Manywhere : : Stories

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Call Number: Fiction / Thomas, Morgan, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Thomas, Morgan
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Thomas, Morgan	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Thomas, Morgan	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Thomas, Morgan	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Stories about genderqueer characters in the American South"-- Provided by publisher.
The nine stories in Morgan Thomas's shimmering debut collection witness Southern queer and genderqueer characters determined to find themselves reflected in the annals of history, whatever the cost. As Thomas's subjects trace deceit and violence through Southern tall tales and their own pasts, their journeys reveal the porous boundaries of body, land, and history, and the sometimes ruthless awakenings of self-discovery. A trans woman finds her independence with the purchase of a pregnancy bump; a young Virginian flees their relationship, choosing instead to immerse themself in the life of an intersex person from Colonial-era Jamestown. A writer tries to evade the murky and violent legacy of an ancestor who supposedly disappeared into a midwifery bag, and in the uncanny title story, a young trans person brings home a replacement daughter for their elderly father.

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Good stories, underwhelming collection submitted by izzy42 on July 2, 2022, 11:45am Each of the stories was interesting alone but the collection was discordant. All of the self-destructive characters ended up blending into the others. Hence, the ideal of seeing queer voices and history in the South was undermined by the vagueness of impression those voices ended up leaving.