Tag Archives: literary fiction

Short story collection about trans women, by trans author

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Shira

A Safe Girl to Love is a collection of eleven pieces of writing–fiction, satire, bittersweet humor–centering on the contemporary transfeminine experience. So readers go in knowing what to expect: the fiction is thick on scenes and vignettes rather than plot, … Continue reading →

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Novella review: coming to terms with finding out you’re NOT going to die

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Shira

Shaken by Jenna Jones is a heavy but ultimately rewarding little book. This isn’t so much a romance as it is the story of a man’s journey back from the edge of death–how his unexpected remission causes him to question what … Continue reading →

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Nevada: award winning trans fiction by a trans author

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Shira

“Her whole life is the abusive boyfriend she’s finally leaving, and everyone is rooting for her.” — basically sums up Nevada by Imogene Binnie for me. I love Binnie’s aggressively chatty writing style. She writes like people actually tell stories … Continue reading →

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“The Summer We Got Free”: powerful family drama with queer themes

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Shira

Holy shit. Okay, so maybe reading this book in one sitting, alone in my apartment, wasn’t such a smart idea. I’m a wimp and there was some pretty fucking powerful, heavy, HEAVY, I mean heavy like those magnets that make something tiny … Continue reading →

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