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Two-Spirit people, identified by many different tribally specific
names and standings within their communities, have been living,
loving, and creating art since time immemorial. It wasn't until the
1970s, however, that contemporary queer Native literature gained
any public notice. Even now, only a handful of books address it
specifically, most notably the 1988 collection "Living the Spirit:
A Gay American Indian Anthology." Since that book's publication
twenty-three years ago, there has not been another collection
published that focuses explicitly on the writing and art of
Indigenous Two-Spirit and Queer people.
This landmark collection strives to reflect the complexity of
identities within Native Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender,
Queer, and Two-Spirit (GLBTQ2) communities. Gathering together the
work of established writers and talented new voices, this anthology
spans genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essay) and themes
(memory, history, sexuality, indigeneity, friendship, family, love,
and loss) and represents a watershed moment in Native American and
Indigenous literatures, Queer studies, and the intersections
between the two.
Collaboratively, the pieces in "Sovereign Erotics" demonstrate not
only the radical diversity among the voices of today's Indigenous
GLBTQ2 writers but also the beauty, strength, and resilience of
Indigenous GLBTQ2 people in the twenty-first century.
Contributors: Indira Allegra, Louise Esme Cruz, Paula Gunn Allen,
Qwo-Li Driskill, Laura Furlan, Janice Gould, Carrie House, Daniel
Heath Justice, Maurice Kenny, Michael Koby, M. Carmen Lane, Jaynie
Lara, Chip Livingston, Luna Maia, Janet McAdams, Deborah Miranda,
Daniel David Moses, D. M. O'Brien, Malea Powell, Cheryl Savageau,
Kim Shuck, Sarah Tsigeyu Sharp, James Thomas Stevens, Dan Taulapapa
McMullin, William Raymond Taylor, Joel Waters, and Craig Womack
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