Taking its cues from contemporary thought leaders in the transformative justice movement such as adrienne maree brown and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, this provocative book is a call for nuance in a time of political polarization, for healing in a time of justice, and for love in an apocalypse. With the author's characteristic eloquence and honesty, I Hope We Choose Love proposes heartfelt solutions on the topics of violence, complicity, family, vengeance, and forgiveness. Fiction Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir Montreal: Metonymy Press, 2017. Thom was the recipient of the 2017 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging Writers. In a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems, blending the confessional, political, and literary, Kai Cheng Thom dives deep into the questions that haunt social movements today. I Hope We Choose Love A Trans Girl's Notes From the End of the World Kai Cheng Thom (Author) 15. Thom’s newest publication is a collection of essays, I Hope We Chose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019). What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith? Description Winner, Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender Variant Literature American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book Then, writer-performer and former social worker Kai Cheng Thom talks about cancel culture and chosen families in the wake of her new book I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes.
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