My Mother’s Transvestites
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Tiff Holland’s “My Mother’s Transvestites” is a bildingsroman in poems telling the story of an ungendered young woman and she comes to realize her identity through the relective lens (the tri-angled mirrors) of the cross-dressers which frequent her mother’s beauty salon.
Description
In “My Mother’s Transvestites,” Tiff Holland takes a head-on look at issues of gender expression, starting with “Hot Work,” a poem that lovingly recalls the men who came to her mother for discreet help with unfamiliar wigs and makeup, and concluding with “The Last Dress,” where Holland expresses the uncomfortable realization that she eschewed jewelry because “all adornment was drag.” Drag becomes a touchstone in this book. Once I walked along a mountain path, and there were places so narrow that ropes had been strung for hikers to hold on to. Drag is like that rope for poems that peer down into gaping depths. It’s a lifeline through these deeply personal poems, and together, they offer a peak reading experience.
–Karen Craigo, author of Passing Through Humansville (Sundress, 2018) and No More Milk (Sundress, 2016)
Tiff Holland’s poetry and prose appear regularly in journals and anthologies including: New World Writing, Elm Leaves Journal, New Flash Fiction and many others. Her chapbook “Bone in a Tin Funnel” is available from Pudding House Press. Tiff is the author of the award-winning flash fiction chapbook “Betty Superman” from Rose Metal Press which later adapted the collection as a novella-in-flash and featured it in the collection “My Very End of the Universe” which won an IPPY award. Born and raised in northeast Ohio, Tiff has lived, worked, and studied in Georgia, Mississippi, Hawaii, and Texas. She earned a BA in Philosophy from Kent State as well as an MA in Literature. She received her PhD in Creative Writing from The Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Product Details
Author: Tiff Holland
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN: 1646621441
ISBN13: 9781646621446
Release Date: March 2020
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Length: 80 Pages
Weight: 0.28 lbs.
Dimensions: 0.2″ x 6.0″ x 9.0″
