Synopses & Reviews
Take a journey through the worlds of over thirty (C)AMAB* trans writers in what is currently the largest collection of poetry and prose made for and by us.
Resilience stars a wide spectrum of contemporary transgender women and (C)AMAB non-binary writers, each exploring different worlds across race, class, ability, and gender identity. We’re proud to feature new work from over thirty authors, including forty-one short stories, essays, and poems from so many of our friends (old and new). Our list of authors includes:
Luna Merbruja • KOKUMO • Joss Barton • Magpie Leibowitz • Moss Angel • Ariel Howland • Casey Plett • Sascha Hamilton • Sophia Starheart • A.K. Blue • Rahne Alexander • Tobi Hill-Meyer • Lawrence Walker • Connifer Candlewood • Serafima Mintz • Talia Johnson • Oti Onum • Sara Oliver Wight • erica, inchoate • Lillita Lustre • Tyler Vile • Lina Corvus • Bridget Liang • CHRYSALISAMIDST • Ana Valens • Larissa Glasser • Lilith Dawn • AR Rushet • Boudicca Walsh • Rabbi Emily Aviva-Kapor • and an introduction by Julia Serano
“As far as we know, there hasn’t been an anthology specifically like this before,” said Executive Publisher and Resilience curator Amy Heart. “It is the book I needed as a young adult when I was desperately searching for answers about my identity as a transgender woman. This anthology is going to change and save lives.”
Note: *(C)AMAB means (coercively) assigned male at birth. Our writers featured in this book exist across the gender spectrum, but do not identify with their birth assignment. Many are transgender women, but some are genderqueer, non-binary, agender, or all of the above.
About the Author
Amy Eleanor is an illustrator and master storyteller from another world. Since a young age, Amy has never been far away from a pencil and a sketchpad. Her childhood love for visual storytelling has continued throughout her career as a filmmaker and now as an author. For Amy, sharing stories are a crucial and fundamental part of the human experience. She is proud to carry on this sacred tradition in the form of children's literature. When not making art, Amy is happily being an auntie to the many beloved children in her life. She currently resides in Olympia, Washington.
Larissa Glasser is a librarian-archivist from New England. She writes dark fiction centered on the lives of trans women, library science, and heavy metal. Her work is available in Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Themed Speculative Fiction (Lethe Press) and Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey and Sylvia Plath (Clash Books). Her debut novella F4 is available from Eraserhead Press. She is on Twitter @larissaeglasser.