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Bad Girls: Creatures in Travesti Heaven
The girls whose lives are portrayed in Camila Sosa Villada’s Bad Girls (2019) may be seen as “bad” by outsiders looking on, but this book is written from their perspective and although it admits that at times “We had no idea how … Continue reading Continue reading
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When I Sing, Mountains Dance: Songs of Selves and Others
The subject of the assertion contained in the title of Irene Solà’s When I Sing, Mountains Dance (2019) is, in the first instance, a young man by the name of Hilari who composes poems–though he does not write them down. He comes … Continue reading Continue reading