach to Support\u003c\/i\u003e, Greene breaks the mold by offering a judgement-free guide to people across generations, from millennial parents to members of older generations who may not have had previous positive exposure to the trans community. Greene focuses on providing two key resources in this book: information and emotional support. He explains what to expect, what systems exist to support trans youth, and what loved ones can do to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a combination of personal stories and experiences, definitions, and additional resources,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Child is Trans, Now What\u003c\/i\u003e? is an essential guide for anyone looking to help trans youth thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBen Greene's compassionate guide for parents of trans kids is a welcome salve in these wounding times. If you are concerned or confused about a young loved one's prospective transition, this book is a great place to start a truly transformative journey.\" \u003cspan\u003e-- Susan Stryker, PhD, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/transgender-history-the-roots-of-todays-revolution\" title=\"Transgender History\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAmidst these dark and troubling times for trans youth and their families in America, Greene's book is a beacon of light and hope. Bursting with love and compassion, this guidebook offers practical and user-friendly advice about how to support the transgender loved one in your life.\" \u003cspan\u003e-- Jeannie Gainsburg, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen V. Greene\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a public speaker, LGBTQ+ inclusion consultant, and openly transgender man. Ben has dedicated his career to spreading empathy, awareness, and understanding about the transgender community. He is active on the speaking circuit, with audiences ranging from the UK's Diversity Live! to NASA. Ben is a guest lecturer on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Cornell University in addition to serving on the board of the Tufts Master's Degree in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He resides in St. Louis, Missouri.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48799642124571,"sku":"My Child is Trans","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81KttEZrGtL._SL1500_96569229-5ac8-45b6-ab3b-93179ce689de.jpg?v=1716932858"},{"product_id":"im-afraid-of-men","title":"I'm Afraid of Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Vivek Shraya\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenguin Books Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8\/28\/2018, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780735235939\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book by: \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail, \u003c\/i\u003eIndigo, \u003ci\u003eOut Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eAudible, CBC, Apple, \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire, Kirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003eBrooklyn Public Library, Writers' Trust of Canada, \u003ci\u003eAutostraddle, Bitch, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e BookRiot.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Award, Transgender Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eNominated for the 2019 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2018 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design - Prose Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl--and how we might reimagine gender for the twenty-first century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVivek Shraya has reason to be afraid. Throughout her life she's endured acts of cruelty and aggression for being too feminine as a boy and not feminine enough as a girl. In order to survive childhood, she had to learn to convincingly perform masculinity. As an adult, she makes daily compromises to steel herself against everything from verbal attacks to heartbreak. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, with raw honesty, Shraya delivers an important record of the cumulative damage caused by misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia, releasing trauma from a body that has always refused to assimilate. \u003ci\u003eI'm Afraid of Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey from camouflage to a riot of colour and a blueprint for how we might cherish all that makes us different and conquer all that makes us afraid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Vivek Shraya transforms her long-festering fears of men into cultural rocket fuel ... 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It is a gift to dive into Vivek's heart and mind.\" --Rupi Kaur, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun and Her Flowers, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/home-body?variant=32660104642611\"\u003eHome Body\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Milk and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVivek Shraya\u003c\/strong\u003e is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. 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Not by any governmental or cultural body,\" Brookins writes. \"Every day, I negotiate the space between who I am, how I'm perceived, and what I need to unlearn. People have assumed things about me, and I can't change that. Every day, I am assumed to be a Black American man, though my ID says 'female, ' and my heart says neither of the sort. What does it mean--to be a girl-turned-man when you're something else entirely?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInformed by KB Brookins's personal experiences growing up in Texas, those of other Black transgender masculine people, Black queer studies, and cultural criticism, \u003ci\u003ePretty \u003c\/i\u003eis concerned with the marginalization suffered by a unique American constituency--whose condition is a world apart from that of cisgender, non-Black, and non-masculine people. Here is a memoir (a bildungsroman of sorts) about coming to terms with instantly and always being perceived as \"other.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePretty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the most brilliantly constructed memoirs I've read. There is not one wasted paragraph or scene here. The language cradles but never ever coddles. Some art just makes you thankful. I am so thankful.\" \u003c\/span\u003e-- Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ca title=\"Heavy\" href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/heavy?variant=31497167110195\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/heavy?variant=31497167110195\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This book, above all, offers a potent narrative of learning to live authentically, no matter the circumstances and challenges. Brookins relays their experiences and opinions with candor... The most compelling threads of the text relate the author's journey of self-actualization, from questioning ideas of gender to shedding shame. 'My life's work is to make Black people, queer people, and masculine people fall in love with who they are and shed the daily violence of betraying themselves and others, 'they write. This book is a powerful testament to that. An inspiring and deeply human work.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKB Brookins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Black, queer, and trans writer and cultural worker from Texas. They are the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreedom House\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Identify Yourself with a Wound.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBrookins has poems, essays, and installation art published in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcademy of American Poets, Teen Vogue, Poetry\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMagazine\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePrizer Arts \u0026amp; Letters,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOkayplayer\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry Society of America, Autostraddle,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand other venues. They have earned fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, PEN America, Equality Texas, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49102517764379,"sku":"Pretty","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81VKQG7DpiL._SL1500.jpg?v=1720640355"},{"product_id":"boyslut-a-memoir-and-manifesto","title":"Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Zane Zachary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbrams Image\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/7\/2024, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781419764721\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA sex and relationship columnist bares it all in a series of essays--part memoir, part manifesto--that explore the author's coming-of-age and coming out as a bisexual man and move toward embracing and celebrating sex unencumbered by shame.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his therapist naked popped into his head. Without an explanation as to why, a deep sense of shame pervaded these thoughts. Though his therapist assured him a little imagination was nothing to be ashamed of, over the years, society told him otherwise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoyslut\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of personal and tantalizing essays that articulate how our society still shames people for the sex that they have and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his bisexuality and \u003ci\u003emuch\u003c\/i\u003e self-described sluttiness, Zane breaks down exactly how this sexual shame negatively impacts the sex and relationships in our lives, and through personal experience, shares how we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society imparts to us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom stories of drug-fueled threesomes and risqué Grindr hookups to insights on dealing with rejection and living with his boyfriend \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e his boyfriend's wife, \u003ci\u003eBoyslut\u003c\/i\u003e is reassuring and often painfully funny--but is most potently a testimony that we can all learn to live healthier lives unburdened by stigma.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The author succeeds at candidly detailing and measuring the value of his sexual exploits... 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He is an expert in celebrating the ways Indigenous peoples make total conquest impossible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn homage and an elegy to a still-unfolding history--as intimate and hopeful as young romance, as mysterious and life-giving as family. 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This book will leave a sparkle in your eye and a smile in your heart.\" -- Kai Cheng Thom, author of \u003cem\u003eFrom the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGetting Glam at Gram's\u003c\/em\u003e is a fabulous and heartfelt picture book that celebrates diversity in the most vibrant and colorful ways. The illustrations magically sparkle like glitter, interwoven with the beautiful text. This book left the biggest smile on my face and filled my heart with so much warmth.\" -- Hasan Namir, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Name I Call Myself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSara Weed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(she\/they) is a dynamic queer secondary-level science educator. From a young age, they have had a passion for the creative arts. 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Named a Best Book of 2024 by NPR, Harper's Bazaar, W, and Esquire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJudith Butler, the groundbreaking thinker whose iconic book \u003ci\u003eGender Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on \"gender\" that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed \"anti-gender ideology movements\" that are dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous, perhaps diabolical, threat to families, local cultures, civilization--and even \"man\" himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to nullify reproductive justice, undermine protections against sexual and gender violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights to pursue a life without fear of violence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe aim of \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender?\u003c\/i\u003e is not to offer a new theory of gender but to examine how \"gender\" has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and transexclusionary feminists. In their vital, courageous new book, Butler illuminates the concrete ways that this phantasm of \"gender\" collects and displaces anxieties and fears of destruction. Operating in tandem with deceptive accounts of \"critical race theory\" and xenophobic panics about migration, the anti-gender movement demonizes struggles for equality, fuels aggressive nationalism, and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment, \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender?\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold call to refuse the alliance with authoritarian movements and to make a broad coalition with all those whose struggle for equality is linked with fighting injustice. Imagining new possibilities for both freedom and solidarity, Butler offers us a hopeful work of social and political analysis that is both timely and timeless--a book whose verve and rigor only they could deliver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A brilliant writer and thinker, Butler . . . offers a long-needed text clarifying confusion by design . . . Their newest offering is urgent, returning breathable air into a toxic cloud . . . The result is exhilarating and life-changing.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A cogent and deeply thoughtful case against the right's attempts to limit ideas of gender to male and female, offering philosophical and historical evidence to support a fluid system in which all people might present authentically.\" --Bethanne Patrick, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In their first trade-press book, Butler makes a concerted effort to keep \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender?\u003c\/i\u003e accessible and jargon-free. It is, without question, a demanding read, but not because the author is obfuscating or showing off. Rather, the difficulty derives from the rigor of the thought itself, and the work of accompanying the movement of that thought brings its own kind of pleasure.\" --Dana Stevens, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Judith Butler is the most important philosopher working in the United States today, and the one whose legacy is most likely to survive the test of time. Here, in clear, precise prose, and with devastatingly analytical precision, they dismantle the global attack on 'Gender Ideology', revealing it for what it is--an attack on democracy's freedoms. \"-- Jason Stanley, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/how-fascism-works-pb\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Fascism Works\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Butler\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/gender-trouble-feminism-and-the-subversion-of-identity\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of \"Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Psychic Life of Power: Theories of Subjection, Excitable Speech, Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Force of Non-Violence\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to their numerous academic honors and publications, Butler has published editorials and reviews in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and in a wide range of journals, newspapers, radio programs, and podcasts throughout Europe, Latin America, Central and South Asia, and South Africa. 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While many Appalachians embrace those labels, they fail to acknowledge the presence of communities of color and of queer, trans, and Two-Spirit people across the region. Religious fundamentalism, white supremacy, homophobia, and transphobia continue to oppress queer and gender-expansive Appalachians, especially Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. These realities have adversely affected queer and trans folks' ability to claim their rightful places within the region.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Belong Here \u003c\/i\u003edelves into how queer, trans, and Two-Spirit Appalachian people make sense of life in the mountains. Featuring contributors whose identities across race, gender, and socioeconomic background make for a uniquely intersectional look at the area, this collection provides a nuanced understanding of Appalachia and what it means to represent it. 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Bro, how could you say that? It is very dramatic and exciting, yes, but it is not metaphysical at all. In fact, it is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRealistic Fiction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs if Charlie Chaplin re-wrote the works of Kafka, and he was a Russian trans man, Anton Solomonik brings a funny, heartbreaking, and startlingly unique new voice to contemporary short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Anton Solomonik's stories are mordant, caustic, unyielding and outrageously funny. As they sound the endless ad absurdum of the human condition - human selves inside their given human bodies, like either of 'em or not - and as they unceremoniously toss every stripe of piety, conformism, and posturing straight into the acid bath - they reverberate with a brilliant and steadfast, backhanded humanism. That is to say, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRealistic Fiction\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a grand and electrifying read.\" \u003c\/span\u003e-- Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTinkers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003enobody\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003edoing it like Anton. I cannot wait to hear what people make of this collection of freaks (deeply complimentary).\" -- Tuck Woodstock, host of \u003ci\u003eGender Reveal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Delights with disorienting humor, fascinating characters, and the enthusiastic plumbing of masculinity's many mysteries, from local politics to cross-dressing to Magic: The Gathering. Low affect yet high-fidelity, \u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e is giving Thomas Bernhard meets Dennis Cooper meets, I wanna say, Robert Walser? (While we're comparing, it's rare to find short stories as tightly moving as the Borgesian \"August, 1962.\") -- Davey Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnton Solomonik\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and illustrator living in Brooklyn, NY. He's the co-host of the World Transsexual Forum, an open mic series for trans writers. 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These narratives chronicle the grit, joy, and survival of trans people long before gender became an everyday term.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrganized into 4 parts paralleling today's controversies over gender identity (kids, activists, workers, and athletes), \u003ci\u003eBefore Gender \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces figures whose forgotten stories transform the discussion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMark and David Ferrow\u003c\/b\u003e, two of the first trans teens to access gender-affirming medical treatment following overwhelming support from their friends, family, and neighbors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGerda von Zobeltitz\u003c\/b\u003e, a trans countess who instigated an LGBTQ+ riot 40 years before Stonewall.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrank Williams\u003c\/b\u003e, a young trans man who was fired from over a dozen jobs for his gender.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrances Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e, the world's greatest female billiards player of the 1910s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBold and visionary, Erlick's debut uncovers these lost stories from the depths of the archives to narrate trans lives in a way that has never been attempted before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"We are so lucky to have a gifted storyteller unearth these lost tales of our trans and nonbinary forebears, and weave them all together into this heartwarming, uplifting book. \u003ci\u003eBefore Gender\u003c\/i\u003e shows that history can be both entertaining and impactful while addressing the most pressing issues for trans people today.\" -- Kate Bornstein, author of \u003ca title=\"Gender Outlaw\" href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/gender-outlaw-on-men-women-and-the-rest-of-us?variant=7077927299\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An eye-opening read, crisply written, on such a timely topic.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- Susan Stryker, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Transgender History\" href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/transgender-history-the-roots-of-todays-revolution?variant=39357122314291\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Not only have trans people always existed; we have always sought ways to live fuller and more authentic lives. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore Gender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e chronicles trans people from 1850 to 1950 growing up, working, falling in love, getting in trouble, playing sports, and building community as we've always done and always will do.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- Maia Kobabe, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/gender-queer\" title=\"Gender Queer\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender Queer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEli Erlick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an internationally acclaimed activist, author, and educator. 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She lives in New York City, where she continues to fight for trans liberation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50303913918747,"sku":"Before Gender","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/71Zvx_R_dNL._SL1500.jpg?v=1748308496"},{"product_id":"let-us-play-winning-the-battle-for-gender-diverse-athletes","title":"Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Harrison Browne and Rachel Browne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeacon Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/27\/2025, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780807045343\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA crucial subversion of the misconceptions around the participation of gender diverse athletes--advocating for the inclusion of trans and nonbinary athletes across all levels of sport\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe debate over the inclusion of gender diverse people in sport has become the latest battleground in the fight for basic human rights and equality. 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Fleshy and philosophical, searching and exalted, utterly distinctive and assured,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorthy of the Event\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebelatedly establishes Vivian Blaxell as one of the major writers of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Astonishing ... confident, nimble ... teeming with wonder and wicked humor ... readers craving a break from the mundane will be grateful Blaxell has shared these stunning explorations.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Sharp and amusingly tart ... contain[s] a whole library of experience.\" \u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003eTorrey Peters, author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/detransition-baby\" title=\"Detransition Baby\"\u003eDetransition Baby\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/stag-dance-a-novel-stories\" title=\"Stag Dance\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStag Dance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"A moving and brilliant exploration of trans life since the '60s ... electrified, searching ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWorthy of the Event\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ereads like a conversation with one of your smartest, most self-aware friends. What a pleasure to discover the world through Blaxell's eyes.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003eIsle McElroy, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVivian Blaxell\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in rural Australia and co-founded Tiresias House, Australia's first shelter and resource centre for and by trans people. Her essay \"Nuclear Cats\" was shortlisted for the 2021 Melbourne Prize for Literature. She lives in Naarm\/Melbourne, VIC, Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318761853211,"sku":"Worthy of the Event","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81wqqgD071L._SL1500.jpg?v=1748310832"},{"product_id":"nonbinary-jane-austen-1","title":"Nonbinary Jane Austen","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Chris Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Minnesota Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1\/7\/2025, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan\u003e9781517917586\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold and provocative analysis of Jane Austen as an early gender abolitionist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChris Washington reads Jane Austen differently than we have classically understood her: rather than the doyen of the cisheteronormative marriage plot, the author theorizes how Austen envisions a nonbinary future that traverses the two-sex model of gender that we can supposedly see solidifying in the eighteenth century. 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But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be answered: why does it happen? If men are not inherently evil and trans women do not intrinsically invite reprisal--which would make violence unstoppable--then the psychology of that violence had to arise at a certain place and time. The trans panic had to be invented.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAward-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson takes us from the bustling port cities of New York and New Orleans to the streets of London and Paris in search of the emergence of modern trans misogyny. She connects the colonial and military districts of the British Raj, the Philippines, and Hawai'i to the lively \u003ci\u003etravesti\u003c\/i\u003e communities of Latin America, where state violence has stamped a trans label on vastly different ways of life. Weaving together the stories of historical figures in a richly detailed narrative, the book shows how trans femininity emerged under colonial governments, the sex work industry, the policing of urban public spaces, and the area between the formal and informal economy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short History of Trans Misogyny\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to explain why trans women are burdened by such a weight of injustice and hatred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Jules Gill-Peterson is one of the most original thinkers on gender of the past decade; now in this beautifully written and argued book, she makes her compelling vision accessible to everyone.\" -- Torrey Peters, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/detransition-baby\" title=\"Detransition Baby\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a sharply argued work by a brilliant thinker. By placing current the familiar and current political attack on trans femininity in Europe and North America within a much broader global and historical context, this text provides us with a rigorous and scholarly understanding of the origins and rationale of such violence. It educated and challenged me and it will become a vital contribution to political thought and organising around gender.\" -- Shon Faye, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/the-transgender-issue-trans-justice-is-justice-for-all\" title=\"The Transgender Issue\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Transgender Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In Jules Gill-Peterson's provocative and generative framing, trans misogyny is not a minoritizing term for describing the disparagement of femininity in trans women; it is a ubiquitous, infrastructural pressure that effects everyone to some degree, informing the hierarchy of lives deemed worth living. Details inside.\" -- Susan Stryker, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/transgender-history-the-roots-of-todays-revolution\" title=\"Transgender History\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJules Gill-Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is US-based writer, activist, and the author of the award-winning book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistories of the Transgender Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in 2018. Gill-Peterson is a tenured associate professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and a General Editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the journal of record in the field. 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Chase Joynt, 2022), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415771386139,"sku":"Short History of Trans Miso PB","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/91E8ZIK6RxL._SL1500.jpg?v=1706644812"},{"product_id":"so-many-stars-an-oral-history-of-trans-nonbinary-genderqueer-and-two-spirit-people-of-color","title":"So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCaro De Robertis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlgonquin Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/13\/2025, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781643756875\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003efrom leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003ewho tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural innovations, and acts of resistance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Many Stars\u003c\/i\u003e knits together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color as they share authentic, intimate accounts of how they created space for themselves and their communities in the world. This singular project collects the testimonies of twenty elders, each a glimmering thread in a luminous tapestry, preserving their words for future generations--who can more fully exist in the world today because of these very trailblazers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDe Robertis creates a collective coming-of-age story based on hundreds of hours of interviews, offering rare snapshots of ordinary life: kids growing up, navigating family issues and finding community, coming out and changing how they identify over the years, building movements and weathering the AIDS crisis, and sharing wisdom for future generations. Often narrating experiences that took place before they had the array of language that exists today to self-identify beyond the gender binary, this generation lived through remarkable changes in American culture, shaped American culture, and yet rarely takes center stage in the history books. Their stories feel particularly urgent in the current political moment, but also remind readers that their experiences are not new, and that young trans and nonbinary people today belong to a long lineage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe anecdotes in these pages are riveting, joyful, heartbreaking, full of personality and wisdom, and artfully woven together into one immersive narrative. In De Robertis's words, \u003ci\u003eSo Many Stars\u003c\/i\u003e shares \"behind-the-scenes tales of what it meant--and still means--to create an authentic life, against the odds.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Gratitude to Caro De Robertis. They have given us the gift of historicizing these generations for whom discovery came from within and propelled them forward. These are stories of how individuals grew communities despite negation and violence, and how they continue to resist organized and amplified backlash, how they made so many other lives possible and created a new world.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Schulman, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Fantasy and Necessity of Survival\" href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/the-fantasy-and-necessity-of-solidarity\"\u003eThe Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003ca title=\"Let the Record Show\" href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/let-the-record-show\"\u003eLet the Record Show\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Many Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the type of book that scares bigots and fascists - which means the rest of us should read it. With unwavering honesty and tenderness, Caro De Robertis interlaces twenty life stories that dismantle the calculated lies that are used to marginalize and persecute trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit people. Put \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Many Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in as many schools as possible. These stories attest to a proud history, an enduring strength, and the unquestionable humanity of their narrators. They provide us with the tip of an iceberg that has been banished from view for too long. This is a curated collection of experiences that speaks to the breadth of a community. 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Their books have been translated into seventeen languages and have received numerous honors, including two Stonewall Book Awards, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, which they were the first openly nonbinary writer to receive. De Robertis is also an award-winning literary translator and a professor at San Francisco State University. 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I'm stunned and grateful for the time spent in the company of this luminous book.\" \u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003eAndrea Lawlor\u003cspan\u003e, Author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This would be a sexual autobiography if McKenzie Wark did not explode the presupposition that sex and genre are binary and that the subject is one and indivisible. It's both a speculative trans autofiction and a tale of the passage from the analogical pre-AIDS sixties to the digital AIDS and trans 2000s. This book is a polybiography where productive, undefined desires struggle to exist beyond the boundaries of patriarchy, capitalism, but also gay culture. Ingredients include one quarter sperm and ass-fucking, one quarter punk glitter and bitch pills, one quarter communist theory--and you, the reader, add the rest.\" \u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003ePaul B. Preciado\u003cspan\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTesto Junkie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMcKenzie Wark \u003c\/strong\u003e(she\/her), awarded the 2019 Thoma Prize for writing in digital art, is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Hacker Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGamer Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beach Beneath the Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Wark's correspondence with Kathy Acker was published by Semiotext(e) as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm Very Into You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50430055317787,"sku":"Reverse Cowgirl","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/71WYPLDYMXL._SL1500.jpg?v=1751139501"},{"product_id":"stone-butch-blues-20th-anniversary-edition","title":"Stone Butch Blues: 20th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Leslie Feinberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLulu.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1993, 2014, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e****Leslie has made this book \u003cstrong\u003efree \u003c\/strong\u003eon hir website lesliefeinberg.net and you can download a free pdf here \u003ca data-e-disable-page-transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link filetype-icon filetype-pdf\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lesliefeinberg.net\/download\/661\/?tmstv=1751479723\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eStone-Butch-Blues-by-Leslie-Feinberg.pdf (906616 downloads)\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e****You can also get a print copy \u003cstrong\u003eat cost\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/leslie-feinberg\/stone-butch-blues-20th-anniversary-author-edition\/paperback\/product-kjqzjj.html?page=1\u0026amp;amp;pageSize=4\"\u003eLulu.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is an important piece of Buffalo Queer history and it's important to us at Burning Books to have it on our shelves. We've had countless requests for it over the years. We want to honor Leslie's wishes that it be free and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eaccessible to all. We've included the links above where you can get it for free and printed at cost. We are selling it for a little more than you'll get it at Lulu because we've added in all of the extra shipping and handling costs they charge and something to cover our labor expenses. We're essentially breaking even on this one but we're happy to have it back and available for you all as an easy grab. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eStone Butch Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, Leslie Feinberg’s 1993 first novel, is considered in and outside the U.S. to be a groundbreaking work about the complexities of gender.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeinberg was the first theorist to advance a Marxist concept of “transgender liberation.” Selling hundreds of thousands of copies, passed hand-to-hand inside prisons, the novel has been translated into Chinese, Dutch, German, Italian, Slovenian, Turkish, and Hebrew--with earnings from that edition going to ASWAT Palestinian Gay Women--and won the 1994 American Library Association Stonewall Book Award and 1994 Lambda Literary Award. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeinberg said in hir Author’s Note to the 2003 edition: \"Like my own life, this novel defies easy classification. If you found \u003cem\u003eStone Butch Blues\u003c\/em\u003e in a bookstore or library, what category was it in? Lesbian fiction? Gender studies? Like the germinal novel \u003cem\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/em\u003e by Radclyffe\/John Hall, this is a lesbian novel and a transgender novel—making ‘trans’ genre a verb, as well as an adjective.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeslie Feinberg worked up to a few days before hir death to ready the 20th anniversary Author’s Edition of \u003cem\u003eStone Butch Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, to make it available to all, for free. This action was part of hir entire life work as a communist to “change the world” in the struggle for justice and liberation from oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Author’s Edition of \u003cem\u003eStone Butch Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is dedicated to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/supportcece.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCeCe McDonald\u003c\/a\u003e, a young Minneapolis (trans)woman of color organizer and activist sent to prison for defending herself against a white neo-Nazi attacker.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Stone Butch Blues\u003c\/em\u003e has probably touched your life even if you haven’t read it yet.\" —Alison Bechdel, creator of \u003cem\u003eDykes to Watch Out For \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Fun Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Stone Butch Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful novel written by a founder of the contemporary transgender movement.\" —Susan Stryker, former executive director, GLBT Historical Society\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Feinberg is] a historian, an activist, a relentless bridge-builder. 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Beloved by many since its publication, now with new essays by Morgan Bassichis and Tourmaline, this book offers a trenchant and irreverent critique of capitalism, assimilation, and patriarchy that is deeply relevant today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eFaggots\u003c\/em\u003e] reads like a fairytale, especially with its gorgeous illustrations by Ned Asta, but it's also a fascinating snapshot of radical queer politics in the times just before the AIDS crisis. Because the structure of the book is mostly non-narrative, it's also the perfect book to flip open when you're feeling despair and in need of wisdom from our queer elders.\" -- James Factora, \u003cem\u003eThem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It's 1977. The faggots, the women, the fairies and the queens have each other for love, sex and inspiration. They have the natural world, music, the body, feelings, crannies of cities in which to be, believe, touch, dance, dream, fuck, and grow. This was the liberation vision of Larry Mitchell from another time, another consciousness. With this new edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Faggots and Their Friends\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e we can remember the collectivity of fun and pleasure and the necessary faith of silly hope as part of our legacy and wish for survival.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Schulman, author of\u003ci\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/conflict-is-not-abuse-overstating-harm-community-responsibility-and-the-duty-of-repair\" title=\"Conflict is Not Abuse\" class=\"text-link\"\u003eConflict is Not Abuse \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/let-the-record-show\" title=\"Let the Record Show\" class=\"text-link\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"We need this book so badly. \u003cem\u003eThe Faggots \u0026amp; Their Friends Between Revolutions\u003c\/em\u003e invites and models the deep grieving, mutual care, love, play, commitment to pleasure, and frivolity that is so essential right now, as we face existential political and environmental crises, increasing numbness, and disconnection. \u003cem\u003eFaggots \u0026amp; Their Friends\u003c\/em\u003e brings to life the spirit of collective, mirthful invention in the face of dire circumstances that characterized radical experiments of the 1970's, and brings longed-for inspiration to today's fruits and nuts. Best of all, this book is fun, and moving, and sexy. It cultivates our imaginations for surviving the current disasters and creating ways of being together that we desperately crave. This gift from the past is arriving right on time, right when we need it.\" -- Dean Spade, author of \u003ca href=\"Mutual%20Aid:%20Building%20Solidarity%20During%20This%20Crisis%20(and%20the%20next)\" title=\"Mutual Aid\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMutual Aid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/love-in-a-f-cked-up-world-how-to-build-relationships-hook-up-and-raise-hell-together\" title=\"Normal Life\"\u003eNormal Life\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/love-in-a-f-cked-up-world-how-to-build-relationships-hook-up-and-raise-hell-together\" title=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/love-in-a-f-cked-up-world-how-to-build-relationships-hook-up-and-raise-hell-together\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove in a Fucked Up World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas born in 1939 in Muncie, Indiana and died of cancer in 2012 in Ithaca, New York. He is the author of many works of fiction that explored queer life and radical politics in New York City's Lower East Side and East Village in the 1980s and 90s. Mitchell founded Calamus Press, an early small press devoted to gay literature, and with Felice Picano and Terry Helbing, co-founded Gay Presses of New York in 1981. Mitchell received a PhD in Sociology from Columbia University, and was a professor at the College of Staten Island for 25 years. In addition to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1977), his novels include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Terminal Bar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1982),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Heat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1986),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Mole and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1988), which won a Lambda Literary Award, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcid Snow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1993). He helped form multiple communes, including one on Staten Island--which collectively wrote the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Gay in the Morning: One Group's Approach to Communal Living and Sexual Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1972 by Times Change Press--and one outside of Ithaca, NY, called Lavender Hill, which is the subject of a 2013 documentary by Austin Bunn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNed Asta\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Brooklyn, New York, has been a member of the Moosewood Restaurant Collective in Ithaca, New York since 1980 and was a founding member of the Lavender Hill Commune. Asta was a member of the New York City queer theater troupe Hot Peaches in the late 1970s, and later co-founded the Breast Cancer Alliance of Ithaca, with Andi Gladstone.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTourmaline\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an activist, writer, and filmmaker living in New York City. Along with Sasha Wortzel, Tourmaline wrote, directed and produced Happy Birthday, Marsha! a short film about legendary trans activist Marsha P Johnson starring Independent Spirit Award winner Mya Taylor. Other films include The Personal Things about iconic black trans activist Miss Major. Along with Eric Stanley and Johanna Burton, Tourmaline is an editor of the New Museum anthology on trans art and cultural production published by MIT Press in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorgan Bassichis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a performer living in New York City. With TM Davy, Don Christian Jones, Michi Osato, and Una Osato, Morgan adapted Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta''s 1977 fairytale-manifesto\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor performance for the New Museum's 2017 exhibition, Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon. 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With fearless exuberance, the authors of these stories lean hard into all that is messy and magical about queer existence, honoring the joy of defiance and the legacy of communities who must defy both social norms and the long arm of the law to survive. Fans of Dorothy Allison, Joey Comeau, and Amber Dawn will find many treasures in this dazzling collection.\" -- Kai Cheng Thom, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/fierce-femmes-and-notorious-liars-1?variant=39598025801779\" title=\"Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars\"\u003eFierce Femmes \u0026amp; Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/falling-back-in-love-with-being-human-letters-to-lost-souls\" title=\"Falling Back in Love With Being Human\"\u003eFalling Back in Love With Being Human\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A collection that is truly firing on all cylinders. The stories are propulsive, compelling, and incredibly enthralling. Immensely enjoyable. I couldn't put it down!\" -- Kristen Arnett, NYT bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMostly Dead Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This irrepressible, riotous, and very gay collection of stories from some of our best emerging writers charms and entertains, leaving the reader veering in a getaway car between laugh-out-loud and gasp-out-loud.\" -- Sarah Thankam Matthews, author of \u003ci\u003eAll This Could Be Different\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly Llewellyn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a twenty-something queer, disabled book blogger from the UK. She previously co-edited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003epublished by Dzanc Books in 2023. She's a big fan of \"weird women\" lit and anything that is the color green.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKristel Buckley\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor, publicist and former publisher from the Big Smoke. She is more than happy to talk your ear off about the unfaithful representation of women in history, and her passion is a more equitable, inclusive future for all stories from all voices. She lives in the UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50447199764763,"sku":"Be Gay Do Crime Sixteen","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/814I4k3mFpL._SL1500.jpg?v=1751582041"},{"product_id":"marsha-the-joy-and-defiance-of-marsha-p-johnson-1","title":"Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Tourmaline\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTiny Reparations Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5\/20\/2025, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780593185667\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eBlack transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQIA+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Thank god the revolution has begun, honey.\u003c\/i\u003e\" Rumor has it that after Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, she picked up a shard of broken mirror to fix her makeup. Marsha, a legendary Black transgender activist, embodied both the beauty and the struggle of the early gay rights movement. Her work sparked the progress we see today, yet there has never been a definitive record of her life. Until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten with sparkling prose, Tourmaline's richly researched biography \u003ci\u003eMarsha\u003c\/i\u003e finally brings this iconic figure to life, in full color. We vividly meet Marsha as both an activist and artist: She performed with RuPaul and with the internationally renowned drag troupe The Hot Peaches. She was a muse to countless artists from Andy Warhol to the band Earth, Wind \u0026amp; Fire. And she continues to inspire people today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarsha didn't wait to be freed; she declared herself free and told the world to catch up. Her story promises to inspire readers to live as their most liberated, unruly, vibrant, and whole selves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Finally! A full-fledged biography of trans icon Marsha P. Johnson that fleshes out the substance of a remarkable life too often reduced to a glib name-check. Tourmaline delivers the goods with a verve that will help all of us all pay Marsha some mind.\" -- Susan Stryker, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/transgender-history-the-roots-of-todays-revolution?variant=39357122314291\" title=\"Transgender History\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransgender History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Loving, beautiful, and honest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarsha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells a story of jubilation fighting darkness, while revealing a vast world of queer, trans life that has always been there for those willing to see.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003eRobin D. G. Kelley, author of \u003ci\u003eThelonious Monk and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/copy-of-freedom-dreams-the-black-radical-imagination?variant=40944463642675\" title=\"Freedom Dreams\"\u003eFreedom Dreams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"In this forceful, passionate, and unique tribute to the legacy and life of Marsha P. Johnson, Tourmaline brings Marsha to life and changes our collective memories with this devoted preservation of the community, the grassroots, friendships, and the will of the Black transwoman individual. A celebration of every queer who willed her self-understanding into reality, told with love and alchemy.\" -- Sarah Schulman, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/collections\/just-added\/products\/the-fantasy-and-necessity-of-solidarity\" title=\"Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/let-the-record-show\" title=\"Let the Record Show\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet the Record Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTourmaline\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, writer, and activist whose work is dedicated to Black trans joy and freedom. She is a TIME 100 Most Influential Person in the World awardee and a Guggenheim Fellow. She has frequently appeared on ABC News, as well as in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer art is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Tate, and the Getty Museum. She created the critically acclaimed film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappy Birthday, Marsha!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and she has directed Pride campaigns for Dove, Marc Jacobs, and Reebok. She previously worked with Queers for Economic Justice and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. She lives in Miami, Florida.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50449900208411,"sku":"Marsha","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/81YOYp8ooiL._SL1500.jpg?v=1747692877"},{"product_id":"the-butch-manual-the-current-drag-and-how-to-do-it","title":"The Butch Manual: The Current Drag and How to Do It","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Clark Henley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark Entries Editions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7\/29\/2025, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan id=\"pd-product-id\"\u003e9798985170436\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow back in print after 40 years, this tongue-in-cheek manual advises gay men on how to appear more \"butch\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"No one was born Butch. People were born babies and promptly burst into tears, which was most Un-Butch,\" declares Clark Henley's \u003ci\u003eButch Manual\u003c\/i\u003e, a hilarious 1980s cult classic that reminds us that being \"butch\" is just another form of drag. \u003ci\u003eThe Butch Manual\u003c\/i\u003e educates wannabe Butches on how to walk, talk, stand (or lean), dress and even what drugs to take to avoid \"the freak out zone.\" Henley doubles as a hunky model for campy photo spreads demonstrating the proper way to sit (if you must) and an admonishment to the fey among us: \"Do not talk with your hands.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published by Sea Horse Press in 1982, \u003ci\u003eButch\u003c\/i\u003e appeared on multiple bestseller lists and graced the cover of \u003ci\u003eChristopher Street Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. Today, used copies trade for $500 or more. Now, with the support of the author's family, we bring \u003ci\u003eButch\u003c\/i\u003e back into print and share its timeless humor with a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClark Henley\u003c\/b\u003e (1950-88) was a writer, model and artist, born in San Francisco. He was known for his illustrated maps \u003ci\u003eA Butch LOOK at America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlligator Oz: Tails of the City\u003c\/i\u003e, which reimagined his home country and city as raunchy gay paradises. In 1979, Henley moved to Los Angeles with the ambition of further pursuing his career. After being diagnosed with HIV in 1986, he returned to his native San Francisco to live with family and spent his final years as an HIV\/AIDS activist before his death in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50499617882395,"sku":"Butch Manual","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9798985170436.jpg?v=1752953077"},{"product_id":"take-me-with-you","title":"Take Me with You","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Andrea Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlume Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1\/23\/2018, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9780735219519\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Rupi Kaur (\u003ci\u003eMilk and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e) and Cheryl Strayed, a book small enough to carry with you, with messages big enough to stay with you, from one of the most quotable and influential poets of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrea Gibson explores themes of love, gender, politics, sexuality, family, and forgiveness with stunning imagery and a fierce willingness to delve into the exploration of what it means to heal and to be different in this strange age. \u003ci\u003eTake Me With You\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated throughout with evocative line drawings by Sarah J. Coleman, is small enough to fit in your bag, with messages that are big enough to wake even the sleepiest heart. Divided into three sections (love, the world, and becoming) of one liners, couplets, greatest hits phrases, and longer form poems, it has something for everyone, and will be placed in stockings, lockers, and the hands of anyone who could use its wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Andrea Gibson's work is imbued with the unfettered honesty and beautifully rendered language that made them a pioneer in the spoken word community. Their work does not apologize for existing at the intersections. It holds complicated truths together and rejects the false choice of artist or activist. In many ways, my work is only possible because of theirs, and we are so fortunate that they continue to create art and put it out into the world.\" --Clint Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gibson is a truly American poet, or rather, they represent the America I want to live in. Their work lights a candle to lead us where we need to go.\"-- Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, author of \u003ci\u003eDr. Mütter's Marvels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gibson contributes to an art raw in emotions, an art that delivers poignant messages on gender, spirituality, war, love, bullying, class. 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Greater attention is given, however, to those who, once influential, have now been forgotten. Bringing them alive again is one of the valuable services Ryan's fine work contributes to queer history.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHugh Ryan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and curator based in Brooklyn. He is the Founder of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, and sits on the Boards of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQED: A Journal in LGBTQ Worldmaking,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art. His writing has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Buzzfeed, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and many other venues. He is the author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/the-womens-house-of-detention-a-queer-history-of-a-forgotten-prison-1\" title=\"The Women's House of Detention\"\u003eThe Women's House of Detention\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand is the recipient of the 2016-2017 Martin Duberman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, a 2017 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature, and a 2018 residency at The Watermill Center.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50549910995227,"sku":"When Brooklyn Was Queer","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/91Ob0iXHmCL._SL1500_fa244896-a3b9-4079-93cb-8631a37b6ab3.jpg?v=1754346558"},{"product_id":"milena-and-margarete-a-love-story-in-ravensbruck","title":"Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Gwen Strauss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Martin's Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8\/19\/2025, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781250285744\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew from the beloved\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nine,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ea \"narrative of unfathomable courage\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the moment they met in 1940 in Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena Jesenska and Margarete Buber-Neumann were inseparable. Czech Milena was Kafka's first translator and epistolary lover, and a journalist opposed to fascism. A non-conformist, bi-sexual feminist, she was way ahead of her time. With the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, her home became a central meeting place for Jewish refugees. German Margarete, born to a middle-class family, married the son of the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber. But soon swept up in the fervor of the Bolshevik Revolution, she met her second partner, the Communist Heinz Neumann. Called to Moscow for his \"political deviations,\" he fell victim to Stalin's purges while Margarete was exiled to the hell of the Soviet gulag. Two years later, traded by Stalin to Hitler, she ended up outside Berlin in Ravensbrück, the only concentration camp built for women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMilena and Margarete loved each other at the risk of their lives. But in the post-war survivors' accounts, lesbians were stigmatized, and survivors kept silent. This book explores those silences, and finally celebrates two strong women who never gave up and continue to inspire. As Margaret wrote: \"I was thankful for having been sent to Ravensbrück, because it was there I met Milena.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Strauss draws us skillfully into the world of the prison camp at Ravensbrück.... Milena and Margarete remind us that, amidst depravity and cruelty, the passionate friendship of women can be its own act of powerful resistance.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003eTilar Mazzeo, bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eIrene's Children\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSisters in Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Riveting, mesmerizing important....The details and perspectives of women prisoners at Ravensbruck concentration camp are juxtaposed to these extraordinary individuals' proximity to the lives of the Martin Buber family and to Franz Kafka....A magnificent work of contextualization that opens new doors of understanding.\" -- Sarah Schulman, Lambda Literary Award winner, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/let-the-record-show?variant=40645160599603\" title=\"Let the Record Show\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet the Record Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwen Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a collection of poetry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrail of Stones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Her poems, short stories and essays have appeared in numerous journals including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, London Sunday Times, New England Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She was born and spent her early years in Haiti. 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Packed with daily snapshots of radical queer history, this book celebrates the bold, the brave, and the beautifully defiant moments that have shaped the fight for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEver wonder why the Stonewall protests became an uprising or what the earliest acts of queer resistance looked like? How about the ways queer communities have organized against oppression across the globe? \u003ci\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/i\u003e dives into these stories and so many more--from fierce acts of resistance to joyful victories--bringing to life the rich, diverse history of LGBTQ+ liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy situating readers within a larger pattern of struggle, these everyday acts counter the erasure of queer people from history and serve as a reminder that our struggles are part of a broader fight against systemic violence and dehumanization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut, this isn't just a history book; it's a rallying cry. Flip to any page, soak up some inspiration, and join the legacy of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForeword by Cindy Barukh Milstein and Introduction by Working Class History.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful collection of daily bite-sized lessons in queer history. It serves as an excellent reminder of those who have come before us and what they have endured. As LGBTQ+ people continue to face challenges today, we must return to our roots and \u003ci\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Allison Chapman, LGBTQ+ activist and legislative researcher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"It takes a multiplicity of tactics and histories to make liberation, and we can only win by struggling persistently together, day by day. \u003ci\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/i\u003e offers insight to forge queer and trans revolt and inspires new futures by naming our collective past. Use this book!\" --Emily Hobson, author of \u003ci\u003eLavender and Red: Liberation and Solidarity in the Gay and Lesbian Left\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a provocation. What if learning about queer and trans histories was an everyday practice? What if we marked time by honoring the lives of queer and trans activists past and present, instead of the birthdays of saints or presidents? What if queer and trans people had an accessible way to place themselves in the larger story of liberation? Organized like a daily calendar rather than a history textbook, this unique and useful book brings together stories that are usually separated by centuries: the birth of Emma Goldman in Lithuania on June 27, 1869, for example, appears alongside the launch of the first Trans Pride March in Toronto on June 27, 2009. By disrupting our commonplace ideas about chronology and progress, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe Gay, Do Crime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a way to think about history differently: not as a straight line leading to a single inevitable present but as a queer tangle, spawning multiple possible futures. Help get queer and trans history out of the ivory tower and into the chaotic share houses where it belongs: buy this book for everyone on the Signal chat, have arguments about it, and let it inspire your next wave of mischief.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--Cassius Adair, assistant professor of media studies, the New School\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZane McNeill\u003c\/strong\u003e is the editor of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/yall-means-all-the-emerging-voices-queering-appalachia\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eY’all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (PM Press, 2022) and coeditor of \u003cem\u003eDeviant Hollers Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future\u003c\/em\u003e (University Press of Kentucky, 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRiley Clare Valentine\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a PhD in political science from Louisiana State University. Their work focuses on care ethics critique of neoliberalism as well as analyses of political rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlu Buchanan\u003c\/strong\u003e is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at UNC Asheville. Their academic writing has appeared or is forthcoming in journals like \u003cem\u003eGLQ: The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePUBLIC: A Journal of Imagining America\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as edited volume chapters in \u003cem\u003eBlack Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUnsafe Words: Queer Perspectives on Consent in the #MeToo Era\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Using interviews, critical analysis, and Doyle's own personal experience, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDILF\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproves that feminism is a vital and necessary tool for breaking free of patriarchal control, whoever you are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The recent resurgence of anti-trans feminism has driven unnecessary wedges between cis women and trans people, and between transmasculine and transfeminine people. Jude Doyle draws from past and present trans and feminist perspectives to make a compelling case that all of our fates are intertwined, and that feminism is the movement that can and should unite us. A thoughtful and passionate book that speaks directly to our current moment.\" \u003c\/span\u003e-- Julia Serano, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/whipping-girl-a-transsexual-woman-on-sexism-and-the-scapegoating-of-femininity-2ed\" title=\"Whipping Girl\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhipping Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I found it a humane, accessible and (from a transmasc feminist perspective) deeply relatable read. I think it's a must-read for any trans person grappling with their relationship to feminism, and an essential building block in our liberated transfeminist future.\" \u003c\/span\u003e-- Kit Heyam, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/before-we-were-trans-a-new-history-of-gender-1\" title=\"Before We Were Trans\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Trans: A New History of Gender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Pulling from feminist history, including profiles of influential thinkers and activists, Doyle paints a dark picture of the gender and racial dynamics at work to keep white men in power, calling for a safer world for trans children, for feminism that accounts for transmasculine people, and for seeing trans people not as threats to systems based on exclusion but as examples of what's possible with the will to change.\" \u003c\/span\u003e-- Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJude Ellison S. 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He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51268857004315,"sku":"DILF","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/714yOzEOf9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1762207355"},{"product_id":"seahorses-trans-nonbinary-and-gender-expansive-pregnancy","title":"Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited by Simon Knaphus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePM Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11\/18\/2025, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9798887441283\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeahorses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a groundbreaking anthology that shares the experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people who have navigated pregnancy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat can trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people expect from pregnancy? 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Alongside individual stories, this book features collaborative round-table discussions where contributors address shared questions about personal journeys, community, advice and information, and pregnancy care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeahorses\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis both a vital resource for trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive communities and an invitation for readers of all genders to get a glimpse of trans joy and resilience that will stick with you and inspire you to love a little deeper. This book is an essential addition to conversations about gender, pregnancy, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include Amari Ayomide, Amber Hickey, Felix Aster, g k somers, Halo Dawn, Jacoby Ballard, J. Workman, Jamie Cayley, Jess F Gutfreund, Kara Johnson Martone, Kathy Slaughter, LÍfthrasir Green, Aakash Kishore, Simon Knaphus, Simone Kolysh, Tom, and Zillah Rose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"By looking with love through a gender expansive lens,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeahorses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshifts the narrative of reproductive health and justice for all of us. The stories uplift and dive into the honest and nuanced spectrum of human emotion: tenderly understanding grief, joy, rage, growth, intimacy. As we are situated in a violent and precarious political landscape with regard to body autonomy and gender, this book is needed now more than ever.\" -- Syan Rose, creator of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/our-work-is-everywhere-an-illustrated-oral-history-of-queer-and-trans-resistance?variant=39305374367795\" title=\"Our Work is Everywhere\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Seahorses \u003c\/i\u003eillustrates how choosing to be pregnant (or not) as a transgender person can be a bold and revolutionary act. With far-right forces chipping away at our reproductive and gender-affirming rights, this book is a must-read. It powerfully demonstrates that body autonomy, including the right to pregnancy and reproductive justice, is at the heart of true gender-affirming justice.\" -- Zane McNeill, editor of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pmpress.org\/index.php?l=product_detail\u0026amp;p=1240\" title=\"Y'all Means All\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eY'all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Knaphus\u003c\/strong\u003e (he\/him) is a trans dad and Social Security disability attorney. His publications include essays in \u003ci\u003eRad Dad: Dispatches From the Frontiers of Fatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRad Families: A Celebration\u003c\/i\u003e. Simon consulted for the \u003ci\u003eLunasea Scout Guide for Breastfeeding Families\u003c\/i\u003e and Harm Reduction Hacks. 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It was not long before this essay, \"Sick Woman Theory\", became a seminal work on disability, because in reframing illness as not just a biological experience but a social one, Hedva argues that under capitalism--a system that limits our worth to the productivity of our bodies--we must reach for the revolutionary act of caring for ourselves and others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Tell When We Will Die\u003c\/i\u003e expands upon Hedva's paradigm-shifting perspective in a series of slyly subversive and razor-sharp essays that range from the theoretical to the personal--from Deborah Levy and Susan Sontag to wrestling, kink, mysticism, death, and the color yellow. Drawing from their experiences with America's byzantine healthcare system, and considering archetypes they call The Psychotic Woman, The Freak, and The Hag in Charge, Hedva offers a bracing indictment of the politics that exploit sickness--relying on and fueling ableism--to the detriment of us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the insight of Anne Boyer's \u003ci\u003eThe Undying\u003c\/i\u003e and Leslie Jamison's \u003ci\u003eThe Empathy Exams\u003c\/i\u003e, and the wit of Samantha Irby, Hedva's debut collection upends our collective understanding of disability. In their radical reimagining of a world where care and pain are symbiotic, and our bodies are allowed to live free and well, Hedva implores us to remember that illness is neither an inconvenience or inevitability, but an enlivening and elemental part of being alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"This is a book for the moment and for the ages. It's questing, pissed, propulsive, funny, generous, pervy, and original--full of love and pain in all their entwined glory. Hedva lays waste to solidarity and care as buzzwords and returns them to us enlivened with all the blood and paradox they deserve. I will be thinking in the wake of this important collection for a long time, no doubt alongside so many grateful others.\" -- Maggie Nelson, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/argonauts-1?variant=44121216680219\" title=\"The Argonauts\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe A\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ergonauts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Hedva, a committed reader of queer and female artists, creates, in reaction to their influences, a new construction of themself: a nonbinary and Asian disabled intellectual, as a lens through which to see the world. 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It's exactly what we need right now and goes so beyond the 101 that it blew my brain out of my ears. As we live into the disabled future and claim our crip crone crowns, this book is delicious required reading.\" -- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, author of \u003ca title=\"The Future is Disabled\" href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/the-future-is-disabled-1?variant=40993442988083\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future Is Disabled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohanna Hedva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (they\/them) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a Korean American writer, artist, and musician who was raised in Los Angeles by a family of witches and now lives in LA and Berlin. 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