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CONTACT INFORMATION 7 Fall 2019 Titles EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER Jamia Wilson [email protected] 13 Feminist Folktales SENIOR EDITOR & FOREIGN RIGHTS MANAGER Lauren Rosemary Hook [email protected] 14 Amethyst Editions SENIOR SALES, MARKETING & PUBLICITY MANAGER Jisu Kim [email protected] 16 Backlist Highlights 25 Rights & Permissions ORIGINAL PLUMBING KNITTING THE FOG WINNER The Louise Meriwether The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture Claudia D. Hernández First Book Prize Edited by Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos Foreword by Tiq Milan

MAGENTA BLEEDS P6 ONTO BACK FLAP Independently published from 2009 to Seven-year-old Claudia wakes up one day AMOS MAC is a writer, artist, ROCCO KAYIATOS is a writer, and producer based in Los organizer, educator, and former Angeles. His photography has hip hop artist (stage name been featured in publications Katastrophe). He was the head of 2019, Original Plumbing grew from a Bay to find her mother gone, having left for the “ Over the course of its ten-year run, the magazine Original Plumb- ndependently published from 2009 to 2019, Original including the Times, the video education department Interview, Vogue Italia, and OUT. at BuzzFeed and continues to ing made thousands of us and trans people laugh, cry, and AreaPlumbing grewzine from a Bay toArea zinea to anationally nationally acclaimed print to flee domestic abuse and A love of storytelling influenced produce content in the new gasp out loud. This is how we talked with each other, inspired acclaimed print quarterly dedicated to trans men. his leap into television, where media space. He is a man of each other, and gave each other the strength to keep on living For ten years, the magazine was the premier resource he works across scripted and trans experience who began his outside the box. This collection is an invaluable, unapologetic documentary series. transition in 2001. Iquarterly dedicated to trans men. For ten pursue economic prosperity. Claudia and her archive of a multiplicity of queer and trans experiences.” focused on their experiences and imaginations, featuring —KATE BORNSTEIN writing on both playful and political topics like selfies, bathrooms,years, and safer the sex; interviews magazine with icons such as has been the premier two older sisters are taken in by their great “ When OP burst onto the scene, it was an absolute game changer Janet Mock, Silas Howard, T Cooper, and Ian Harvie; and in trans media and representation. This collection is a beauti- visual art, photography, and short fiction. ful tribute to that treasured publication, and an authentic and resource focused on their experiences, fea- aunt and their grandmother, their father hav- moving representation of trans male culture. Essential for both In celebration of the magazine’s ten-year run, this essential longtime readers and those diving in for the first time.” collection compiles the best of all twenty issues. Selec- —JILL SOLOWAY turing writing on topics like selfies, bath- ing abandoned their family long ago. Three tions are reprinted in full color, with a foreword by activist “ OP has been at the forefront of the trans revolution, reflecting Tiqrooms, Milan and a new prefaceand by the safer founding editors. sex; interviews with queer years later, her mother returns for her daugh- trans male culture back to the community and providing all of us with thoughtful, cheeky documentation of the vibrancy of queer

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FALL 2013 / ISSUE 12 ORIGINAL PLUMBING TRANS MALE QUARTERLY Trans Male Quarterly $9 US $9 US piles the best of all twenty issues. Selections TRANS MALE QUARTERLY / ISSUE 14 / USA $9 TRANS MALE QUARTERLY / ISSUE 15 / USA $9 TRANS MALE QUARTERLY / ISSUE 13 / USA $9 hood. When her family returns to Guatemala are reprinted in full color, with a new preface

Lou Sullivan HONORING TRANS HEROES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT years later, she is startled to find she no lon- The Issues Issue ISBN 978-1-936932-59-7 $34.95 US EDITED BY AMOS MAC by the founding editors. & ROCCO KAYIATOS ger belongs there either. FOREWORD BY TIQ MILAN AMOS MAC is a writer, artist, and producer CLAUDIA D. HERNÁNDEZ is a poet, editor, trans- Photo by Alex Schmider based in Los Angeles. His photography has lator, and bilingual educator. She currently been featured in , Inter- “An invaluable, unapologetic archive resides in Los Angeles. “Knitting the Fog brings us the immigrant view, Vogue Italia, Dazed, and OUT. of a multiplicity of queer and trans experience in a refreshingly new light. THE LOUISE MERIWETHER FIRST BOOK PRIZE is experiences.” ROCCO KAYIATOS is a writer, organizer, educa- This memoir of hybrid forms—moving awarded to the best debut work by women and tor, and former hip hop artist (stage name evocatively between poetry and prose—is —KATE BORNSTEIN nonbinary writers of color in celebration of Katastrophe) based in Los Angeles. not only timely but resonant in sense of Meriwether’s legacy and diversifying the liter- place and purpose.” AMETHYST EDITIONS is a modern, queer imprint ary canon. curated for the by Michelle Tea. —BRIDGETT M. DAVIS

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2 SPRING 2019 SPRING 2019 3 ARID DREAMS AIN’T I A DIVA? Stories Beyoncé and the Power of Pop Culture Pedagogy Duanwad Pimwana | Translated by Mui Poopoksakul Kevin Allred Introduction by Cheryl Clarke

In thirteen stories investigating ordinary and In 2010—long before the release of Lem- working-class Thailand, characters aspire for onade—Professor Kevin Allred created the more but remain suspended in routine. They university course “Politicizing Beyoncé” to bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary both wide acclaim and controversy. He out- event to end their stasis. A politician’s wife lines his pedagogical philosophy in Ain’t I imagines her life had her husband’s accident a Diva?, exploring the process of teaching been fatal, a man on death row requests that Beyoncé and what it means to use a super- a friend clear up a misunderstanding with a star to blow up the canon. Allred brings his sex worker, and an elevator attendant feels syllabus to life by pairing music videos and himself wasting away while trapped at his songs with historical and academic texts, station all day. and combines analysis with classroom anec- dotes. Beyoncé’s art is read alongside Black With curious wit, this collection offers reve- feminist thinkers including Kimberlé Cren- latory insight and subtle critique, explor- shaw, Octavia E. Butler, and Sojourner Truth. ing class, , and disenchantment in a changing country. Interrogating the entertainer’s career through a media studies lens, Allred attests that pop DUANWAD PIMWANA is a leading female voice culture is so much more than a guilty plea- in contemporary Thai literature. She won sure—it’s an access point for education, the SEA Write Award, Southeast Asia’s most “Arid Dreams is stark, sly, and unsparingly entertainment, critical inquiry, and politics. “We must continue to study [Beyoncé’s] prestigious literary prize, in 2003. brilliant. Here is a writer unafraid to pick work. . . . Thanks to Kevin Allred’s KEVIN ALLRED is a writer, speaker, and educa- up the scalpel of her prose and use it to MUI POOPOKSAKUL is a lawyer turned transla- important work, we will—in the tor based in Brooklyn. His work has been cut to the bone.” tor. Her first book-length translation,The classroom and in the street.” featured in Salon, INTO, NBC News, and Sad Part Was, won a PEN Translates award. —PRETI TANEJA other publications. —CHERYL CLARKE She is also the translator of Pimwana’s novel Bright.

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4 SPRING 2019 SPRING 2019 5 THE NATIVE TONGUE TRILOGY TABITHA AND MAGOO DRESS UP, TOO Suzette Haden Elgin Michelle Tea | lllustrated by Ellis van der Does Forewords by Jeff VanderMeer, Leni Zumas, and Karen Lord

Published in 1984, a year before The Hand- “The Native Tongue trilogy, a classic text Tabitha and Magoo love to play dress up in MICHELLE TEA is the author of the novel maid's Tale, this classic dystopian trilogy is of angry , is also an exemplary their room. Tabitha uses her brother’s shirts Black Wave and the nonfiction books a testament to the power of language and experiment in speculative fiction, deftly to make superhero capes, and Magoo uses Against Memoir and How to Grow Up, women’s collective action. and implacably pursuing both a scientific his sister’s frilly skirts to fashion a gown. among many others. She founded RADAR hypothesis and an ideological hypothesis They’re disappointed to think they can’t go Productions and Story Hour, In 2205, the Nineteenth Amendment has through all their social, moral, and outside in their new outfits, but then the and lives in Los Angeles. been repealed and men hold absolute power. emotional implications.” drag queen Morgana magically appears! The Earth’s economy depends on an insu- ELLIS VAN DER DOES is a Dutch illustrator With their new friend’s help, they learn to lar group of linguists who “breed” women to —URSULA K. LE GUIN and designer living in London. defy restrictive gender roles and celebrate become interstellar translators until they are being themselves. The trio, dressed in col- sent to the Barren House to await death. But orful costumes and riding a flying car, then instead, these women are secretly creating heads to the local library for a diverse and a language of their own to make resistance SUZETTE HADEN ELGIN (born Patricia Anne fun-filled storytime. possible. Wilkins; 1936–2015) was an American science fiction author. She founded the Inspired by the iconic event series, AMETHYST EDITIONS is a modern, queer Science Fiction Poetry Association. DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR BOOKS capture the imprint curated for the Feminist Press by imagination and play of gender fluidity while Michelle Tea. giving children positive and unabashedly queer role models.

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6 SPRING 2019 FALL 2019 7 FIEBRE TROPICAL THE NOT WIVES A Novel Carley Moore

Uprooted from Bogotá into an ant-infested The Not Wives traces the lives of three Miami townhouse, fifteen-year-old Fran- women as they navigate the Occupy Wall cisca is miserable in her strange new city. Street movement and each other. Stevie is Her alienation grows when her mother is an adjunct professor and newly divorced sin- swept up in an evangelical church replete gle mom; her best friend Mel is a bartender, with abstinent salsa dancers and baptisms torn between her long-term relationship and for the dead. But there, Francisca meets the desire to explore polyamory; and Johanna is magnetic Carmen: head of the youth group a homeless teenager trying to find her way and the pastor’s daughter. As her mother’s in the world, who bears shared witness to a mental health deteriorates, Francisca falls tragedy that interlaces her life with Stevie’s. for Carmen and turns to Jesus to grow closer In the midst of economic collapse and with her, even as their relationship hurtles class conflict, late-night hookups and long- toward a shattering conclusion. suffering girlfriends, they piece together JULIANA DELGADO LOPERA is an award-winning a new American identity founded on resis- Colombian writer and historian based in tance—against financial precarity, gentrify- . She is currently the creative ing New York, and the traditional role of wife. director of RADAR Productions. CARLEY MOORE is the author of 16 Pills and AMETHYST EDITIONS is a modern, queer imprint the young-adult novel The Stalker Chroni- “Fiebre Tropical is a magnificent novel, by “The Not Wives is not just for not-wives; curated for the Feminist Press by Michelle Tea. cles. She is a clinical professor in the Global turns electric, hilarious, sexy, thrilling, it’s for all of us struggling with how to be Liberal Studies Program at NYU and a senior wrenching, and profound.” human amidst the ongoing clamor and associate at Bard College’s Institute for Writ- bewilderment of twenty-first century life.” —CAROLINA DE ROBERTIS ing and Thinking. —LAURA SIMS AMETHYST EDITIONS is a modern, queer imprint curated for the Feminist Press by Michelle Tea.

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8 FALL 2019 FALL 2019 9 THE LIVING DAYS I LOVE MYSELF WHEN I AM LAUGHING . . . Ananda Devi | Translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman AND THEN AGAIN WHEN I AM LOOKING MEAN AND IMPRESSIVE A Zora Neale Hurston Reader Edited by Alice Walker

A chance encounter on Portobello Road During her lifetime, Zora Neale Hurston incites an unsettling, magnetic attraction was praised for her writing but condemned between Mary, a seventy-five-year-old British for her independence and audacity. Her spinster, and Cub, a thirteen-year-old Jamai- work fell into obscurity until the 1970s, can boy from Brixton. Mary clings increas- when Alice Walker rediscovered Hurston’s ingly to phantoms as dementia overtakes her unmarked grave and anthologized her writ- reality. But their macabre romance comes to ing, establishing her as an intellectual a horrific climax, as white supremacy, pov- leader for future generations of black writ- erty, and class conflict explode on the streets ers. A testament to the power and breadth of London. of Hurston’s oeuvre, featuring a new preface by Walker, the newest edition of this endur- ANANDA DEVI was born in 1957 in Mauritius, ing text remains as vital as ever for readers and currently lives in Switzerland. She is the today. award-winning author of twelve novels as well as short stories and poetry. ZORA NEALE HURSTON (1891–1960) was a writer and anthropologist who became a JEFFREY ZUCKERMAN is digital editor of Music prominent figure in the Harlem Renais- & Literature magazine. He also translated sance. Hurston is the author of the classic Devi’s Eve Out of Her Ruins. novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, as well “A fierce portrait of our times. . . . as countless other volumes of fiction, poetry, “One of the greatest writers of our time.” Sensual and provocative writing, and scholarly nonfiction. Her nonfiction book woven of dreams and nightmares, Barracoon, about the transatlantic slave —TONI MORRISON which slowly closes round the trade, was published posthumously in 2018. reader and holds them in its grasp.” ALICE WALKER is a poet, writer, and activ- —LE MONDE DES LIVRES ist. She is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for The Color Purple, and author of multiple novels, short stories, children’s books, essays, and poetry collections. Walker’s works have been trans- lated into dozens of languages worldwide.

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10 FALL 2019 FALL 2019 11 DAUGHTER OF EARTH FEMINIST FOLKTALES SERIES Agnes Smedley Edited by Ethel Johnston Phelps | Illustrated by Suki Boynton Foreword by Alice Walker Introductions by Gayle Forman, Kate Schatz, Daniel José Older, Introduction by Paola Mendoza and Renée Watson

A classic best seller from the Feminist Press is reissued and newly illustrated. Bring- This semiautobiographical account of an ing readers tales from China, Sudan, Norway, and Peru, this series reminds us that early twentieth-century activist recounts growing up in rural poverty in farming settle- girls everywhere have been the heroes of their own stories for centuries. ments and mining towns; discovering the PHELPS PHELPS double standards of race and sex among East KAMALA Coast intellectuals; facing false espionage FEMINIST FOLKTALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD FEMINIST FOLKTALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD ETHEL JOHNSTON PHELPS ETHEL JOHNSTON PHELPS charges; and maintaining independence Introduction by GAYLE FORMAN | With illustrations by SUKI BOYNTON KAMALA Introduction by KATE SCHATZ | With illustrations by SUKI BOYNTON

through two tormented marriages. Ground- What might we dream of after reading these tales?

In Kamala, the second volume in breaking in its portrayal of sexism withinA classic best seller from the Feminist the Feminist Folktales series, stories Press is reissued in a newly illustrated, from countries such as India, Peru, four-volume series. In Tatterhood, tales China, and Ireland follow clever, from Japan, Norway, Scotland, and Sudan the leftist movement, Daughter of Earth outspoken heroines—demonstrating feature decisive heroines of extraordinary how the courage and power of women courage, wit, and achievement—reminding hold our world together. us that girls everywhere have always been was uniquely prescient in its intersectionalthe heroes of their own stories.

“Who stole these fierce, exploration of oppression, and endures as“In a these stories, girls might actually bawdy stories from the mouths of see themselves. Who they are. mothers and transformed the strong And who they dream of becoming.” girls into damsels in distress? Who cast —GAyle FormAn, If I Stay the spell . . . and how do we break it? necessary text for progressive and socialist With books like this, obviously!” —Kate Schatz, VOL. I Rad American Women A–Z VOL. II movements today.

isbn 978-155861-929-6 $14.95 Us isbn 978-155861-940-1 $14.95 Us AGNES SMEDLEY (1892–1950) was an Ameri- can journalist and writer, well-known for her TATTERHOOD KAMALA sympathetic chronicling of the Communist July 2016 • $14.95 • 978-1-55861-929-6 October 2016 • $14.95 • 978-1-55861-940-1 forces in the Chinese Civil War. During World Rights: World x Portuguese Rights: World x Portuguese “Agnes Smedley’s memories tasted of War I, she worked in the United States for “These stories tell girls it’s okay to be afraid, to be flawed, to be hungry, hunger.” the independence of India from the United to be curious, to be angry, to be imperfect.” —RENÉE WATSON —NEW YORK TIMES Kingdom, receiving financial support from the government of Germany.

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12 FALL 2019 FEMINIST FOLKTALES 13 AMETHYST EDITIONS Curated by Michelle Tea Amethyst Editions is an imprint curated by Michelle Tea championing emerging queer writers who complicate the conversation around LGBTQ+ experiences beyond a coming-out narrative.

MICHELLE TEA is the author of several books, including the memoirs Valencia, Rent Girl, and BLACK WAVE How to Grow Up and the novels Black Wave, Rose Michelle Tea

of No Man’s Land, and Mermaid in Chelsea Creek. “An apocalyptic fantasia.” —NEW YORK TIMES An organizer in queer and feminist communities, It’s San Francisco in 1999 and the world is ending. Drug-addled writer she cocreated the performance tour Sister Spit and Michelle has alienated most of her friends and lovers with her drama founded the nonprofit RADAR Productions. She lives and heads to LA to write a screenplay. With the world sliding into chaos, in Los Angeles. Michelle endeavors to make sense of her life, struggling to cast herself as a universal hero in her screenplay while squatting in an abandoned bookstore.

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The Summer of Dead Birds takes readers on a lyrical road trip windingTHE through death,SUMMER breakups, OF DEAD BIRDS SINCE I LAID MY BURDEN DOWN “A near mythic journey into life-stopping loss: and the complications of everyday a howl, and a hymn to what’s mortal.” living. With a knack for finding —MARIE HOWE humor in grief and absurdity in

THE SUMMER OF DEAD BIRDS beauty, Ali Liebegott embraces life’s “A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria Ali Liebegott Brontez Purnell casual highs and inevitable lows, in homage to the presence and passing of exposing her humanity and inviting fiercely loved things.” a connectivity with ourselves and —MAGGIE NELSON the people who populate our gorgeous,“A fierce,ridiculous, sometimes funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and Winner of the Whiting Award for Fiction! “Sweet and so sad and the writing’s perfect.” painful planet. —

“A chronicle of grief & its animals—the birds our passing of fiercely loved things.”—MAGGIE NELSON cities kill, the dogs who are our best friends, the Home for his uncle’s funeral, DeShawn ponders family, church, and his lovers we can’t keep, the strange beauty of a mother’s death, the strange translation of all of death’s old

© JEN ROSENSTEIN JEN © meanings in a time of mass extinction.” lifelong quest for love. This raw, funny novella traces a queer black man’s —ARIANA REINES The Summer of Dead Birds, poet Ali Liebegott’s newest novel-in-verse, ALI LIEBEGOTT “Full of wry heartbreak and sweet, sad humor; sexual and artistic awakenings as he stumbles—often painfully, some- ALI LIEBEGOTT is a poet, writer, righteous fury and tender grief.” takes readers on a lyrical road trip winding through death, breakups, and and artist who has published three —MICHELLE TEA previous books: The Beautifully times joyously—down memory lane. Worthless, The IHOP Papers, and “A linked sequential lyric memoir balancing the complications of everyday living. Cha-Ching! She is the recipient of aphoristic ingenuity, deadpan irreverence, and two Lambda Literary Awards and the deep interior exploration of the soul.” a Ferro-Grumley Award. She has —SAM SAX written for the Emmy Award– winning TV show Transparent, and currently lives in Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-936932-50-4 $17.95 US

amethyst editions

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AGAINST MEMOIR: Complaints, Confessions & Criticisms WE WERE WITCHES Michelle Tea Ariel Gore

Winner of the 2019 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award “A singularly spectacular siren song.” —LIDIA YUKNAVITCH for the Art of the Essay! Ariel’s a teen mom, aspiring writer, and feminist witch trying to get a col- “A pulpy and marvelous parade.” —EILEEN MYLES lege education in the early nineties during the first Bush administration. Although best known for her memoirs, Michelle Tea is also a prolific Basically she’s screwed. journalist. Against Memoir is her first collection of essays, delivered with her signature candor and dark humor.

May 2018 • $18.95 • 978-1-936932-18-4 • 320 pages • Rights: World September 2017 • $18.95 • 978-1-55861-433-8 • 296 pages • Rights: World 14 AMETHYST EDITIONS AMETHYST EDITIONS 15 MAGGIE TERRY YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN FAT Sarah Schulman Virgie Tovar Over 6,000 copies sold!

“Sarah Schulman’s startling brilliance and wry humor “Tovar eviscerates diet culture, proclaims the joyous is everything.” possibilities of fatness, and shows us that liberation — is possible.” —SARAI WALKER Fresh out of rehab, former police detective Maggie Terry wants nothing more than to quietly rebuild her Virgie Tovar is hungry for a world where bodies are life. But her first day as a private investigator lands valued equally, food is free from moral judgment, her in the middle of a sensational new case. If Mag- and you can jiggle through life with respect. In con- gie is going to solve this murder, she’ll have to shake cise and candid language, she delves into unlearn- the ghosts—dead NYPD partner, vindictive ex, stead- ing fatphobia, dismantling sexist notions of fashion, fast drug habit—that have long ruled her life. and how to reject diet culture’s greatest lie: that fat people need to wait before beginning their best lives.

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TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NEGRO GIRLS YOUR ART WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE Camille Acker Beth Pickens Over 4,000 copies sold! Over 7,000 copies sold!

“The life experience of Acker’s Washingtonian women “The artist’s guidebook to create, thrive, and survive is broad . . . but they all share a shrewd understanding amid any political shitstorm.” of the narrow perceptions they face as black women.” —BUST —NEW YORK TIMES As a teenager, Beth Pickens realized that art was When you’re black and female in America, society’s imperative for reflecting—and thus remaking—the rules were never meant to make you safe or free. world. Writing in the aftermath of the 2016 US Camille Acker’s relatable yet unexpected characters presidential election, she reminds burgeoning artists break down the walls of respectability politics, show- that their work is more important now than ever, and ing that the only way for black women to be free is to advises on fostering creativity, sustaining an innova- be themselves. tive practice, and navigating institutional funding.

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16 BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS 17 THE NAKED WOMAN LA BASTARDA

Armonía Somers “ A timely translation of a Latin American hidden Trifonia Melibea Obono jewel. Wild and brilliant, Armonía Somers speaks to Translated by Kit Maude us in the here and now of our troubled present.” Translated by Lawrence Schimel —CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA, author of The Iliac Crest THE NAKED WOMANTHE NAKED

groundbreaking feminist classic from 1950s Uruguay, A Global Literature in Libraries Best Translated “Somers’s novel is a surreal,A gripping The Naked Woman was experience.” met with scandal and outrage due to its erotic content, cynicism, and stylistic ingenuity. The novel YA Book’s honorable mention! follows Rebeca Linke’s ardent, ultimately tragic, attempt to free —PUBLISHERSherself WEEKLY from a hostile society. (starred Juxtaposing fantastic review) imagery and brutal depictions of violence, Somers will resonate with readers of Clarice Lispector, Angela Carter, and Djuna Barnes. “An invaluable contribution to lesbian and gay literary ARMONÍA SOMERS

Originally published in 1950s“ The extraordinary Uruguay, power of The NakedThe Woman Naked lies culture.” in the mysterious sensation of a metaphor whose meaning is being suspended. Like all literary greats, Woman caused controversy Somersand offers outrage no answers, she justdue amplifies to the its questions.” —CHERYL CLARKE shocking erotic content. Somers’s—ANDRÉS English BARBA, author of Suchdebut Small Hands will resonate with readers of Clarice Lispector, Djuna The first English-language novel by an Equatoguin- Barnes, and Angela Carter. ean woman, La Bastarda is the story of the orphaned

“A surreal, nightmarish book about women’s Okomo, who lives under the watchful eye of her ISBN 978-1-936932-43-6 $16.95 US struggle for autonomy—and how that struggle is (always, inevitably) met with violence.” grandmother and dreams of finding her father. For- —CARMEN MARIA MACHADO bidden from seeking him out, she enlists the help of other village outcasts: her gay uncle and a gang of girls reveling in their so-called indecency. Okomo finds herself falling in love with their leader and rebelling against the rigid norms of Fang culture.

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MARS JOHNNY WOULD YOU LOVE ME Stories IF MY DICK WERE BIGGER Asja Bakic´ Brontez Purnell Translated by Jennifer Zoble MARS “This audacious nonmemoir burnt the hair off the back “These are sly, uncommon stories—a rare mix of the of my neck and had me rolling with glee.” witty and the visceral, with no small hint of the decadent —SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN and transgressive. Asja Bakic´ is a major talent.” Johnny recounts the life of an artist and “old school —JEFF VANDERMEER homosexual” who bears a big resemblance to author Mars showcases a series of twisted universes where Brontez Purnell. While a new breed of fags takes over San Francisco, our hero sabotages his relationships, every character is tasked with making sense of their Stories by Asja Bakić strange reality. One woman will be freed from purga- Translated by Jennifer Zoble hallucinating affection while cruising in late-night tory once she writes the perfect book; another abides parks, bathhouses, and other nooks and crannies of a in a world devoid of physical contact. newly conservative, ruined city.

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18 BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS 19 FADE INTO YOU HOW MAMAS LOVE THEIR BABIES Nikki Darling HOW Written by Juniper Fitzgerald HOW MAMAS LOVE THEIR BABIES MAMAS Illustrated by Elise Peterson “A glorious illumination of the dark corners of teen LOVE “This is the mothering book I’ve always dreamed of! THEIR trouble, Fade Into You tangles Chicano cultural BABIES How Mamas Love Their Babies shifts our narrow inheritance, nascent punk self-discovery, and kid WRITTEN BY ILLUSTRATED BY definition of what a mother is, what a mother does, Juniper Fitzgerald Elise Peterson

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LIVING ON THE BORDERLINES THOUGH I GET HOME Stories YZ Chin Melissa Michal

“These stories cross bloodlines, heart lines, and “A haunting, surprising, and rebellious collection that cultural lines, powerfully charting what it is to be contains multitudes.” human in a world that works to divide us.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review) —SUSAN POWER In these short stories, characters navigate fate via In Living on the Borderlines, debut writer Melissa deft sleights of hand: a grandfather gambles on the Michal weaves together an understated and contem- monsoon rains; a consort finds herself a new assign- plative collection exploring what it means to be Indig- ment; a religious man struggles to keep his demons enous. at bay. Central to the book is Isabella Sin, a small- town girl transformed into a prisoner of conscience in Malaysia’s most notorious detention camp.

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20 BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS 21 I STILL BELIEVE ANITA HILL THE FEMINIST PORN BOOK Edited by Amy Richards and Cynthia Greenberg The Politics of Producing Pleasure Edited by Tristan Taormino, Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Constance Penley, In 1991, years before #MeToo, Anita Hill became a household and Mireille Miller-Young name, and sexual harassment became part of mainstream con- versation for the first time. Today that moment remains a rallying Addressing the fraught history of pornography and the rise of the point for issues of harassment in the workplace, at school, on antiporn movement, The Feminist Porn Book identifies the impor- the streets. What progress has been made? What setbacks? What tance of porn made for and by feminists in one comprehensive are the new challenges? Leading feminist voices respond in this collection. exciting collection.

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THE CRUNK FEMINIST COLLECTION WITCHES, MIDWIVES & NURSES Edited by Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, A History of Women Healers (Second Edition) and Robin M. Boylorn Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English Over 150,000 copies sold! Unapologetic and necessary, this collection of pop culture criticism takes on beauty parlor politics, prison abolition, and Witches, Midwives & Nurses, first published in 1973, is an essen- Rihanna. The Crunk Feminist Collective blog, with an annual tial book about the corruption of the medical establishment and readership of nearly one million, fosters dialogue for critical its historic roots in witch hunts. This new edition builds on the homegirls stuck between loving hip hop and “ratchet culture” demonization of women healers, and the political and economic while hating patriarchy and sexism. monopolization of medicine.

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“HIGH VOLTAGE—FULL OF YOUTH, DETERMINATION, AND POWER.”—EMILY BAZELON THE FEMINIST UTOPIA PROJECT AUGUST Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future Romina Paula Edited by Alexandra Brodsky and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff Translated by Jennifer Croft Finalist for the 2018 Best Translated Book Award THE FEMINIST UTOPIA PROJECT FIFTY-SEVEN VISIONS OF A WILDLY BETTER FUTURE Cutting-edge voices including Melissa Harris-Perry, Janet Mock, and Sheila Heti invite us to imagine the world we want. Featur- “A profoundly human story.” —Los Angeles Review of Books ing essays, speculative fiction, interviews, and art,The Feminist Traveling to her home in rural Patagonia, a young woman parses Utopia Project challenges the status quo, describes affirmative through the five years since her best friend’s suicide in this self- visions, and exhorts us to demand a radically better future. deprecating examination of grief and loss.

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BLACK DOVE BUCHANAN HISAYO ROWAN GO HOME! Where is home? How do you get there? Does it exist? This anthology of Asian diasporic writers muses on the impossibility of Edited by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Mamá, Mi’jo, and Me the slur “go home!”

“ I readthisbookandseemypeople—seeus—andfeel,in Ana Castillo ourcollectiveoutsiderhood,athome.” Foreword by Viet Thanh Nguyen

—OCEAN VUONG GO HOME! “ T o  be from nowhere is the state of Asian diaspora, but there is also a wild humor and imagination that comes frombeingunderestimated,rarelycounted,hardlyseen. Here,webegintodrawthehopefuloutlinesofacollective GO “This exquisite memoir is full of compassion and maternal love.”historyforthosesodisparateyetoftenlumpedtogether.” “Language allows for many homes, and perhaps the writers—and —JENNY ZHANG

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“A deep, smart, and satisfying novel.” —RABIH ALAMEDDINE, author of An Unnecessary Woman

“This novel is book club gold—weighty dilemmas, unforgettable characters, and a roller-coaster plot!” —TAYARI JONES, author of Silver Sparrow A gay black man and straight white woman build an intimate

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SARAH SCHULMAN Balzac’s Cousin Bette, the novel portrays the corrosive influence reenwich Village, 1958. Earl, a black, gay actor, and Bette, a white secretary, have been neighbors for thirty years, forming a deep bond as refugees from small-minded hometowns. But when Hortense, a wealthy young actress with links to Bette’s painful past, shows of oppressive systems on individual lives and relationships. It up, Earl and Bette’s hard-won assumptions are shaken to the core. The Cosmopolitans is a beautifully written, page-turning novel about friendship, Glove, and revenge set in the disappeared world of 1950s New York. explores the pain of family shunning, representations of people ISBN 978-155861-904-3 $15.95 US US PERMISSIONS a novel by SARAH SCHULMAN of color, and class dynamics. FRED COURTRIGHT The Permissions Company $15.95 • 978-1-55861-904-3 • 392 pages • Rights: World x Ukraine x Russia [email protected] BRAZIL & PORTUGAL BEIJING COMRADES bei tong eijing Comrades tells the story of Handong, an LUCIANA VILLAS-BOAS arrogant businessman, and his obsessive, tumul- Btuous relationship with Lan Yu, a working-class bei tong student. Together the two men navigate the uncharted Bei Tong terrain of a same-sex relationship in Beijing on the brink TRANSLATED BY SCOTT E. MYERS of the Tian’anmen Square protests. First posted pseudon- ymously on the Internet in the nineties, Beijing Comrades Villas-Boas & Moss Agency is among mainland China’s earliest and most influential contemporary gay novels. Provocative and controver- Translated by Scott E. Myers sial, the story quickly gained a cult following because of its depiction of gay sexuality and portrayal of the socio- political unrest of late-eighties Beijing. This is the first beijing comrades [email protected] English-language translation of Beijing Comrades.

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to Africa. On impulse, Angie travels to Lagos and begins to retrace Ella’s S steps. Against a backdrop of the city’s infamous go-slow—traffic as wild l While there, she unravels mysteries of the past, and opens herself and unpredictable as a Fela lyric—she uncovers some harsh truths. For o

w Natoli, Stefan & Oliva anyone who has wished to be of a different era, this book captures the pain of living vicariously and the exhilaration of finding yourself. briDGEtt M. DAVis’s debut novel, Shifting Through Neutral, was a finalist up to life, love, and self-discovery. for the 2005 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. She is a professor at Baruch College, City University of New York, where she is the director of the Sid- [email protected] ney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program.

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