Visible: A Femmethology. 2v. Ed. Jennifer Clare Burke. 2009. 181p/171p. Homofactus Press, $19.95 ea. (9780978597344/978-0-9785973-5-1). Gr. 11-12.

Through their diverse experiences, 57 contributors—female, male, and trans–challenge conventional ideas of how disability, class, nationality, race, aesthetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, body type, and age intersect with notions of femmedom to celebrate its diversity. The narratives about experiences will fascinate older teens. This is a book that provides querying young people with information about the world that they are entering. As the description says, this two-volume anthology “calls the LGBTQI community on its prejudices….” —Nel Ward