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Lauren Levin is a poet and mixed-genre writer, author of Nightwork (Golias Books, 2021), Justice Piece // Transmission (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2018), and The Braid (Krupskaya, 2016), which won the SFSU Poetry Center Book Award. With Eric Sneathen, they edited Honey Mine by Camille Roy (Nightboat Books, 2021). Their gender identity is some mix of belated queer, Jewish great-aunt, and aspirational Frank O'Hara. They are still figuring it out. They live in Richmond, CA, are from New Orleans, LA, and are committed to queer art, intersectional feminism, being a parent, and anxiety. ...more

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The Warm South by Pauline Kerschen

I asked Pauline's permission to write about this book as a great trans novel (I did not say 'great' to her, but it is) and she graciously gave it, so here goes. While the book is full of longing and regret and tenderness and beauty for any reader, it hits a little different for those of us who are queer late bloomers. Keats, reborn into a new life, abruptly taking a swerve and disappointing his fr Read more of this blog post »

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	Honey Mine: Collected Stories by Camille Roy (Goodreads Author), Lauren Levin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Sneathen (Editor) 4.34 avg rating — 145 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	IN FORTUNE by Jared Stanley (Goodreads Author), Lauren Levin (Goodreads Author), Catherine Theis (Goodreads Author) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Time 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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