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"Stories about genderqueer characters in the American South"--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Stories about genderqueer characters in the American South"-- The nine stories in Morgan Thomas's shimmering debut collection witness Southern queer and genderqueer characters determined to find themselves reflected in the annals of history, whatever the cost. As Thomas's subjects trace deceit and violence through Southern tall tales and their own pasts, their journeys reveal the porous boundaries of body, land, and history, and the sometimes ruthless awakenings of self-discovery. A trans woman finds her independence with the purchase of a pregnancy bump; a young Virginian flees their relationship, choosing instead to immerse themself in the life of an intersex person from Colonial-era Jamestown. A writer tries to evade the murky and violent legacy of an ancestor who supposedly disappeared into a midwifery bag, and in the uncanny title story, a young trans person brings home a replacement daughter for their elderly father. |
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| Physical Description: | 209 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208). |
| ISBN: | 9780374602482 0374602484 |
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