Reviews

Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics by D'Lo, Dawn Lundy Martin, micha cárdenas, Bo Luengsuraswat, Eric Karin, Jaime Shearn Coan, Jake Pam Dick, Stacey Waite, Aimee Herman, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Duriel E. Harris, Lizz Bronson, Jen (Jay) Besemer, J. Rice, Meg Day, Gr Keer, E.C. Crandall, Emerson Whitney, Joy Ladin, Eli Clare, Stephen Burt, Monica/Nico Peck, Lori Selke, Kit Yan, David Wolach, Ely Shipley, HR Hegnauer, Drew Krewer, Natro, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Max Wolf Valerio, Trace Peterson, T.C. Tolbert, Ching-In Chen, Samuel Ace, Eileen Myles, Kari Edwards, Lilith Latini, Amir Rabiyah, Ari Banias, Laura Neuman, J.J. Hastain, Fabian Romero, Jenny Johnson, John Wieners, Oliver Baez Bendorf, C.A. Conrad, Ariel Goldberg, Cole Krawitz, Trish Salah

lsparrow's review against another edition

2.0

Like most anthologies there will be some poets you love and some that you don't. I found the poets statements and the poetry overly academic. I couldn't read them. I found that there was a higher number of masculine voices which I find happens so often in academic settings. I was disappointed that in the whole anthology there were only two poets who I wanted to read more of their work. For the most part the style of the poetry was too disjointed for my personal taste. Although definitely an ambitious work.

corvingreene's review against another edition

5.0

This is a fantastic and necessary collection of talented poets collected around a common/similar identity of being trans* and/or genderqueer. The poems collected here are outstanding, and the poetics statements add so much to the collection. I am so deeply moved by this book and kicking myself that I was too busy to submit when there was an open call.

I'm so glad this substantial anthology is in the world. I can't wait to share it and teach it.

choirqueer's review against another edition

5.0

As a trans and genderqueer poet myself, I had a deeply transformative experience reading this book. As I read it for the first of what I'm sure will be many, many times, I felt my way around in it, exploring the topography of its contents as they shifted things inside of me in all different directions. The copy I read was purchased by my local public library at my request, but I still think I'll have to eventually buy my own copy; it's one I'll want to have near me all the time.

dmbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

4.0

zsandri's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

meganmilks's review against another edition

5.0

Have read this many times now!

battlepoet's review against another edition

4.0

I finally started reading it! This is a hard-hitting book. I was reading it at bedtime but honestly this book needs lots of time to digest and ponder over. I’ll be taking a break for now and coming back to it later.