Gold Star Humor Literary Criticism The essential modern guide for

The essential modern guide for understanding what divides us and the path to building a better community--a revolutionary call to arms for embracing kindness and empathy

under-the-weather scientist by day

"poignant" (Entertainment Weekly)

Designed for undergraduate courses in queer or LGBT+ Studies requiring no prerequisites

soul-searching

Gold Star Humor Literary Criticism The essential modern guide forIn this candid and moving collection, Emma McKenna explores the multifaceted themes of bodily autonomy, capturing the empowerment of queer femme identity. Drawn from the experience of growing up in poverty in a single parent home and escaping to the city at the age of sixteen, these poems look at the physical and emotional implications of trauma but also reveal how being bisexual and disabled can be sources of resilience, joy, and creativity.