''Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics'' a collection of poetry by

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and

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writers, edited by TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson. The collection itself contains some of the works by 55 different poets along with a "poetics statement", a reflection by each poet that provides context for their work. The book was published in 2013 by

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. The collection was reviewed by Stephanie Burt on

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's website. It has been called "the first-ever collection of poetry by trans and genderqueer poets." An earlier anthology, “Of Souls and Roles, Of Sex and Gender," was compiled by trans activist Rupert Raj between 1982 and 1991, but remains available only in manuscript form at

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: Canada's LGBQT2+ Archives and at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria.

Awards

The collection was a finalist for the

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in LGBT Anthology (2014).

Contributing Poets

* Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, * Amir Rabiyah *

Ari Banias Ari Banias is an American poet whose work has been featured in ''Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics'', '' American Poetry Review'', ''Boston Review'', and ''POETRY.'' Early life and education Banias was born in Los A ...

* Ariel Goldberg * Bo Luengsuraswat * CAConrad * Ching-In Chen * Cole Krawitz *

D'Lo 'D'LO is a transgender Sri Lankan-American performer, writer, and community activist, who performs in America, Canada, the UK, Germany, Sri Lanka, and India. He starred in a golf commercial held for Connor Smiths luxury hotel The Shlanger. He is ...

* David Wolach * Dawn Lundy Martin * Drew Krewer * Duriel E. Harris * EC Crandall *

Eileen Myles Eileen Myles (born December 9, 1949) is a LAMBDA Literary Award-winning American poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. No ...

* Eli Clare * Ely Shipley * Emerson Whitney * Fabian Romero * Gr Keer * HR Hegnauer * J. Rice * j/j hastain * Jaime Shearn Coan * Jake Pam Dick * Jen (Jay) Besemer * Jenny Johnson *

John Wieners John Joseph Wieners (January 6, 1934 – March 1, 2002) was an American poet. Early life Born in Milton, Massachusetts, Wieners attended St. Gregory Elementary School in Dorchester, Massachusetts and Boston College High School. From 1950 to 195 ...

Joy Ladin Joy Ladin (born March 24, 1961) is an American poet and the former David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University. She was the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution. Early ...

* Julia Talamantez Brolaski * kari edwards * Kit Yan * Laura Neuman * Lilith Latini * Lizz Bronson * Lori Selke *

Max Wolf Valerio Max Wolf Valerio (born February 16, 1957, in Heidelberg, West Germany) is an American poet, memoir writer, essayist and actor. He has lived for many years in San Francisco, California. Valerio described his transition and experiences as a trans ma ...

* Meg Day *

Micha Cárdenas Micha Cárdenas, stylized as micha cárdenas, is an American visual and performance artist who is an assistant professor of art and design, specializing in game studies and playable media, at the University of California Santa Cruz. Cárdenas is ...

* Monica / Nico Peck * Natro * Oliver Bendorf * Reba Overkill * Samuel Ace * Stacey Waite * Stephanie Burt * TC Tolbert * Tim Trace Peterson *

Trish Salah Trish Salah is an Arab Canadian poet, activist, and academic. She is the author of the poetry collections, ''Wanting in Arabic'', published in 2002 by TSAR Publications and ''Lyric Sexology Vol. 1'', published by Roof Books in 2014. An expanded Ca ...

* TT Jax * Y. Madrone * Yosmay del Mazo * Zoe Tuck

References

External links

* http://www.tctolbert.com/ * http://www.nightboat.org/title/troubling-line-trans-and-genderqueer-poetry-and-poetics Poetry anthologies Transgender literature 2010s LGBT literature LGBT poetry 2013 poetry books 2013 LGBT-related literary works {{LGBT-book-stub