Liminal

By Andrew M. Reichart (editor), Dora M. Raymaker (editor), Nick Walker (editor)

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Tales of thresholds and transitions, entry points and crossings-over, states of in-betweenness, things that lurk at the edges of memory or awareness or reality. This fifth volume of the Spoon Knife neuroqueer lit anthology features mind-expanding, genre-bending work from 24 authors:Alice Beecher ā€¢ Allyson Shaw ā€¢ Alyssa Gonzalez ā€¢ Alyssaā€¦

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1 author picked Liminal as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Okay, Iā€™m bending the rules just a little bit here. Weā€™re not supposed to include our own books on this listā€”and this isnā€™t my book, but I am one of the three co-editors. No list of essential neuroqueer fiction would be complete, though, without mention of the annual Spoon Knife neuroqueer lit anthology. Spoon Knife accepts fiction of all genres, plus some short memoir and poetry; anything goes, as long as the editors deem the content and style to be sufficiently neuroqueer (and each volume has a different team of editors). I picked Volume 5 for this list because itā€™sā€¦

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