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walaalamageeddow 's review for:
Nameless Woman: An Anthology of Fiction by Trans Women of Color
by Olive Machado, DM Rice, Venus Selenite, Vita E, Kylie Ariel Bemis, Joss Barton, Jeffrey Gill, Carla Aparicio, Jamie Berrout, Catherine Kim, Serena Bhandar, Emmy Morgan, Ellyn Peña, Gillian Ybabez, Dane Figueroa Edidi, Libby White, Lulu Trujillo, Michelle Evans, Saki, Luvia Montero, Jasmine Kabale Moore, manuel arturo abreu
medium-paced
i got to know the works of so many authors i've never read before and i'm very thankful to the editors that they published this anthology
of the 20 in this anthology here are the stories i dug the most y in the order they appear in the book:
MICHELLE EVANS Excerpt from the upcoming novella No More Secrets (I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS NOVELLA TO BE PUBLISHED!!!)
Kylie Ariel Bemis, The Sixth World (i enjoyed it, despite romantic love playing a big part)
Venus Selenite, Metropocalypse (the beautiful Black interaction between Bre the Caffeine Dealer and Ms. Teresa the Flower Lady was so so so filling 🖤)
Serena Bhandar, The Root of Echoes
Jasmine Kabale Moore, The Girl and the Apple
manuel arturo abreu, Collecting
Jeffrey Gill, Two Stories (only the 1st Untitled)
Libby White, Back Home: Three Short Stories (only the 2nd Mike Lee & 3rd Under the Lights)
unfortunately there were too many stories that revolved around romantic relationships and although i understand why that is, as we are all propagandized to prioritize and pedestal romantic relationships, it just makes a story often very uninteresting. and when you center romantic relationships u often center whiteness as well, which was the case in almost all the stories that revolved around romance. speaking of centerring whiteness, i left out Dane Figueroa Edidi's story from the list above, because i couldn't get over the fact that she forced that yt man into the story. i loved a lot of things about the story, but that part and the lack of acknowldgment let alone critiquing the ridiculous weslth thr family of the main character seem to have really uined it for me.
i'd definitely tecommend getting into this anthology as you will find at least a few authors who's work you'll fall in love with (lol)
of the 20 in this anthology here are the stories i dug the most y in the order they appear in the book:
MICHELLE EVANS Excerpt from the upcoming novella No More Secrets (I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS NOVELLA TO BE PUBLISHED!!!)
Kylie Ariel Bemis, The Sixth World (i enjoyed it, despite romantic love playing a big part)
Venus Selenite, Metropocalypse (the beautiful Black interaction between Bre the Caffeine Dealer and Ms. Teresa the Flower Lady was so so so filling 🖤)
Serena Bhandar, The Root of Echoes
Jasmine Kabale Moore, The Girl and the Apple
manuel arturo abreu, Collecting
Jeffrey Gill, Two Stories (only the 1st Untitled)
Libby White, Back Home: Three Short Stories (only the 2nd Mike Lee & 3rd Under the Lights)
unfortunately there were too many stories that revolved around romantic relationships and although i understand why that is, as we are all propagandized to prioritize and pedestal romantic relationships, it just makes a story often very uninteresting. and when you center romantic relationships u often center whiteness as well, which was the case in almost all the stories that revolved around romance. speaking of centerring whiteness, i left out Dane Figueroa Edidi's story from the list above, because i couldn't get over the fact that she forced that yt man into the story. i loved a lot of things about the story, but that part and the lack of acknowldgment let alone critiquing the ridiculous weslth thr family of the main character seem to have really uined it for me.
i'd definitely tecommend getting into this anthology as you will find at least a few authors who's work you'll fall in love with (lol)