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Trans Librarian@translibrarian· 16d

Help please. I am trying to do the alt text for the cover of Susan Stryker's latest book but I don't know what I am looking at. What is this? Thanks.

Cover of Changing Gender by Susan Stryker. There is something below the title and author's name. I don't know what it is, nor how to describe it.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Dec 7

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): "traces the genders manifesting alongside Japanese popular culture in Akihabara, an area in Tokyo renowned for the fandom and consumption of anime, manga, and games" #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/emerge...

Emergent Genders: Living otherwise in Tokyo's Pink Economies by Michelle H.S. Ho. Cover has a photograph of the Akihabara district at night.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Dec 6

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): From Australia: "The story of a woman who changes the world that wants to change her." #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/gerald...

Geraldine by Andrea Thompson. "Positively wonderful" says Vanessa Thornton. Cover image has a pair of hands holding records.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Dec 5

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): a zine from the early 90s #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/gender...

Gendertrash from Hell. Edited by Mirha-Soleil Ross. Introduction by Trish Salah. Afterword by Leah Tigers. Cover image has a photo of two people kissing, and the title text is words and letters clipped and pasted onto a yellow background.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Dec 4

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): a picture book that "helps explain the basics of gender and how to advocate for yourself and respect others " #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/my-gen...

My Gender My Rules by Andy Passchier cover image with drawings of happy children of of different colors and genders.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Dec 3

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): "an experimental book that documents Sage Ni’Ja Whitson’s groundbreaking performance pieces" #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/transt...

A very dark cover with an object that I can't see well enough to describe. The text reads: Transtraterrestrial: Dark Matter and Black Divinities, The Unarrival Experiments.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Dec 2

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): "murder abounds in Ravenkirk and nobody is who they appear to be" #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/shadow...

Shadows Over Ravenkirk by Vivian Moira Valentine. Illustration on the cover of a frightened woman and a tarantula, the full moon in the background.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Dec 1

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A "gripping, heartfelt dystopia" #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/the-ne...

The New Worlds by Jaye C. Watts. The top half of the cover image is a person with a tattoo on the back of their neck looking toward a city skyline at night. The bottom half is space with several planets.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 30

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): Something is quite right at Herculine, the all trans girl commune in the middle of the woods. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/hercul...

Herculine: a novel by Grace Byron. "A novel with stars in its guts" says Patricia Lockwood. Image of an angry face with horns on the head, emerging from green flames.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 29

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): an "expansive memoir-in-essays dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films" #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/uncann...

Uncanny Valley Girls: essays on horror, survival and loss, by Zephyr Lisowski. "A poignant innovative and urgent blend of memoir and criticism that has replenished my belief in how art and love can save your life." says Torrey Peters. Black cover with glowing distorted face in center.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 28

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A trans woman returns to her hometown to be the best woman at her brother's wedding. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/best-w...

Best Woman by Rose Dommu book cover has a wedding cake falling with champagne glasses tipping and an empty champagne bottle on its side.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 27

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): "Terry Dactyl traces an extraordinary journey from adolescence to adulthood, delivering a vital portrait of queer identity in all its peril and possibility" #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/terry-...

Terry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore. "The historical novel on acid"- Sarah Schulman. Cover has thick black border around a pink image of three open mouths and pills that look like they are crystals or diamonds.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 26

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): "A Puerto Rican trans epic that blends poetic play and speculative fiction" #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/algara...

Algarabía by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera cover image has a cenataur with the human top part of it wearing a white tak top and a mask.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 25

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A disgraced detective is hired to investigate a ritualistic killing in an isolated prison town. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/doves-...

Dove's Eyes by Kienn Nguyen. Purple and beige cover with a bloody symbol and knife beneath the title and an outline of a church in the background.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 24

Happened to notice the ebook version Moonflow by Bitter Karella is on sale for 50% off (4.99) right now. translibrarian.com/books/moonfl...

Moonflow by Bitter Karella. "A bizarre and fiercely original splatterpunk phantasmagoria of queerness"- Eric Larocca. Cover has a long haired person lying prone seen from the top of the head with horns or mushrooms growing from them and a skull and distorted skeleton above. Splatters of blood over the image.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 24

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): "A transgender teen’s post-op recovery is derailed when he is bitten by a werewolf and his body begins to change." #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/the-tr...

A trail of blood leads into a snowy, dark woods. A broken ice hockey stick lays to the side. The Transition by Logan-Ashley Kisner, author of Old Wounds

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 23

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): Witchcraft is hard. Families are harder. The latest from Charlie Jane Anders. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/lesson...

Charlie Jane Anders. Lessons in Magic and Disaster. Light text on dark purplish background of tree branches with daisies scattered about.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 22

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A debut poetry collection on "queerness, gender identity, neurodivergence, and mental illness." #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/anthro...

Anthropological Study by Lauren Miller. Cover has a hand holding a flower, emerging from a galaxy in the universe.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 21

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A book of essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/both-a...

Both/And: essays by trans and gender nonconforming writers of color, edited by Denne Michele Norris with Electric Literature. Both/And text takes up most of the image and is in bright yellow, surrounded by pink and blue.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 20

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): The latest from horror writer Gretchen Felker-Martin. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/black-...

Cover image of a pale human with glowing eyes and film emerging from their mouth. Text: Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin. Do you want it.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 19

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): An academic book about intersectionality in the experiences of transgender people. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/transg...

Transgender Intersections by Carey Jean Sojka and Kylan Mattias De Vries. Cover has the pink blue and white colors of the transgender flag.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 18

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): Six and Green are "going where no Asian American trans woman has gone before: the men’s pro indoor volleyball league." #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/hot-gi...

Hot Girls with Balls: a novel by Benedict Nguyễn. Text over a stylized drawing of a next with two balls hitting it from behind.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 17

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): The third and final book of Her Majesty’s Royal Coven series. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/human-...

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 16

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): Third installment of a "queer, anarcho-punk fantasy" series. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/the-im...

The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice by Margaret Killjoy. Cover has a bull's head at the top and flames on either side of the bottom with the title text between.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 15

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A novel exploring "love, loss, trans panic, race, millennial angst, and the relationships—familial and romantic—that make us who we are." #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/disapp...

Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan cover shows a young woman lying prone on a sofa, her arms flung over the side and she looks bored.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 14

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): Charlie has been assigned the worst roommate: Jasper Grimes, the boy who broke Charlie’s heart the year before he transitioned. And, Jasper doesn’t recognize Charlie. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/and-th...

And They Were Roommates by Page Powars. Cover image with two boys facing one another. The blond headed boy has hold of the tie of the other boy who is wearing a school uniform and glasses.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 13

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A picture book celebrating Marsha P. Johnson. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/one-da...

A colorful drawing of Marsha P. Johnson takes up most of the cover. Toward the bottom there is an older person and a child on a park bench, and on the bottom right are six people smiling and celebrating.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 12

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A YA trans rom com about two boys who meet in a motel lobby on their way to different locations. #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/in-cas...

Cover of In Case You Read This by Edward Underhill. It features a two story motel with a person at the railing on each floor. The titled is styled like a neon sign for the motel.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 11

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): a poetry collection from a queer and trans Palestinian #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/sage/

Black text on white background: SAGE - YAFFA Author of Blood Orange. Sage has leaves attached to the ends of the letters.

Trans Librarian@translibrarian· Nov 10

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): a "personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color who tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural innovations, and acts of resistance." #transbooks translibrarian.com/books/so-man...