{"product_id":"a-body-made-home-they-black-trans-love-9781558613225","title":"A Body Made Home: They Black Trans Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA memoir and mythography of a Black trans man's journey from Baby Girl to Black Boi, through gender, race, and trans theory made personal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a country built on the daily oppression and incarceration of Black people, on the rejection of queer and trans rights, how does a Black trans man become himself or find home? \"Home is commonly understood as a place of bodily safety, a place where one can find themselves a resting place, but for me and for many Black queer folk, our bodies most often preclude any home-making with those kinds of securities.\" It is this reality that spurred K. Marshall Green's investigation into bodies--and the love between them--discounted by the mainstream as deviant, deficient, and defective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his powerful debut memoir, Green recounts his lifelong transition from \"Baby Girl\" to \"Black Boi,\" his current and future self. Laced through his accounts of traversing discrimination, misunderstanding, and abuse from family, society, and academia are experiments in letter writing and biomythography, continuing in the literary tradition of Audre Lorde. Through \u003cem\u003eA Body Made Home, \u003c\/em\u003eGreen explores the long, stuttering arc of transition as a Black queer person in America, recasting visions of home, narratives of metamorphosis, and dreams of freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kai Marshall Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558613225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKai Marshall Green\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, organizer, and educator. Green received his PhD from the University of Southern California and is assistant professor of Africana studies at the University of Delaware. An interdisciplinary scholar, he employs Black feminist theory, performance studies, and trans studies to investigate forms of self-representation and communal methods of political mobilization by Black queer folk. A founding member of Black Youth Project 100, Green has published and edited work in \u003cem\u003eGLQ: Gay and Lesbian Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e South Atlantic Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Black Camera\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eA Body Made Home\u003c\/em\u003e is his first book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kai Marshall Green \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47698993741981,"sku":"9781558613225","price":35.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_cd5c164a-0bbd-4dbf-a379-ac471eaf5425.jpg?v=1772695194","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-body-made-home-they-black-trans-love-9781558613225","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}