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Who You Will Be by Taylor Rouanzion, Stacey Chomiak (Illustrator)

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Who You Will Be by Taylor Rouanzion, Stacey Chomiak (Illustrator)

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A rhyming picture book about gender expression featuring parents as they dream about who their child will be. The perfect gift for new parents, baby’showers, or any occasion!“Models easy, loving acceptance for kids, no matter their gender expression.”—Kirkus reviews…

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A Best Book of 2024 (NPR)

"Cuckoo is, like Felker-Martin's previous novel Manhunt, absolutely masterful. It is gory and horrifying and brash. It is a parable slicked with blood and viscera. It is a condemnation of the ways the world tries to force queer people to become shadows of themselves by abandoning who they are. This book will leave you gasping and yearning, and it will stay on your mind long after you turn the last page."

-ROXANE GAY, New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Feminist

" Cuckoo is a breathtaking novel of body horror; a heartbreaking, angry, terrifying, unflinching indictment of Christian America's cruelty; and it's a soaring, boundless ode to queer survival. It's flat-out mesmerizing."

-PAUL TREMBLAY, author of The Pallbearers Club

"[An] ambitious and devastating coming-of-age tale...Laying bare grief, terror, and the tenderness that makes it all matter, this is horror at its best."

-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED review)

"One of the most important voices in modern horror."

-PASTE MAGAZINE

" Cuckoo is a cry of grief and rage and, at its heart, a tribute to the queers who cup their hands around the guttering flame of hope and refuse to let it die. Brutal, relentless, terrifying, startlingly beautiful-I dare you to put this novel down."

-CARMEN MARIA MACHADO, author of Her Body and Other Parties

"Beyond being just a really fucking good horror novel, Cuckoo is monumentally important. Felker-Martin wrote a gut-twisting banger of a book that makes fleshy the anti-trans movement."

-CHELSEA G. SUMMERS, author of A Certain Hunger

"A great work of horror."
-NPR
"Tense and frighteningly visceral, Cuckoo is a masterwork of body horror thrumming with the high octane viciousness of a Richard Laymon novel while maintaining the literary sophistication of a piece penned by Clive Barker or Poppy Z. Brite."

-ERIC LAROCCA, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

"Felker-Martin's action-packed and intricately plotted second novel fairly vibrates with rage at those who seek to harm or fail to protect queer kids.... Kaleidoscopic and precise and suitably gross."

"Vividly gruesome and carefully observed, Cuckoo will be splattered across the inside of your skull long after you've set it down. Beneath the viscera and relentless prose, a vital heart beats within."

-ANDREW F. SULLIVAN, author of The Marigold

"An instantly absorbing battle cry. Felker-Martin nests seamless psychic links with Lisa Tuttle and Stephen King, forming her unique nightmarish bear trap and fighting it with sustained, justified rage. Through all of Cuckoo's visceral brutality, it's the moments of kindness and bravery that broke my heart."

-HAILEY PIPER, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth

"A queer conversion camp thriller that is truly terrifying to read. Felker-Martin writes with sensitivity and righteous fury about the many torments the teenage characters are forced to endure in the name of heteronormativity."
-CRIMEREADS
" Cuckoo is vile, repulsive, putrid, and utterly without restraint-a relentless assault on the senses. I devoured every word, and they devoured me. Filthy, degenerate art at its finest."

-HIRON ENNES, author of Leech

"This vivid, unsettling, character-rich novel grabs you by the throat and won't let go."

-LUCY A. SNYDER, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Sister, Maiden, Monster

"With her newest book, Felker-Martin appoints herself the new High Priestess of splatter. Cuckoo serves up frantic action, cosmic body horror, and a level of profane, lusty carnage that would put a fundie in intensive care. And at the center of it all is a story of love, hate, and sacrifice that spares no suffering, but takes no pity. Bring tissues and a raincoat."

-TONY TULATHIMUTTE, author of Private Citizens

" Cuckoo is a nest of guts so red and inviting you'll find yourself slurping out of it like pasta before you know what's in your mouth. No other author can make the beautiful so grotesque, nor the grotesque so beautiful."

-MEG ELISON, author of Number One Fan

"I've been waiting impatiently for Felker-Martin's next book since the millisecond I put down Manhunt and I wasn't disappointed. Cuckoo is equal parts intensely tender and turbulently gross. Well-observed, enthrallingly paced, and downright brutal exactly where it needs to be."

-MATTIE LUBCHANSKY, author of Boys Weekend

" Cuckoo is the gory, gooey, visceral horror story our present moment demands. It's an exploration of survival and loss in the teeth of interlocking material systems of violence like transphobia, homophobia, and racism. And it's also a radically queer homage to-or reimagining of!-some much-beloved genre classics, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

-LEE MANDELO, author of Summer Sons

"Burning with rage and sick as hell in the best way, Cuckoo is only further evidence that Felker-Martin is one of the best horror novelists working today. All hail the queen of body horror!"

-MAX BOOTH III, author of Abnormal Statistics

"Visceral, vivid, intense, and intensely memorable, Cuckoo is a remarkable and beautiful story of horror and queer justice."

-RYAN NORTH, author of Dinosaur Comics

"Felker Martin is a master of building tension, and of illustrating the horrors that play out all around queer and trans people every day. Cuckoo is required reading for any thriller fan."

-AUBREY GORDON, Your Fat Friend

" Cuckoo is brutal, confrontational, and gory, yet every page is informed by deep compassion. A compressed epic of oppression, revenge, and solidarity."

-NABEN RUTHNUM, author of Helpmeet

"With its wonderfully drawn cast of characters, Cuckoo deftly slips beneath your skin and squeezes your heart before violently erupting into something rotten and razor-toothed. A ferocious read, and an incredible follow-up to Manhunt."

-TREVOR HENDERSON, author of Scarewaves

"Felker-Martin's Cuckoo is as grotesque as it should be, but the weakness the monster exploits is human longing, human empathy, human love. The monster haunts our protagonists for decades through their yearning to see each other and be seen, a yearning which transcends their brokenness. I am more haunted by this book's beauty and generosity than by the titular monster and its faceless vessels."

-MAYA DEANE, author of Wrath Goddess Sing

Praise for Manhunt:

#1 Best Book of 2022 ( Vulture) * A Best Horror Novel of All Time ( Cosmopolitan) * One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 ( Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads) * A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 (Booklist) * A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror * A Best Book of 2022 (Tor.com) * A Best SFF Book of 2022 (Gizmodo)

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An instant USA Today bestseller!A Best Book of 2024 (NPR)From Gretchen Felker-Martin, the acclaimed author of Manhunt, comes a vicious new novel about a group of teens who must stay true to themselves while in a conversion camp from hell."A soaring,...

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Grace Needs Space!: (A Graphic Novel) by Benjamin A. Wilgus, Rii Abrego

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Grace Needs Space!: (A Graphic Novel) by Benjamin A. Wilgus, Rii Abrego

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Grace Needs Space!: (A Graphic Novel)|Paperback

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To the moon and back! A sci-fi middle-grade graphic novel about a young girl’s long-awaited summer trip across space with one of her moms. But when her relationship with her mom goes sideways, so does her trip. Will Grace be able to save her summer vacation before it ends?Grace is…

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The TransLatin@ Coalition is an organization form by Trans Latin@ leaders who have come together in 2009 to organize and advocate for the needs of Trans Latin@s who are immigrants and reside in the US. Since its inception The TransLatin@ Coalition has done advocacy work across the US to e

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We provide comprehensive transgender health services in Los Angeles in a safe, welcoming environment where you are free to be yourself.

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The Center's programs and services are open and accessible to everyone in the community. If you're transgender or someone who is transitioning or preparing to transition, we've got a number of programs, activities, and events specifically for you.

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The Moth Keeper: (A Graphic Novel) by K. O'Neill

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The Moth Keeper: (A Graphic Novel) by K. O'Neill

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Notes From Your Bookseller

This mesmerizing tale of passion, duty, and found family is taken to the next level with stunning illustrations that depict a lush fantasy world guided by moonlight. The Moth Keeper is a thoughtful, immersive journey sure to be enjoyed by readers of all ages.

Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth Keeper decides to take a break from the moon and see the sun for the first time? From the author of the beloved Tea Dragon Society comes a must-read for fans of the rich fantasies of Hayao Miyazaki and the magical adventures of Witch Hat Atelier.

Anya is finally a Moth Keeper, the protector of the lunar moths that allow the Night-Lily flower to bloom once a year. Her village needs the flower to continue thriving and Anya is excited to prove her worth and show her thanks to her friends with her actions, but what happens when being a Moth Keeper isn't exactly what Anya thought it would be?

Night after night, it is lonely in the desert, with only one lantern for light. Still, Anya is eager to prove her worth, to show her thanks to her friends and her village. But is it worth the cost? And yet something isn't right. When Anya glimpses the one thing that could destroy what she's meant to protect, her village and the lunar moths are left to deal with the consequences.

K. O'Neill brings to life a beautifully illustrated fantasy with lush, gorgeous art and intricate world-building. A story about coming of age and community, The Moth Keeper is filled with magic, hope, and friendship.

"Expressing quiet resilience, this story lifts up nature's symbiotic relationships and the power of community." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Product Details

ISBN-13:

9780593182260

Publisher:

Random House Children's Books

Publication date:

03/07/2023

Pages:

272

Sales rank:

7,577

Product dimensions:

5.50(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Lexile:

GN710L ( what's this?)

Age Range:

8 - 12 Years

About the Author

The coming month brings us so many amazing things - Saint Patrick's Day, the first day of spring, and the impending warmer weather. Even better, though, are the children's books that March delivers. With enchanting debuts and the return of fan favorite authors, our most anticipated kids' books of March 2023 are ones you won't [...]

Editorial Reviews

★ 01/23/2023

O'Neill ( Dewdrop) fashions a sparkling parable about coming into one's own abilities and learning to persevere through dark times in this inviting fantasy graphic novel. Generations ago, as thanks for desert dwellers' kindness, the Moon-Spirit gifted them the Moon-Moths, creatures who pollinate the Night-Flower tree, which grants the nocturnal villagers with blessings that allow them to thrive. Anya, a young humanoid villager with fox-like ears, has just been initiated as an apprentice Moth Keeper, tasked with tending to the Moon-Moths. Alongside her mentor Yeolen and best friend Estell, Anya tackles various challenges of being the Moth Keeper, which includes spending cold nights alone away from her loved ones. She also contends with a growing curiosity surrounding the nearby sun-dwelling village. O'Neill renders surreal landscapes using a potent palette which features the lush purples and oranges of dusk melding vividly with bright greens and yellows. Anya's solitude as the Moth Keeper is expertly emphasized via long stretches of wordless panels, allowing readers to soak up the fantastical moonlit vista visuals. Containing a deeply contemplative aura, this worthy volume explores themes of connection, mythology, personal growth, and tradition. Ages 8-12. Agent: Linda Camacho, Gallt & Zacker Literary. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

★ "Containing a deeply contemplative aura, this worthy volume explores themes of connection, mythology, personal growth, and tradition." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Hand this quiet, beautifully drawn book to readers of gentle, uplifting, character-driven comics." - Booklist, starred review

★ "A nature-based coming-of-age story aglow with the light of loving bonds and communal living."- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"In few words and a style reminiscent of Miyazaki, the Eisner Award-winning O'Neill spins a luminous fantasy about a fox girl, entrusted with protecting her night-village, who wonders what it would be like to live in the light." - The New York Times

"A gorgeous and dynamic visual experience." - School Library Journal

"A charming story that will delight O'Neill's fans and new readers alike, drawing them in like Moon-Moths to a lantern." - BookPage

From the Publisher

01/01/2023

Gr 3-6-Luminous panels of sequential art star in the latest middle grade fantasy from O'Neill ( Tea Dragon Society). Elfin-eared Anya has taken on the responsibility of Moth Keeper for the night village, shepherding the lunar moths on which her people rely to sustain the annual blooming of a flower necessary to their night-dwelling ways. But when Anya, growing weary from her strenuous duties and feeling a pull to experience life in the daylight, takes a trip to visit the sunlit day world, the story traces what befalls her people because of her stepping away from her responsibilities to the lunar moths, and how she makes amends. Among the supporting cast of multihued, nocturnal desert dwellers is Anya's supportive mentor and an ever-loyal sidekick, Estell, who appears to rely on a cane for mobility. While Anya's role is a lonely one, the story emphasizes how the villagers all have a responsibility to one another, reminding readers that "knowing when to ask for help is a form of wisdom." The artwork glows with both moth- and lantern-light against the dark blues of night, and the daylit desert bakes under oranges and yellows. VERDICT A gorgeous and dynamic visual experience with a familiar yet well-told plot.- Francisca Goldsmith

School Library Journal

★ 2022-12-14
A girl learns about herself and the wider world as she takes on the mantle of Moth Keeper.

When Anya takes her Moth Keeper vows, she knows it means spending nights alone in the desert being a beacon, guardian, and companion to the Moon-Moths. Given as a reward by the Moon-Spirit, the Moon-Moths pollinate the Night-Flower tree, which confers special blessings to the nocturnal community. Anya thrives at first, but the vast darkness and an ancient ghost gnaw at her. Worse, the abundance and warmth of the sun-village are irresistible. Can Anya fulfill her vows to protect her friends, found family, and the Moon-Moths, or will everything be lost with the rising sun? Expressing quiet resilience, this story lifts up nature's symbiotic relationships and the power of community. Inspired by the alpine landscapes, flora, and fauna of Aotearoa New Zealand, the illustrations revel in the contrast between nighttime indigo and glowing desert colors. At times the storytelling is carried by detailed wordless spreads; at others, oral storytelling is woven into the larger narrative. The characters present with a diverse range of skin tones as well as a mixture of human and animal features. Anya has golden tan skin, wide golden eyes, black eyebrows, and a mane of golden fur that extends into foxlike ears. One character has albinism, and one walks with the use of a cane.

A nature-based coming-of-age story aglow with the light of loving bonds and communal living. (author's note, sketches) (Graphic fantasy. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews

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Being a Moth Keeper is a huge responsibility and a great honor, but what happens when the new Moth Keeper decides to take a break from the moon and see the sun for the first time? From the author of the beloved Tea Dragon Society comes a must-read for fans of the rich fantasies of Hayao...

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Laverne Cox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Olivia Daisy Coles (Illustrator)

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Laverne Cox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Olivia Daisy Coles (Illustrator)

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In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Laverne Cox, the actress and trans pioneer. As a kid, Laverne felt different. Even though she felt like a girl, she wasn’t allowed to live…

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I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante

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I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante

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Notes From Your Bookseller

A deeply personal, immensely human memoir of Lucy Sante's journey to find herself. This is the story of transition and identity, told in gorgeous prose that is equal parts biting, empathetic and hilarious. This is a memoir that makes a difference.

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Slate

"Reading this book is a joy . . . much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a standard for those in need of guidance. " -The Washington Post

"Sante's bold devotion to complexity and clarity makes this an exemplary memoir. It is a clarion call to live one's most authentic life." -The Boston Globe

"Not to be missed, I Heard Her Call My Name is a powerful example of self-reflection and a vibrant exploration of the modern dynamics of gender and identity." -Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2024

An iconic writer's lapidary memoir of a life spent pursuing a dream of artistic truth while evading the truth of her own gender identity, until, finally, she turned to face who she really was

For a long time, Lucy Sante felt unsure of her place. Born in Belgium, the only child of conservative working-class Catholic parents who transplanted their little family to the United States, she felt at home only when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s and found her people among a band of fellow bohemians. Some would die young, from drugs and AIDS, and some would become jarringly famous. Sante flirted with both fates on her way to building an estimable career as a writer. But she still felt like her life was a performance. She was presenting a facade, even to herself.

Sante's memoir braids together two threads of personal narrative: the arc of her life, and her recent step-by-step transition to a place of inner and outer alignment. Sante brings a loving irony to her account of her unsteady first steps; there was much she found she still needed to learn about being a woman after some sixty years cloaked in a man's identity, in a man's world. A marvel of grace and empathy, I Heard Her Call My Name parses with great sensitivity many issues that touch our lives deeply, of gender identity and far beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:

9780593493762

Publisher:

Penguin Publishing Group

Publication date:

02/13/2024

Pages:

240

Sales rank:

145,171

Product dimensions:

5.60(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

'Tis the season for great reading and even better year-end roundups. The New York Times has just announced their top 10 Best Books of the Year - and we couldn't be more excited to recognize a few familiar friends. In their announcement, the NTY staff explains, "Ultimately, we aim to pick the books that made [...]

After hearing the great news from Punxsutawney Phil and subsequently having our friends in the Northeast get slammed by a snowstorm, we could all use a solid set of recs. From some of our very favorite B&N picks to delightful narrative nonfiction (with fabulous episodes on Poured Over) to a deep dive into one of [...]

Editorial Reviews

★ 03/04/2024

In this miraculous memoir, New York Review of Books critic Sante ( Nineteen Reservoirs) recounts the story of her life in light of her gender transition at age 66. After passing a few photos through FaceApp's gender swapping feature in early 2021, Sante recognized herself as the person she'd always been: a woman. This epiphany (or "egg cracking") unleashed a flood of revelations, which Sante unpacks in parallel timelines-one covering her younger years, the other focusing on the days and months after her FaceApp-facilitated breakthrough. In the former sections, Sante describes her experiences as a child immigrating to the U.S. from Belgium in the 1960s, as a young adult partying and making friends in 1970s and '80s New York City, and as a cultural critic. In the latter timeline, she recounts coming out to friends, colleagues, and the public, and depicts the strain her transition put on her relationship with her partner, Mimi, as she struggled through feelings of envy and shame. With piercing insight and a formidable command of language, Sante molds the material into a trenchant self-portrait that's equal parts humorous (she wryly gives her coming-out email the subject line "A Bombshell") and hard-nosed. This is a major achievement. Agent: Joy Harris, Joy Harris Literary. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

Beautiful . . . A profound narrative of self-realization written with curiosity and bracing clarity, I Heard Her Call My Name is a work that both new and established readers of Sante will treasure." -Nicole Chung, Esquire's The Best Memoirs of 2024 (So Far)

"Reading this book is a joy. Sante is funny and warm . . . I Heard Her Call My Name has much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a standard for those in need of guidance. But the book speaks to a wider audience, too: for anyone who needs to break out of their self-imposed 'prison of denial,' as Sante puts it, or to stop punishing themselves for wanting what they want." -The Washington Post

"A timely but timeless memoir . . . At its heart, I Heard Her Call My Name is a poignant but forceful portrait of a life liberated from shame and fear . . . Emblematic of someone who has straddled cultures, languages, and genders, Sante's bold devotion to complexity and clarity makes this an exemplary memoir. It is a clarion call to live one's most authentic life." -The Boston Globe

"Extraordinary . . . [Sante's] writing remains as perceptive, elegant, and striking as ever, and furthermore it is fearlessly honest-a quality that often seems almost as rare as Sante-style bohemians . . . There has always been much truth in her work, flourishing like those renegade artists in the squalor of 1970s New York. And now there is even more." -Slate

"This affirming memoir of late-in-life transition examines the writer's gender-identity realization and her place in society. A gorgeous, essential read." -People

"Arresting . . . it's impossible not to be moved and fascinated by Sante's exhilarating if painful journey." -Los Angeles Times

"Deeply moving, often surprisingly hilarious . . . [Sante is] an exceptional prosaist . . . One of the memoir's most poignant aspects is the way that Sante compares and contrasts her gender transition with the sort of transitioning she had to do "as an immigrant child becoming acculturated in the United States." -Air Mail

"[Sante's] memoir is moving for many reasons, but primarily for its observations about aging and vanity, as seen through the separated colors of a prismatic lens . . . Powerful." -The New York Times Book Review

"Miraculous . . . With piercing insight and a formidable command of language, Sante molds the material into a trenchant self-portrait that's equal parts humorous (she wryly gives her coming-out email the subject line 'A Bombshell') and hard-nosed. This is a major achievement." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Disarmingly frank . . . In part an epistolary memoir that captures a fervid love affair with oneself . . . [ I Heard Her Call My Name] also treats its material with the retrospective zeal and precision of a detective . . . Reminiscent of the Didion of The Year of Magical Thinking,examining from the outside the workings of her own mind in extremis . . . What feels most poignant is the clear continuity with Sante's earlier work." -The New Republic

"Not to be missed, I Heard Her Call My Name is a powerful example of self-reflection and a vibrant exploration of the modern dynamics of gender and identity." -Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2024

"A sustained and joyful exhale." -4Columns

"An absorbing analysis of a long-standing search for identity in writing and life." -Kirkus

"Poignant, arresting, and ultimately affirming." -Booklist

"An astonishing, once-in-a-lifetime achievement, as two stories thread into one, from losing yourself in the lights, the sounds, the eyes of others, to the miraculous discovery of the language with which you can put yourself back together." -Hua Hsu, author of Stay True

"Radical, humble, and wise, Sante's account of discovery is the most generous of gifts-a book to treasure, and a memoir that will enter the canon of twenty-first-century greats." -Hermione Hoby, author of Virtue

"I've admired the utter clarity and authority of Lucy Sante's work for years, and I was deeply moved by how she tunneled through the specificity of her experiences to create this vivid, encompassing, and compassionate book." -Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X

"I Heard Her Call My Name is a generous, fearlessly revealing book, full of heart. Lucy Sante brings a reader through her transition, a story that moves across continents, time, and discovery. It is revitalizing. Sante's dedication to truth asks beautifully honest questions: Who deserves to be a woman? What do we contain? What is it to live, survive, to thrive? This celebration of womanhood is fresh air you will want to breathe in deeply." -Samantha Hunt, author of The Unwritten Book and The Seas

From the Publisher

Memoirs are often best when they're read by the author, and Lucy Sante's intimate and poignant account of her journey from assigned-male-at-birth to female-presenting is sometimes raw, sometimes soft, and altogether genuine. Her own voice delivering vignettes from her life resonates with authenticity. Sante's lifelong success as a writer comes through in her near-poetic storytelling without being saccharine. What kind of voice defines a woman? Sante addresses this and answers it by unapologetically being herself and sharing why she chose, among other decisions, not to hire a vocal coach. Listeners who are curious, those who love people who are transitioning, and those who simply enjoy a well-told coming-of-age story will enjoy this audio. C.F. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2024 - AudioFile

2023-10-28
An award-winning writer chronicles her late-in-life gender transition.

This memoir charts Sante's recent transition from male to female in her late 60s. Her commentary alternates between explaining the challenges of her decision and reflecting on earlier moments in a life marked by gender dysphoria. The author provides detailed and engaging descriptions of the process of transitioning, from choices about makeup, clothing, and drug therapies, to making connections with community support groups and handling the delicate protocols of coming out to friends and co-workers. Sante delivers sharply rendered sketches of bohemian New York, where the author has spent much of her life. At the beginning of the book, Sante describes how she experimented with FaceApp's "gender‑swapping feature." Looking at the digitally altered images-many of them included here-produced "one shock of recognition after another" and the sense that what she saw was " exactly who I would have been" at various stages of her life, from childhood to middle age. In tracking her own long-standing self-evasions, Sante offers perceptive commentary on the psychological dynamics that led her to delay the process of fully assuming a female identity. A poignant irony, sensitively explored over the course of the memoir, is that her writing career sought to expose important truths in the social communities she inhabited, especially among those with nonconformist lifestyles, while privately she denied a fundamental truth about herself. Also insightful is Sante's broader societal analysis, which locates her struggles within a culture that seems to both covertly acknowledge and severely punish gender fluidity. The memoir concludes with a justifiable expression of hope that the author's experiences might be instructive to those seeking to understand transition and the personal and social complexities it can pose.

An absorbing analysis of a long-standing search for identity in writing and life.

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My Rainbow - Read Aloud With The Authors

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My Rainbow - Read Aloud With The Authors | Brightly Storytime

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Queer Kid Stuff is an LGBTQ+ web series for kids and kids-at-heart!

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Queer Kid Stuff is an LGBTQ+ webseries for kids and kids-at-heart! Teddy and Mx. Lindz have been spreading queer joy through their award-winning edutainment (that’s educational entertainment!) since 2016. You can learn more about what we do and why we do it over at https://www.queerkidstuff.com! See you at storytime! ❤️ Lindz & Teddy

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Understanding Transgender People: The Basics

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National Center for Transgender Equality

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"I'm a transgender woman. That means my birth certificate said 'male,' but I always knew I was a girl. I was so relieved when I told my mom about how I felt - and instead of being mad, she was supportive." - Grace

"Though my birth certificate said female, I have always felt like a boy. I kept it inside for many years, spending countless sleepless nights being terrified of what my family and friends would think and worrying about being rejected at school. I finally transitioned to the man I am today when I was 20 years old. Though I have faced discrimination by many people since then, I have also received invaluable support. That is what keeps me going." - Alex

Understanding what it is like to be transgender can be hard, especially if you have never met a transgender person.

Transgender is a broad term that can be used to describe people whose gender identity is different from the gender they were thought to be when they were born. "Trans" is often used as shorthand for transgender.

To treat a transgender person with respect, you treat them according to their gender identity, not their sex at birth. So, someone who lives as a woman today is called a transgender woman and should be referred to as "she" and "her." A transgender man lives as a man today and should be referred to as "he" and "him."

(Note: NCTE uses both the adjectives "male" and "female" and the nouns "man" and "woman" to refer to a person's gender identity.)

Gender identity is your internal knowledge of your gender - for example, your knowledge that you're a man, a woman, or another gender. Gender expression is how a person presents their gender on the outside.That might include behavior, clothing, hairstyle, voice or body characteristics. Everyone has a gender identity, including cisgender - or non-transgender - people. If someone's gender identity matches the gender they were assigned at birth, then they are cisgender , or "ci s" for short.

Sex is often used in a medical or scientific contexts . Sex is a label - male or female - that you're assigned by a doctor at birth based on the appearance of the genitals you're born with. It doesn't define who you are, or what your gender identity might turn out to be.

When a person begins to live according to their gender identity, rather than the gender they were thought to be when they were born, this time period is called gender transition. Deciding to transition can take a lot of reflection. Many transgender people risk social stigma, discrimination, and harassment when they tell other people who they really are. Despite those risks, being open about one's gender identity can be life-affirming and even life-saving.

Possible steps in a gender transition may or may not include changing your clothing, appearance, name, or the pronoun people use to refer to you (like "she," "he," or "they"). If they can, some people change their identification documents, like their driver's license or passport, to better reflect their gender. And some people undergo hormone therapy or other medical procedures to change their physical characteristics and make their body match the gender they know themselves to be. All transgender people are entitled to the same dignity and respect, regardless of whether or not they have been able to take any legal or medical steps.

Some transgender people identify as neither a man nor a woman, or as a combination of male and female, and may use terms like nonbinary or genderqueer to describe their gender identity. Those who are nonbinary often prefer to be referred to as "they" and "them."

It is important to use respectful terminology, and treat transgender people as you would treat any other person. This includes using the name the person has asked you to call them (not their old name) as well as the pronouns they want you to use. If you aren't sure what pronouns a person uses, just ask politely.
Visit our About Transgender People resource hub for more information! Some suggestions:
For more information about transgender people generally, see Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People.

For more information about non-binary people, see Understanding Non-Binary People.

For more information about how to be supportive of the transgender people in your life, see Supporting the Transgender People in Your Life.

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Hunter Schafer on speaking out about passport

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Hunter Schafer on speaking out about passport

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Hunter Schafer, who is trans, spoke at the Spirit Awards a day after posting a video in which she revealed her new passport had been issued with a male gender marker.

Hunter Schafer, who is trans, spoke at the Spirit Awards a day after posting a video in which she revealed her new passport had been issued with a male gender marker.

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Hunter Schafer on speaking out about passport

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Hunter Schafer, who is trans, spoke at the Spirit Awards a day after posting a video in which she revealed her new passport had been issued with a male gender marker.

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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs

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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs

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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs

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A federal judge has largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

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'I’ll see you in court': Trump clashes with Maine’s governor over transgender athletes

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'I’ll see you in court': Trump clashes with Maine’s governor over transgender athletes

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‘I’ll see you in court’: Trump clashes with Maine’s governor over transgender athletes

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President Donald Trump clashed with Maine’s Governor Janet Mills during a meeting of governors at the White House Friday over Trump’s push to deny federal funding to the state because it allows transgender athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports.

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Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses

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Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses

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Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

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Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

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A New York Times Editors' Choice: "A mind-bending romp through a gender-fluid, eighteenth century London . . . a joyous mash-up of literary genres shot through with queer theory and awash in sex, crime, and revolution."

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker * HuffPost * Kirkus Reviews * Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award * Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize * "A dazzling tale of queer romance and resistance."-Time

Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess were the most notorious thieves, jailbreakers, and lovers of eighteenth-century London. Yet no one knows the true story; their confessions have never been found.

Until now. Reeling from heartbreak, a scholar named Dr. Voth discovers a long-lost manuscript-a gender-defying exposé of Jack and Bess's adventures. Is Confessions of the Fox an authentic autobiography or a hoax? As Dr. Voth is drawn deeper into Jack and Bess's tale of underworld resistance and gender transformation, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwined-and only a miracle will save them all.

Writing with the narrative mastery of Sarah Waters and the playful imagination of Nabokov, Jordy Rosenberg is an audacious storyteller of extraordinary talent.
Praise for Confessions of the Fox
"A cunning metafiction of vulpine versatility . . . an action-adventure tale with postmodern flourishes; an academic comedy spliced with period erotica; an intimate meditation on belonging." -Katy Waldman, The New Yorker

" Confessions of the Fox is so goddamned good. Reading it was like an out-of-body experience. I want to run through the streets screaming about it. It should be in the personal canon of every queer and non-cis person. Read it." -Carmen Maria Machado, National Book Award finalist for Her Body and Other Parties

"A hat tip to Moby-Dick . . . a running footnote hall of mirrors to rival Borges . . . one of the most trenchant calls for progressive action that I have read in a very long time." -The New York Times Book Review

"An ambitious work of metafiction, a sexy queer love story . . . a bold first novel." -Entertainment Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13:

9780399592287

Publisher:

Random House Publishing Group

Publication date:

03/05/2019

Edition description:

Reprint

Pages:

352

Sales rank:

96,386

Product dimensions:

5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

The author of the groundbreaking new novel "Confessions of the Fox" talks about creating a transgender hero in 18th-century London.

Editorial Reviews

A dazzling tale of queer romance and resistance against the hegemonic forces of eighteenth-century London . . . Delightfully subversive."-Time

"A mind-bending romp through a gender-fluid eighteenth-century London . . . at once very funny and very fierce. -The New York Times (Editors' Choice)

"A cunning metafiction of vulpine versatility . . . Confessions is an action-adventure tale with postmodern flourishes; an academic comedy . . . an intimate meditation on belonging that doubles as a political proof." -The New Yorker

" Confessions of the Fox is so goddamned good. Reading it was like an out-of-body experience. I want to run through the streets screaming about it. It should be in the personal canon of every queer and non-cis person. Read it." -Carmen Maria Machado

"A hat tip to Moby-Dick . . . a running footnote hall of mirrors to rival Borges . . . one of the most trenchant calls for progressive action that I have read in a very long time." -The New York Times Book Review

"An ambitious, thought-provoking novel [that] explores everything from gender identity to mass incarceration, moves between centuries, and even features footnotes. . . . You'll find yourself immersed, and maybe even changed." -Entertainment Weekly

"Resonant of George Saunders, of Nikolai Gogol, and of nothing that's ever been written before . . . irreverent, erudite, and not to be missed." -Booklist (starred review)

" Confessions of the Fox is an ambitious debut, and its exploration of this 'impossible, ghostly archaeology' will have you looking askance at tidy histories-which feels like just what Jack and Bess would want." -NPR

" Confessions of the Fox is bold for all of the reasons you already know. . . . But what I love best about Confessions of the Fox is its mammoth feeling. It takes a big cauldron of hope to make a book like this, and we need cauldrons of hope right now and always."-Electric Lit

"It's a rich immensely dirty detailed account of a trans person living in eighteenth-century London. Such a good read, so palpable and fantastic, dizzying and compulsively readable . . . Love!" -Eileen Myles, BuzzFeed

"It's a rollicking yarn with a thread of tender first love, a page-turning tale of eighteenth-century devilry."-HuffPost

"Absurdly fun . . . dazzling." -Publishers Weekly, "Best Summer Books 2018"

"This novel's marvelous ambition: To show how easily marginalized voices are erased from our histories-and that restoring those voices is a disruptive project of devotion. A singular, daring, and thrilling novel: political, sexy, and cunning as a fox." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A riotous and transporting novel . . . Jordy Rosenberg is a total original-part scamp, part genius-who has written a rich and rollicking page-turner of a first novel." -Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts

"Beauty and violence go together; and what it is to live and practice that entanglement, under the duress of the cops in our streets and in our heads, is what Confessions of the Fox shows with lively, sexy brilliance." -Fred Moten, author of Black and Blur

From the Publisher

★ 04/09/2018
Academic intrigue meets the 18th-century underworld in Rosenberg's astonishing and mesmerizing debut, which juxtaposes queer and trans theory, slave narrative, heroic romance, postcolonial analysis, and speculative fiction. The story appears in the form of an ostensibly historical document and lengthy discursive footnotes. In a 2018 not entirely recognizable as our own, transgender university professor R. Voth happens upon an apparently unread 1724 manuscript entitled "Confessions of the Fox." It purports to be the memoirs of real-life 18th-century British folk hero Jack Sheppard, whose crimes and jailbreaks transfixed his contemporaries and inspired works including Brecht's The Threepenny Opera. But this Jack was born female, falls in love with a mixed-race sex worker, and clashes with a ring of conspirators attempting to monetize a potentially priceless masculinizing elixir. Some of the footnotes Voth appends as he edits the manuscript cite scholarly references. Others are glosses on the 18th-century slang with which the swashbuckling and often sexually charged action is narrated. Still others recount Voth's own travails: broke and lonely, he must also contend with a shadowy publisher-cum-pharmaceutical company hoping to cash in on the manuscript's value. Rosenberg is an ebullient and witty storyteller as well as a painstaking scholar. Like the Sheppard of most earlier tellings, his Jack is an entertaining "artist of transgression" who sheds shackles with ease. Yet the novel is most memorable when evoking the pain behind such liberations: the constraints of individual and collective bodies, and the infinite guises of the yearning to break free. Agent: Susan Golomb, Writers House. (June)

Publishers Weekly

★ 2018-04-16
In this inventive debut, Rosenberg transforms the legend of Jack Sheppard, infamous 18th-century London thief, into an epic queer love story.When Dr. R. Voth, "a guy by design, not birth," discovers a "mashed and mildewed pile of papers" at a university library book sale, he becomes obsessed with transcribing and documenting its contents. The manuscript appears to be a retelling of the Jack Sheppard legend, but it contains a marked difference: Jack was not born Jack, but P-, a young girl with a knack for making and fixing things. P- escapes indentured servitude and falls into the arms of Bess Khan, a prostitute of South Asian descent, who sees Jack as he longs to be seen. Together, the two lovers hatch schemes that take them across plague-ridden London, dodging the police state and the sinister grasp of Jonathan Wild, "Thief-Catcher General," who has it out for Jack. Meanwhile, in the manuscript's margins, Voth suffers at the hands of the crumbling state university and its exploitative administration. As punishment for frittering away his office hours, Voth must share the discovery of the manuscript with the "Dean of Surveillance" and a dubious corporate sponsor who leers at Jack's story and, by extension, Voth's humanity. "But you yourself are a-," the sponsor ventures to Voth in an explanation he doesn't have the guts to complete. Through a series of revealing footnotes, Voth traces queer theories of the archive as well as histories of incarceration, colonialism, and quack medicine practiced on the subjugated body. As the stories in the footnotes and the manuscript intertwine, the dual narrative shifts and snakes between voices and registers, from an 18th-century picaresque romp to an academic satire. Even when Rosenberg, a scholar of 18th-century literature and queer/trans theory at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, allows Voth to become pedantic, it's in the service of this novel's marvelous ambition: To show how easily marginalized voices are erased from our histories-and that restoring those voices is a disruptive project of devotion.A singular, daring, and thrilling novel: political, sexy, and cunning as a fox.

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As a cisgender person, it costs you nothing
For a cisgender person (a person whose gender is in alignment with the sex they were assigned at birth- more on that another time!) there is little to no risk in sharing your pronouns. When you've never questioned what pronouns people use for you, or even thought about the idea of pronouns after you learned about them in 2nd grade, sharing your pronouns on digital profiles is easy and costs you nothing.

For a person who is transgender or nonbinary, sharing pronouns can be a bit riskier. If someone is transitioning at work and only a few people know about it, sharing pronouns may out them before they're ready. For a nonbinary person, sharing they/them pronouns often only sparks a lengthier conversation (*coughthisarticlecough*) rather than simply inform people.

That's why we ask cisgender people to lead the change by sharing pronouns. It normalizes the process, has little risk, and actually makes for a safer environment for everyone.

Small action, big impact
At Argo Collective, we always have our workshop attendees make a commitment before the close of each session. One of our clients committed to adding his pronouns on his LinkedIn profile. Two days after he added "He/Him" after his last name, a University reached out to him and said they noticed he and some of his colleagues added pronouns on LinkedIn. The University told him they had a transgender student who was looking for an internship placement and this company seemed like a safe environment for the student to begin their career.

That's why pronouns matter. It might be the beginning of a huge career for this student, who might have had trouble to find his first job as a transgender person.

Becoming an LGBTQ ally
Our friend Craig Forman (Sr. People Scientist at Culture Amp) explains what he learned about the value of sharing pronouns as a cisgender person:

How to add your pronouns on Linkedin
It can be tricky to add your pronouns on Linkedin because for now, Linkedin doesn't support a specific field for pronouns. (We know this is a problem, and we talked with LinkedIn to encourage them to add a specific pronoun field.) In the meantime, You can add "They-Them, She-Her, or He-Him (or whatever other pronouns you use!) after your last name.

**Sidenote: when editing your LinkedIn profile on your computer, you can't use the character "/" (annoying, we know). However, you can use "/" when editing your last name on the Linkedin app. Life-hacks for the win! The important thing is showing pronouns however possible.
Be an ally through email, too
Try adding your pronouns to your email signature! It's another easy way to not only inform people you communicate with of your pronouns but normalizes this process for everyone.

Feel free to copy-paste our own signature template and replace the pronouns by yours. At the bottom, we add a link to this page so more people can learn about why pronouns matter and why they should also add theirs:

Max Masure (they/them)
Argo Collective | Co-Founder | COO
Gender Inclusion Strategist
Linkedin | Twitter | argocollective.co | Chat with me!

Why I put my pronouns on my email signature and you should too

Normalizing the usage of pronouns is a concrete, impactful way to show your advocacy for LGBTQIA+ individuals. It takes some practice to transform the unfamiliar into the familiar. At first, it might be awkward to share pronouns when you meet someone, but after a while, you probably won't even hear it.

So, however you identify, be proud of your pronouns and encourage others to as well! It helps more people than you think.

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