Bøker av Michelle Tea

A queer countercultural icon opens up about all things artistic, radical and romantic. Winner of the PEN American Center essay prize.

The 25th anniversary edition of Michelle Tea's classic coming of age memoir - now with a foreword by Maggie Nelson, award-winning author of The Argonauts'One of the few truly life changing books I've encountered' Torrey Peters, bestselling author of Detransition, BabyFleeing Tucson and her ex girlfriend, Michelle finds herself in the Mission District of San Francisco, where queers from all over the country are arriving in search of themselves and each other. She hurls herself into the city's riotous underbelly, stumbling through nightlife and open mics, drug adventures, and a string of hookups, breakups, and makeups. Beneath these layers of salacious drama and sensational parties, Michelle considers the casual cruelty of young women and their desires in a singular, deadpan voice tense with longing and laughter. Heady, beer sticky, and brimming with life, Valencia traces one year of love and lust in San Francisco's queer underground scene. A biting chronicle of girlhood, this lesbian cult classic is a timeless, essential read.

"A self-described DIY witch and professional tarot reader, literary and feminist icon Michelle Tea provides a fascinating magical history and spiritual traditions from around the world, giving us the tools, spells, and rituals to navigate our stressed-out, consumer-driven lives. Witty, down-to-earth, and wise, she bewitches us with tales of how she crafted her own magical practice and came into her own. She also shares enchanting stories from her earliest witchy days as a goth teen in Massachusetts as well as insights from her adult practice. Modern Magic gives us the tools to tap into a stronger, distinctive magic that lies within us, one that incorporates queer, feminist, anti-racist, intersectional values."--

An urgent proclamation of what life is like for American women without the security of a financial safety net

Desperate to quell her addiction to drugs, disastrous romance, and nineties San Francisco, Michelle heads south for LA. But soon it's officially announced that the world will end in one year, and life in the sprawling metropolis becomes increasingly weird in this riot grrrl take on speculative fiction.

Chelsea Whistle is Michelle Tea's gripping coming-of-age memoir, now in an updated package