McKenzie Wark

is the author of, among other things, Raving, Reverse Cowgirl, and Capital Is Dead. Her correspondence with Kathy Acker was published as I’m Very Into You.

Hazel Jane Plante

Hazel Jane Plante’s Novel of Art, Sex, and Rock and Roll Hazel Jane Plante’s Novel of Art, Sex, and Rock and Roll

Any Other City, a fictionalized memoir of a trans musician, interrogates the conventional narrative possibilities offered to trans writers.

Apr 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark

The Mainstream Media’s Fearmongering About Trans Kids Is Nothing But Clickbait

The Mainstream Media’s Fearmongering About Trans Kids Is Nothing But Clickbait The Mainstream Media’s Fearmongering About Trans Kids Is Nothing But Clickbait

In a transphobic world, parents of trans children have every reason to worry. It’s craven for journalists to take advantage of that fear.

Jan 31, 2023 / McKenzie Wark

A New Kind of Trans Poetics

A New Kind of Trans Poetics A New Kind of Trans Poetics

In A Queen in Bucks County, Kay Gabriel finds a connection between trans femininity and modernism as she documents one person's winding journey from suburb to city.

Dec 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark

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A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada” A Different Kind of Trans Book: On Imogen Binnie’s “Nevada”

A classic of new trans lit, this novel wasn’t written to appease a non-trans readership. 

Jul 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark

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