Ivan E. Coyote Bücher

Ich überlegte, mir einen Stadtplan von Calgary zu besorgen und nachzusehen, wo Allyson wohnte. Es hinter mich zu bringen. Der Gedanke, sie zu sehen, lag mir um den Hals wie ein bleierner Schal. Was sollte ich sagen? Ich rief sie von einem öffentlichen Telefon vor einem Herrenfriseur an. Der Anruf wurde sofort angenommen. Ein Anrufbeantworter schaltete sich ein. Die Stimmen von beiden erklangen, im Tandem: »Hallo, dies ist der An­schluss von Kathleen und Ally …« Ich drückte auf die Nummerntaste, damit ich nicht auch noch den Rest der Ansage hörte, nämlich was sie taten, statt ans Telefon zu gehen und was ich nach dem Piepton hinterlassen konnte. »Hi … ähm … Hier ist Joey. Ich bin für ein paar Tage in Calgary, und ich habe deine restlichen Sachen im Wagen. Du kannst mich im Capri Motor Court erreichen, Zimmer 119, und mir eine Nachricht hinterlassen, wann du vorbeikommst. Ich schätze, das ist alles.« Ich hängte den Hörer heftig ein und wünschte, ich klänge auf dem Anrufbeantworter nicht immer wie der letzte Idiot. Aus irgendeinem Grund ließen Anrufbeantworter mein Herz immer schneller klopfen. Hatte damit zu tun, dass meine Worte von einem technischen Gerät aufgezeichnet wurden, eine dauerhafte Dokumentation meiner Unsicherheit …

Ivan Coyote is one of North America's preeminent storytellers and performers; they are the author, co-author, or co-editor of eleven previous books, and their TED talk has received over 1.6 million views online. Their most recent book, Tomboy Survival Guide, was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust of Canada Prize for Non-Fiction and was named an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book.In their latest, Ivan takes on the patriarchy and the political, as well as the intimate and the personal in these beguiling and revealing stories of what it means to be trans and non-binary today, at a time in their life when they must carry the burden of heartbreaking history with them, while combatting those who would misgender them or deny their very existence. These stories span thirty years of tackling TERFs, legislators, and bathroom police, sure, but there is joy and pleasure and triumph to be found here too, as Ivan pays homage to personal heroes like Leslie Feinberg and Ferron while gently guiding younger trans folk to prove to themselves that there is a way out of the darkness.Rebent Sinner is the work of an accomplished artist whose plain truths about their experience will astound readers with their utter, breathtaking humanity.

”Coyote is an important literary voice, blending a keen sense of gay identity and community with a refreshing appreciation for the goodness at the heart of some straight people.”—OutThe first three story collections by Ivan E. Coyote featured insightful, deeply personal tales about gender, identity, and community, based on her own experiences growing up lesbian in Canada’s North. Ivan’s most recent book, Bow Grip, was her first novel; it was shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Prize for Women’s Fiction, was named a Stonewall Honor Book by the American Library Association, and won Canada’s ReLit Award for Best Novel of the Year.With The Slow Fix, Ivan returns to her short story roots in a collection that is disarming, warm, and funny, while it at the same time subverts our preconceived notions of gender roles. Ivan excels at finding the small yet significant truths in our everyday gestures and interactions. By doing so, she helps us to embrace not what makes us women or men, but human beings.Ivan E. Coyote is the author of five books, all published by Arsenal Pulp Press. Born in Canada’s Yukon Territory, she lives in Vancouver, BC.

"Close to Spider Man" marks the debut of an exciting new literary a collection of connected stories whose female narrators seek out lives for themselves amidst the lonely, breathtaking landscape of the Yukon. The young women in Ivan Coyote's deeply personal stories are looking to make a break from their circumstances, but the North is in their so is their connections to family, friends, and other women. Like the protagonist in the title story, a waitress whose attempts to help a young co-worker saddled with a lunatic father finds her running across rooftops and climbing ladders; by getting close to Spider Man, she gets closer to freedom. Startling in their intimacy, the stories in "Close to Spider Man" make up a moving scrapbook of what it's like to be a young queer woman in the North, journeys imbued with the colours of a prescient sexuality and an honest heart. Runner-up, Danuta Gleed Award for Short-Fiction Now in its third printing.

A powerful and moving anthology of writing on butch and femme identities.

Famed lesbian storyteller Ivan E. Coyote's first book aimed at queer youth: stories about being true to yourself.

Shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust of Canada Prize for Nonfiction; Longlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction; Stonewall Book Award Honor Book winner; Longlisted for Canada Reads Ivan Coyote is a celebrated storyteller and the author of ten previous books, including Gender Failure (with Rae Spoon) and One in Every Crowd, a collection for LGBT youth. Tomboy Survival Guide is a funny and moving memoir told in stories, about how they learned to embrace their tomboy past while carving out a space for those of us who don't fit neatly into boxes or identities or labels. Ivan writes about their years as a young butch, dealing with new infatuations and old baggage, and life as a gender-box-defying adult, in which they offer advice to young people while seeking guidance from others. (And for tomboys in training, there are even directions on building your very own unicorn trap.) Tomboy Survival Guide warmly recounts Ivan's past as a diffident yet free-spirited tomboy, and maps their journey through treacherous gender landscapes and a maze of labels that don't quite stick, to a place of self-acceptance and an authentic and personal strength.