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Creamsickle
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Rhiannon Argo
Rhiannon Cates
, January 02, 2012
The most fantastic book I read in 2011! In an interview I read with the author, young San Franciscan Rhiannon Argo, she explains that "I write about queer kids, use queer specific slang, and have genderqueer and trans characters. My writing also blurs genres sometimes and experiments with form, which is something I also see as queer." This perfectly fits The Creamsickle. Exploring themes of machismo and sexism within the queer community itself is a critical conversation that Argo has through the colorful characters of this great story of queer family and the subcultures within a subculture. Assimilation is another major discussion that The Creamsickle sparked for me, especially in terms of rearranging lesbianism and lesbian literature within a larger framework of ever-evolving queer and genderqueer culture. The fluidity of the characters and times, (this novel is set in 2009, when it was published), make this a casual yet intimate read in its journalistic and almost contemporary pulp fiction type style. For me, the best part of this novel was how I found myself reflected and contrasted within the snapshot of a queer family and community that Argo is so successfully able to create. For fans of Michelle Tea and of great, relevant stories. I will always recommend it.
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Valencia
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Michelle Tea
Rhiannon Cates
, July 21, 2011
As always, Michelle Tea captures the exact spirit and truest elements of place and person in Valencia. Her voice as a poet transcends with the brutal honesty of experience in this hauntingly beautiful recollection of growth, sex, travel, relationships, and love. Rawness blends with the echo of nostalgia that bleeds through this personal narrative of life as a young queer woman exploring the pulsing underground of San Francisco and beyond. History is told through cups of coffee, tattoos, and latex gloves in this captivating tale of risk, desire, failure, and passion. Every word from which this novel is spun drips with the feelings that are universal in those that make us uniquely human. A truly amazing book to be shared and treasured.
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