Edge of the World
eBook - ePub

Edge of the World

An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Edge of the World

An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing

About this book

An inclusive LGBTQ+ travel anthology, Edge of the World explores what it means to be a queer person moving through the world.

These lively essays by luminary writers offer a queer perspective on how people experience other cultures and how other cultures receive queer people. This anthology of essays includes the perspectives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, and trans American authors from multiple ethnic identities, showcasing the travel writing of both established and emerging authors ac ross a wide age spectrum to address these central questions. Contributors include Alexander Chee, Edmund White, Daisy Hernández, Putsata Reang, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Denne Michele Norris, Garrard Conley, Andrew Ellis Evans, Nicole Shawan Junior, Raluca Albu, KB Brookins, Genevieve Hudson, Zoë Sprankle, Sara Orozco, and Calvin Gimpelevich. Their essays take the reader to different areas of the world including Spain, Ukraine, Florida, New York City, Mexico, Cambodia, Russia, Senegal, Berlin, and more.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. We Find Each Other: A Prelude
  6. My Cohort
  7. A Journey Through Motherhood and the Motherland
  8. Mirador
  9. The Return
  10. Romantics
  11. La Cubana
  12. Myth Maker
  13. For a While, This Was True
  14. Mother’s Day
  15. Kicking Back in Key West
  16. Towards a Fight
  17. The Museum of Us: St. Petersburg, Russia, 2017
  18. Future Past
  19. Lessons in Digging and Replanting
  20. The Proudest Texan in Mérida
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. About the Editor
  23. Contributors