Women and Children First will present Queer Rock Love author Paige Schilt on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 7:30pm at Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640.
When an introverted feminist academic falls in love with the gender-bending singer for a "silicone cock rock" band, Texas family values get a whole new twist. In Queer Rock Love: A Family Memoir ( Transgress Press ), Schilt presents a fresh perspective on families in transition. Schilt's literary debut challenges the notion that queer life belongs in cities, that family is always heteronormative, that gender can ever be neatly settled, and that a good romance ends on your wedding day.
"Queer Rock Love is filled with so much good spirit, honesty, and the grit of commitment—be it political, romantic, maternal, familial, queer, etc.—it's hard not to find oneself, by its end, literally fist-bumping the air for Schilt and her loved ones." —Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts and Bluets
"Schilt's unusual family life is thrown out for judgment in the way that only those most comfortable in their own skin can do. The quirky family often finds themselves this side of hilarious as they plow through life's problems and peccadilloes like rock stars. This book demands to be devoured while you'll want to savor every word." —Bil Browning, founder of The Bilerico Project
Paige Schilt is a writer, mother, teacher, activist and band wife. She has written extensively on her genderqueer family and raising a kid in the South. Her stories have appeared on The Bilerico Project, Mutha Magazine, Offbeat Families and Brain, Child.
Transgress Press is a trans, queer, feminist publishing firm producing high-quality books that push the boundaries of conventional ideas and genres. For more information on Transgress Press, visit our webpage at www.transgresspress.org .
