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anastasiabookgirl's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
tamouse's review
5.0
OMG this is such a great anthology. I'm only into the first essay, and I've already got pages of notes. This is truly a thought-provoking and important book! Highly recommended.
kranber's review
challenging
informative
reflective
4.25
I felt something shift inside me reading this. Queerness is ripping at the seams, people a generation older navigating their queerness with such radicalism, splendor and politic. Half the essays here are centered around queerness, the other half centering topics such as race, immigration, ableism—Sycamore did a wonderful job with this anthology. Not all essays are stellar and I don’t agree with all the perspectives, but it was so important to read this. It has left such an indelible mark.
heyep's review
Can you really give a book of essays a rating in a five star system?
woggers's review
slow-paced
2.5
Didn’t enjoy this. Felt the subject matter was too broad and it didn’t hang together well.
djinnofthedamned's review
5.0
Interestingly enough, I bought this book in undergrad, lent it to a floormate who made art with lint, and never got it back. I bought a used copy in 2019, in an effort to recollect the anthologies and books of my youthful coming out, but didn't read it until now. Mattilda has always been one of my favorite anthology editors, and this anthology did not disappoint. In an age where so many anthologies about non-binary experience are being produced (with mixed reviews), it felt good to return to an anthology that arguably laid the groundwork for contemporary iterations of discourse. A must read for anyone who is attempting to navigate liminal spaces of overlapping layers, and what it means to really "go your own way."
choirqueer's review
5.0
This powerful anthology includes writings that address the intersections of gender, dis/ability, race, immigration and geographical border-crossing, and a myriad of other ways in which human beings navigate visibility and invisibility in different contexts. Every essay in this text was exceptionally well-written and compelling. It's not a "new" book, but it didn't feel dated, and (for better or for worse) the content is still very relevant and timely today. I recommend it very much.
emilylandry's review
4.0
This has been in Emily's hold list at the library forEVER. And now it's here!