Accounting for the self, locating the body : stories of queerness and place / Kael Reid

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Kael, author.

Series:

Queer and LGBT+ studies.

Queer and LGBT+ Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reid, Kael.

Queer theory.

Sexual minorities--Social conditions.

Sexual minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Miller Place, NY : Lived Placed Publishing, 2025

Summary:

"How do queerness, place, embodiment, movement, and relationality connect and intersect within identity? Through collected stories, lyrics, and poems, genderqueer author Kael Reid explores the messiness and complexity of life and identity. Drawn from the author’s lived experience, this autobiographical collection reflects on identity development, relationships with people and places, movement, and what it means to inhabit a queer body that is always becoming"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction : Building a queer lineage through storytelling

Groundhog in the woodpile

Science class, 1987

Orange blouse, red lipstick

Melissa's pub, 1989

High

Go fish

A revelation

The night we watched "The Puppy Episode"

Wildhorse Creek Road

Heal myself (Reid, 2006)

Truckdriver (Reid, 2009)

The only dyke at the open mic (Reid, 2009)

In this soul, in this body

Crying holy (Reid, 2011)

Lesbians and biker dudes

Uncle Jim

I whispered the word, "lesbian"

Rape fantasy

When I was a little boy (Reid, 2011)

A story of leaving

Her

Something 'bout you and me (Reid, 2016)

Somewhere in between

Together

For the land of Beaver Valley

The summer afternoon

Lying on a hill

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource.

Other Format:

Print version Reid, Kael Accounting for the self, locating the body

ISBN:

9781915734815

9781915734822

OCLC:

1537645879