Troubling The Line: Trans And Genderqueer Poetry And Poetics

Author: T. C. Tolbert

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $50.00 NZD
  • : 9781937658106
  • : Nightboat Books
  • : Nightboat Books
  • :
  • : May 2013
  • : United States
  • : 50.0
  • : June 2013
  • :
  • :
  • : books

Special Fields

  • :
  • :
  • : T. C. Tolbert
  • :
  • : Paperback
  • :
  • :
  • : English
  • : 811.6080928
  • :
  • : 544
  • :
  • : black & white illustrations
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
Barcode 9781937658106
9781937658106

Description

The first of its kind, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, gathers together a diverse range of 55 poets with varying aesthetics and backgrounds. In addition to generous samples of poetry by each trans writer, the book also includes "poetics statements"-reflections by each poet that provide context for their work covering a range of issues from identification and embodiment to language and activism. Poets include Samuel Ace, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Micha Cardenas, kari edwards, Duriel Harris, Joy Ladin, Dawn Lundy Martin, Eileen Myles, Trish Salah, Max Wolf Valerio, John Wieners, Kit Yan, and more.

Author description

TC TOLBERT, a genderqueer, feminist poet and teacher committed to social justice, is the author of territories of folding, spirare, and the forthcoming Gephyromania. Tolbert lives in Tucson. TIM TRACE PETERSON is a poet, critic, and editor. Author of the books Since I Moved In and Violet Speech and co-editor of Gil Ott: Collected Writings, Peterson lives in Brooklyn.