Edge of the World

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An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing

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An inclusive LGBTQ+ travel anthology, Edge of the World explores what it means to be a queer person moving through the world. These lively essays by luminary writers offer a queer perspective on how people experience other cultures and how other cultures receive queer people. This... Read More

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An inclusive LGBTQ+ travel anthology, Edge of the World explores what it means to be a queer person moving through the world.

Description

An inclusive LGBTQ+ travel anthology, Edge of the World explores what it means to be a queer person moving through the world.

These lively essays by luminary writers offer a queer perspective on how people experience other cultures and how other cultures receive queer people. This anthology of essays includes the perspectives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, and trans American authors from multiple ethnic identities.

The collection showcases the travel writing of both established and emerging authors across a wide age spectrum to address these central questions.

Contributors include Alexander Chee, Edmund White, Daisy Hernández, Putsata Reang, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Denne Michele Norris, Garrard Conley, Andrew Ellis Evans, Nicole Shawan Junior, Raluca Albu, KB Brookins, Genevieve Hudson, Zoe Sprankle, Sara Orozco, and Calvin Gimpelevich. Their essays take the reader to different areas of the world including Spain, Ukraine, Florida, New York City, Mexico, Cambodia, Russia, Senegal, Berlin, and more.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781958888513

Publisher: John F Blair Publisher

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 June 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Carolina Wren Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Alden Jones
Contributions by Nicole Shawan Junior
Contributions by Zoe Sprankle
Contributions by Daisy Hernndez
Contributions by Andrew Ellis Evans
Contributions by Putsata Reang
Contributions by Genevieve Hudson
Contributions by Alexander Chee
Contributions by Garrard Conley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 228

Collections

Biography & Memoir Education & Reference LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ Romance Non-Fiction Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Alden Jones is the award-winning author of The Wanting Was a Wilderness, The Blind Masseuse, and Unaccompanied Minors. A professor at Emerson College and long-time travel educator, she has visited more than forty countries. Her writing has appeared in AGNI, New York Magazine, the Boston Globe, and Best American Travel Writing.