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Edited by
​Sarah A. Rogers and Baker A. Rogers
​First of its kind, this outstanding collection features 12 testimonies from trans men of diverse backgrounds who chronicle their journeys of trauma, struggle and survival in America’s prison industrial complex. Original and unabridged, the voices compiled here tell in very personal and relatable terms how folks living on the margins of gender, race, ethnicity, and class become ensnared in one of America’s most insidious systems designed to exploit human vulnerabilities for profit. While these men have been victimized, they live today with the hope, dignity, and wisdom that their journeys have gifted them.
This collection shines a glaring light on the oft-ignored lived experiences of transgender men caught up in the web of the criminal legal system. Through a collection of first-person narratives, a diverse group of formerly incarcerated men reveal the myriad traumas that contributed to their offending, defined their carceral experiences, and shaped their post-incarceration lives. Harrowing stories of violence and injustice are offered alongside tales of resilience and fortitude, painting a picture that reveals the complexities and depth of both the prison industrial complex as well as the men that find themselves at the center of it.  
                 ​Emily Lenning, Professor of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville State University
This collection is a must-read for anyone committed to understanding the intersections of trans masculine identity, criminalization, and resistance. Through deeply personal and moving testimonies, this book reveals the pervasive injustices faced by trans men navigating social stigma, family trauma, institutional violence, systemic racism and discrimination. At the same time, these powerful accounts illuminate the ways that trans men survive hostile social conditions and find ways to build community, enact self-determination, and resist oppression.
                 S. Lamble, Professor of Criminology and Queer Theory and Co-founder of Bent Bars Project.
"By centering the voices of currently and formerly incarcerated trans people, this book helps to reignite the long struggle for collective liberation and for a world without walls of all kinds."
                  Eric Stanley, author of Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer                                             Ungovernable
"Stories that will fry your eyeballs combined with a humanity and an unwillingness to be broken by a broken system that shines through every chapter. The voices of trans men who have survived with their genders and dignity intact adds a long missing perspective on trans-over incarceration in the PIC."
                Riki Wilchins, author of When Texas Came for Our Kids: How Evangelical Extremists Launched a                                           War on Transgender Teens

NEW BLACK QUARE TRILOGY
Embrace the provocative, sensual, and unapologetically raw and discover a world of passion and desire in this instant erotic classic. With a masterful blend of literary storytelling and tantalizing eroticism, Matt Richardson takes readers on a captivating journey exploring the alchemy of sex, race, and desire. These all-too-human stories challenge conventions and push many boundaries, ultimately forcing its characters and readers to confront their deepest desires and fears. With its unflinching portrayal of sexuality and the complexities of human relationships, this extraordinary trilogy leaves readers spellbound until the very end. 
"Angels is an important new work in Black queer literature and powerful multi-generational meditation on Black gay/queer desire, social life, and masculinity. It feels like the literary love child of Essex Hemphill, Victor LaValle, Marlon Riggs, Tananative Due, David Lynch, and Nalo Hopkinson. The writing is smart, sexy, and juicy. Matt Richardson breathes life into a rotating cast of characters who are compelling, captivating, and complex. The collection made my heart race, made my hair stand up on end, and made me shiver in all the right places. Matt Richardson is an important new voice in this necessary canon."
Courtney Morris, Associate Professor in the Department of Gender
​and Women’s Studies at UC, Berkeley.
"Matt Richardson's erotic trilogy powerfully illustrates the complexities and contradictions, the pleasure and pain, the beauty and roughness, and the ecstasy and realities of Black genders and sexualities, as they are truly lived. This book represents the best of what imagination as a tool of knowledge contributes to gender and sexuality studies. Artists, activists, scholars, and communities from all walks of life, who care about pleasure, intimacy, and joy, and who view these experiences as integral to the health and wellbeing of all people, let alone Black queer people, should read this book."

Marlon M. Bailey, author of Butch Queens Up in Pumps:: Gender,
​Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit