Nevada

The cult classic that inspired the new wave of transgender fiction – published in the UK for the first time.

This is the book that launched the trans writing scene in Brooklyn that changed my own life. The scene had a basic premise: trans women writing for other trans women. It seems simple, but it had revolutionary effects, similar to Toni Morrison's famous declaration that she 'writes for Black women.' [ Nevada ] remains an original

I fully tip my hat to former fellow Maximum Rock N Roll columnist and my sibling in the latter-day queer punk literary revolution; I say without hesitation that we do not deserve Imogen Binnie AT ALL...it is truly a joy to watch a master of suspense paint the page with a both-feet-on-the-gas-pedal inner monologue, that is at once, spontaneous, acidic, razor sharp observant, fully embodied and (most importantly) vulnerable...TENS ACROSS THE GODDAMN BOARD.'

I've told people that Nevada is the On the Road of trans literature, but that's glib and unfair to Imogen Binnie, who is a lot smarter than Jack Kerouac. Nevada crept in under cover of night in 2013 and assumed its position as a classic while everyone's attention was elsewhere...this is one for the ages.

Imogen Binnie wrote a monthly column for Maximumrocknroll magazine for about nine years, as well as the zines The Fact That It’s Funny Doesn’t Make It A Joke and Stereotype Threat . Her novel Nevada won a 2013 MOTHA award. She has written for TV shows Doubt , Council of Dads , and Cruel Summer . She lives near Keene, New Hampshire with her family.