Electrical Literature is happy to disclose the duvet of Each/And: Essays by Trans and Gender Nonconforming Writers of Coloration, edited by Denne Michele Norris, which will probably be revealed by HarperOne on August 12, 2025. You possibly can pre-order your copy right here.

From Denne Michele Norris and Electrical Literature comes a significant anthology of essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of shade, sharing tales of pleasure, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery.

That includes seventeen new essays—spanning writers, scientists, actors, activists, and drag queens—Each/And explores what it means to dwell as a trans individual of shade immediately.

Acclaimed authors Akwaeke Emezi, Tanaïs, and Meredith Talusan share their tales alongside activist and organizer Raquel Willis and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Peppermint, in addition to a number of rising literary expertise. Every story is instructed with honesty, authenticity, and sweetness. A nonbinary molecular biologist has nightmares about their estranged father transitioning. A author revisits an informal hookup that helped her uncover her womanhood. And a lady holidays in Hawaii together with her spouse, the place she will get in contact with the fireplace goddess inside. These tales depict actual trans lives from trans factors of view, at a time when these views are most pressing and useful.

Impressed by Electrical Literature’s groundbreaking collection and edited by the primary Black, overtly trans editor-in-chief of a significant literary publication, Each/And is a unique form of love letter, written by—and for—considered one of our most focused communities.

Right here is the duvet, designed by Leandro Assis.

“Designing this cowl was such a particular expertise,” says Assis. “Not simply because I deeply relate to and help the theme, however as a result of I felt really honored to contribute one thing in my model. The texts are highly effective, and so they actually impressed me. Visually, I wished to create an instantaneous influence, incorporating the trans flag in an natural means, virtually as if the title itself was spreading the message additional and additional.”

Norris agrees. “There are such a lot of issues I like about Leandro Assis’s cowl, from its homage to the trans flag, to the form and font of the textual content. It jogs my memory of a celebration, one thing bombastic, colourful, and memorable. Very similar to the ebook, it celebrates the fullness of our lives whereas on the similar time centering pleasure, laughter, sensuality, and resilience.

“Below the brand new administration the queer group is beneath vicious assault—particularly transgender people,” Norris continues. “Although we’ve at all times identified this would possibly occur, it’s now abundantly clear that there’s a political motion intent on erasing our very existence. I used to be motivated to create this challenge as a result of I wished to raise trans and gender nonconforming voices of shade. These of us who dwell within the crosshairs of those identities are significantly weak. Each/And is a love letter to my group, and this cowl is the proper envelope. We’re extremely robust—sure of ourselves and of who we’re in a world that desires to forged us apart. I’m dedicated to centering our voices, and our tales, to make sure that we’re by no means forgotten, by no means really silenced. It’s particularly significant to companion with Electrical Literature for this challenge.”