Sundress Publications announces the release of its latest anthology, Transmasculine Poetics: Filling the Gap in Literature and the Silences Around Us, edited by Remi Recchia. Featuring exclusively transmasculine poets, the anthology carves out a new space in queer poetics in which these poets can see themselves and be affirmed and understood in their identity, and in turn go forth to continue the vibrant and important work of telling and listening to transmasculine narratives.
From visits to doctor’s offices told in haunting starkness, to bodies mourned and reborn in resolute resiliency, to scenes of queer love that border on the divine, this anthology invites readers into a new and relatively uncharted space, bearing witness to a world that society has tried to disappear, and listening to voices that have been silenced for much of history.
Aly Allen, author of Paying for Gas with Quarters, calls Transmasculine Poetics “an important anthology of trans voices echoing a desire to be and be accepted, but also, to be expected. From the anxiety of public restrooms and identity gaslighting to the euphoria of being truly seen by the self or a partner, this collection takes readers on an authentic journey.”
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Remi Recchia (he/him), PhD, is a trans poet, essayist, and editor from Kalamazoo, Michigan. A five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Remi’s work has appeared in World Literature Today, Best New Poets 2021, and Prairie Schooner, among others. Books and chapbooks include Quicksand/Stargazing (Cooper Dillon Books, 2021); Sober (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2022); From Gold, Ghosts: Alchemy Erasures (Gasher Press, 2023); Little Lenny Gets His Horns (Querencia Press, 2023); and Aphorism | Paroxysm (fifth wheel press, forthcoming). Remi has beena Tin House Scholar and Thomas Lux Scholar. He holds an MFA in poetry from Bowling Green State University.
