You Wouldn't Have Known About Me (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 249)

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"A common question in literary commentary these days is: what good is fiction when the world is on fire? Calvin Gimpelevich’s story “You Wouldn’t Have Known About Me” answers that question. For some of us, the world has always been on fire, and we have turned to art as both an escape and a way of making sense of things. Gimpelevich’s story takes as its subject the lives of trans people, and yet in centering the characters and their histories, it resists turning them into spectacle. The piece feels acutely aware of its gaze and its political potential, but it navigates with startling deftness all the nuances of what it means to be depicting the lives, hearts, and the bodies of trans women and trans men." - Brandon Taylor

About the Author: Calvin Gimpelevich’s fiction appears in The Collection, Plentitude, Glitterwolf, cream city, THEM, and other publications. He is the recipient of awards from Artist Trust, Jack Straw Cultural Center, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. He is currently at work on a novel.

About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Recommended Reading is supported by the Amazon Literary Partnership, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For other links from Electric Literature, follow us, or sign up for our eNewsletter.