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A personal touch on trans issues, backed by science. https://substack.com/@transcousin & willcolewrites.com
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialBook rec: The Sound of Gravel, a memoir by Ruth Wariner recounting her young life growing up as a daughter in a Mormon polygamist village in Mexico, after her bio dad was killed by leader and his brother, Ervil LeBaron. It’s a rough read, with abuse, neglect, and death, but Ruth escapes eventually.
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialBook rec: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker. From baby showers to book groups, leadership summits to intimate dinner parties, Parker explains how to make them all special and impactful. #amreading #amwriting
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialI’m pleased to share my interview with Atmosphere Press about my in-progress memoir about growing up as a Mormon girl and the embodied cost of silence, invisibility, and “smiling that frown away.”
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@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialBook rec: Normal Life by @deanspade.bsky.social Written 15 years ago, he predicted how we are screwing this up. #booksky #amwriting
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialRec: Hijab Butch Blues, by Lamya H, a gorgeous intersectional memoir that queers Islamic prophets & stories. Can’t wait for their next book!
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialBook rec: American Teenager by Nico Lang. Traveling the country to spend time with each of eight teens and their families, Nico highlights the joys, challenges, and normalcy of being teens who happen to be trans, while the political tides were turning against us.
#writing #amWriting #booksky
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialOne year since Open Secrets published my Pushcart-nominated essay about literal and figurative baggage. yourtranscousin.substack.com/p/one-year-s... #AmWriting #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialHonored w/ the David Everett Award for Outstanding Thesis!
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@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialThank you!
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialI’m graduating this weekend from @jhuaap.bsky.social w/ a MA in #Writing #CreativeNonfiction. A Light in Outer Darkness, a memoir-in-essays, reckons
with layered identity, the embodied cost of self-erasure, and the long arc of queer self-discovery. #AmWriting #AmQuerying #KSASgrad #WritingCommunity
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialBook rec: Telling Stories: The Craft of Narrative and the Writing Life by Lee Martin. An excellent guide for writers and teachers of writing, this book is full advice and prompts to get those creative juices flowing. #amwriting #writelife #WriterSky
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialBook rec: Everything is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social a horrible disease but a delightful read for a public health nerd like me. #booksky #publichealth
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialCongrats to the finalists! Adding to my TBR tower. #writingcommunity #lgbtq #writerscommunity lambdaliterary.org/2026/03/anno...
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialNew post up! open.substack.com/pub/swcole/p... #trans #transrights
@yourtranscousin.bsky.social#bookrec The Situation and the Story by Vivian Gornick. “Truth in a memoir…is achieved when the reader comes to believe that the writer is working hard to engage with the experience at hand…What matters is the large sense that the writer is able to make of what happened.” #writingcommunity
@yourtranscousin.bsky.socialBook rec: Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social, a trans, Latinx best-selling author. This is part 2 of a #YAfiction duology following demigod Téo and his demigod friends as they save the world—after almost destroying it. Hooray gay #trans boys! He finally kisses his crush!
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