"Grit is a transgender coming of age story. There are no beautiful rainbows here, no whispers, but raw cries from somewhere primal." -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Old world -- The apocalypse will never be as advertised -- Three definitions of cross dressing -- Metaphor for the carwreck -- Pathetic polite -- Seventeen -- Neurosis -- Pissing contest -- Straight boys -- Eighteen -- Magic as a metaphor for nihilism -- Montage -- Homesick -- Let dead dogs lie -- Nineteen -- Getaway car -- In response to 'when you have children' -- Simple things -- A Valentine's Day spent home, alone -- The walk home -- My fear of commitment -- The boy -- Extinction -- A rare opportunity for prayer -- Punished body - Shiny chrome -- Hybristophilia : the pistol is for lovers -- Hey cowboy -- Twenty -- Rejection of the idea that you're made special -- Outlaw tradition -- When did you know you were trans? -- Summer boy -- The stubborn and artless act -- Backdrop made beautiful by pity -- Packing -- Window half open.
