Coolidge, Sarah (ed.): Splendor: Trans Poets

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Two Lines Press, paperback Publication Date: September 1, 2026 Publisher Marketing: Introducing readers to five trans and nonbinary poets Splendor is an ode to queer bodies, with p reviously unpublished translations from Argentina, Denmark, Korea, Norway, and Quebec. From the irreverent and irresponsible to the quiet and meditative these poems decentralize our ideas of trans experience and poetics. Splendor presents a sliver of the wide possibilities of what trans literature can offer. This is trans literature that transcends borders and binaries in order to engaging with a messy world. As Camila Sosa Villada writes, "Let us keep loving one another in this swamp of contradictions." Show more