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Living on the Borderlines

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by Melissa Michal


  YZ Chin is the winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize, an initiative begun by the Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine to lift up women writers of color. Called “complex and intimate” by prize judge Ana Castillo, this debut examines the tension between individual motivation and globalizing circumstance.

  Training School for Negro Girls by Camille Acker

  In her debut short story collection, Camille Acker unleashes the irony and tragic comedy of respectability onto a wide-ranging cast of characters, all of whom call Washington, DC, home. A “woke” millennial tries to fight gentrification, only to learn she’s part of the problem; a grade school teacher dreams of a better DC, only to take out her frustrations on her students; and a young piano player wins a competition, only to learn the prize is worthless.

  Ultimately, they are confronted with the fact that respectability does not equal freedom. Instead, they must learn to trust their own conflicted judgment and fight to create their own sense of space and self.

  Love War Stories by Ivelisse Rodriguez

  Puerto Rican girls are raised to want one thing: true love. Yet they are brought up by women whose lives are marked by broken promises, grief, and betrayal. While some believe that they’ll be the ones to finally make it work, others swear not to repeat cycles of violence. This collection documents how these “love wars” break out across generations as individuals find themselves caught in the crosshairs of romance, expectations, and community.

  More Contemporary Fiction from the Feminist Press

  La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, translated by Lawrence Schimel

  Black Wave by Michelle Tea

  Fade Into You by Nikki Darling

  Give It to Me by Ana Castillo

  Go Home! edited by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

  Into the Go-Slow by Bridgett M. Davis

  Love War Stories by Ivelisse Rodriguez

  Maggie Terry by Sarah Schulman

  Pretty Things by Virginie Despentes, translated by Emma Ramadan

  Since I Laid My Burden Down by Brontez Purnell

  Though I Get Home by YZ Chin

  Training School for Negro Girls by Camille Acker

  We Were Witches by Ariel Gore

  The Feminist Press is a nonprofit educational organization founded to amplify feminist voices. FP publishes classic and new writing from around the world, creates cutting-edge programs, and elevates silenced and marginalized voices in order to support personal transformation and social justice for all people.

  See our complete list of books at

  feministpress.org

 

 

 


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