Your hold is ready! (4.30.26)

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Cavar S
April 30, 2026

Hi everyone!

Hello from the very end of a very busy April. This month, I had several events related to Differential Diagnosis, speaking virtually with the Northwestern Women’s Center, reading with Evelyn Berry at Queer Haven Books, and reading at Amherst Books with Niamh Timmons. Between the bookstuff and overall travel, it was a lovely time, and a welcome break from my time working on new writing at home.

We’re enchanted by the muse.

Still more fun things to come in May as well as June, but I’ll keep the dates limited to May right now. On 5/17, I have the privilege of reading at Fez Avery’s reading at Nightclub 101 (NYC). Then, on 5/20, I’ll be reading with the one and only DANEZ SMITH!!!!!!!!!! at Boneshaker Books in Minneapolis.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So, yeah. Come hang out with me. Watch me fangirl (gender neutral) over Danez, etc. I’ll try to be cool, but no promises.

Housekeeping:

If you want to read about transMad queercrip nonsense as aesthetic and praxis and haven’t ordered a copy yet, check out Differential Diagnosis, which is now available on Northwestern University Press’s website and on Bookshop (or, in Canada, at Another Story or your local indie!) Be sure to request it from your favorite indie bookstore, and add it on Goodreads and Storygraph.

Likewise, you can find my debut experimental-sf- trans dyke body modification novel, Failure to Comply, at featherproof books, Bookshop (+ your local indie), Another Story, Goodreads, and Storygraph.

Lastly, while manywor(l)ds closes for submissions at midnight tonight, keep an eye on our socials –– a new issue drops 5/15!

Now, onto the recommendations.

Today’s Recs:

Books:

Subscribing:

  • Blockers, a Transfeminine Literary Magazine from Mount Holyoke College (my alma mater!

Poetry & Prose & In-Between:

Essays and Articles:

My Recent Work: