Rainbow Rainbow: Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781646221011)

Longlisted for The Story Prize & the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

A fearless collection of stories that celebrate the humor, darkness, and depth of emotion of the queer and trans experience that's not typically represented: liminal or uncertain identities, queer conception, and queer joy

In this exuberant, prize-winning collection, queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming characters seek love and connection in hilarious and heartrending stories that reflect the complexity of our current moment.

A nonbinary writer on the eve of top surgery enters into a risky affair during the height of COVID. A lesbian couple enlists a close friend as a sperm donor, plying him with a potent rainbow-colored cocktail. A lonely office worker struggling with their gender identity chaperones their nephew to a trans YouTube convention. And in the depths of a Midwestern winter, a sex-addicted librarian relies on her pet ferrets to help resist a relapse at a wild college fair.

Capturing both the dark and lovable sides of the human experience, Rainbow Rainbow establishes debut author Lydia Conklin as a fearless new voice for their generation.

Author: Lydi Conklin
ISBN-10: 164622101X
ISBN-13: 9781646221011
Publisher: Catapult
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2022
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2022 pg. 10
Library Journal 03/01/2022 pg. 133
Publishers Weekly 03/07/2022
Booklist 03/15/2022 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2022