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fiendfull's review
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Queering the Map of Glasgow is a collection of writing that depicts LGBT space - both real and fictional - in Glasgow, inspired by the Queering the Map project that geolocates moments, memories and histories in relation to space. The spaces in the book including bars, toilets, train stations, buses, and the Necropolis. The pieces are all varied, but have a real sense of place, adding to a kind of literary map as well as a shared community one.
As with many anthologies, different people will find specific resonances in certain stories (a personal favourite was one about the Gorbals Vampire), but overall it also comes together and shows how people can have a lot of stories, whether fictional or not, about a specific city and the places in it. It also shows how ideas of space and history don't have to be steeped in theory and thought, but can also be a practical exercise, a way of bringing together different writers and stories.
As with many anthologies, different people will find specific resonances in certain stories (a personal favourite was one about the Gorbals Vampire), but overall it also comes together and shows how people can have a lot of stories, whether fictional or not, about a specific city and the places in it. It also shows how ideas of space and history don't have to be steeped in theory and thought, but can also be a practical exercise, a way of bringing together different writers and stories.
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