A review by alainajreads
There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt

hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

This short collection of poetry reflects the author’s hopes for a society in which trans people thrive, a society that imagines collective liberation and how trans liberation connects to prison abolition, racial justice, and care for the environment. H. Melt merges their own family past and Jewish ancestry with the present and future. My favorites in this collection include “I Don’t Want a Trans President”, “Dysphoria is Not My Name”, and “Trans Temple”. Though some of the poems felt a bit unfinished and I wished they’d been expanded upon, overall, this is a hopeful litany for trans joy and liberation.