AASECT Book Award for General Audience
'A joy to read' ESSIE DENNIS
'A beautifully written collection' JUNO ROCHE
We're here. We're queer. We're fat.
This one-of-a-kind collection of prose and poetry radically explores the intersection of fat and queer identities, showcasing new, emerging and established queer and trans writers from around the world.
Celebrating fat and queer bodies and lives, this book challenges negative and damaging representations of queer and fat bodies and offers readers ways to reclaim their bodies, providing stories of support, inspiration and empowerment.
In writing that is intimate, luminous and emotionally raw, this anthology is a testament to the diversity and power of fat queer voices and experiences, and they deserve to be heard.
Fat and Queer
An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives
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- ISBN: 9781787755079
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- ISBN: 9781787755079
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Library Journal
June 1, 2021
With this anthology, editors Morales, Grimm, and Ferentini, all of whom are writers, gather other writers and poets to explore what it means to take up more space than society tells us we should; how fatness is amplified by being LGBTQ+; and how radical love of the self becomes increasingly important for those who are otherized. Each of the contributors has a different relationship with their weight and sexuality: love, hate, indifference, gratitude. In a standout essay, Ferentini discusses how his body both prevents him from fitting into a particular gay identity and liberates him from the requirements of gender norms. Another piece considers, among other subjects, the emotions that come with embracing victories in LGBTQ+ rights while watching consistent efforts to overturn them. This varied collection--which includes everything from short poems, to fiction, to longform meditations on the quotidian--boldly showcases lives that are too often ignored, discarded, or discounted, and proves that there is no one way to be queer. VERDICT This must-have title is a radically necessary addition that will bring joy and understanding to readers. The contributors revel in their identities, thrive despite challenges, and claim the space they deserve.--Ahliah Bratzler, Indianapolis
Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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