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Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics

by Trace Peterson

Nightboat. 2013. 544p. ed. TC Tolbert & . illus. ISBN 9781937658106. pap. $27.95.

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Compiles poems and "poetic statements"—self-written descriptions of each poet's influences and creative process—from more than 50 transgender and genderqueer contributors. Poets include Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Eli Clare, Eileen Myles, Trish Salah, and Kit Yan. Powerful and necessary.

Reviewed by K.R. Roberto , Jun 01, 2016

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