10/05/2024 Friday Matins Do you have nothing to do with all your free time this summer? Do you know how to read? Are you a bit of a literary masochist? Would you like to gain the respect and admiration of your peers? Join Jörg Shidmann's Summer Book Club! Below is a reading list (in no particular order) hand-curated by none other than yours truly, with all the required reading for my devoted fans and followers this summer. It's basically just a list of all the book I'm reading this summer, including the ones I've already finished as well as ones I'm yet to start. Enjoy :) members of the Normal And Chill Community are welcome to take an appointment with me via twitter dm (@tranz_schubert) to grab coffee and discuss any book on the list!

Sexed Up by Julia Serano
a fabulous analysis of sexualisation by acclaimed transfeminist author Julia Serano.

You Are The Snake by Juliet Escoria
a collection of short stories exploring the alienation, malaise, and violence of girlhood.

The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
the latest pseudo-autobiographical novel by the author of American Psycho and Glamorama.

A Very Short History of Transmisogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson
a new monograph on transmisogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson, professor of history at John Hopkins University.

Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
a newly-released novel by the acclaimed Irish author, following a feud between drug dealers in a small town in rural Ireland.

Vale Ave by H.D.
a long-form posthumously published poem by H.D. exploring deuterocanonical "Lilith" and "Lucifer" archetypes through history, with a healthy dose of the occult.

Notre-Dame-Des-Fleurs by Jean Genet
the first work of French novelist Jean Genet, about queer life in 1930s-40s Paris

Microscripts by Robert Walser, translated by Susan Bernofsky
a compendium of short-form writings from Swiss author Robert Walser's famous Microscripts, composed in tiny antiquated German cursive on pieces of paper sometimes as small as a matchbox, during Walser's decades-long stay in a Swiss sanatorium. Translated and edited by Susan Bernofsky.

Greenwriting by Katy Bentall
prose, poetry, and illustrations by Katy Bentall depicting life in the Polish countryside.

En agosto nos vemos by Gabriel García Marquez
the famous magical realist's new posthumously published novella.

Females by Andrea Long Chu
the author's debut book of feminist gender theory. The argument: "Everyone is a female and everyone hates it"

Crossing by Deirdre McCloskey
the University of Chicago economist's unique memoir-festo on her life as a trans woman. Certainly one of the more unusual takes on transness and transition.

Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
the inimitable Paglia's controversial magnum opus

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