For Lack of a Better Word by Thea Hillman For Lack of a Better Word chronicles one person's search for self in a world obsessed with normal. In first-person prose as intimate as a diary, Thea Hillman redefines memoir in a series of compelling stories that take a no-holds-barred look at sex, gender, family, and community. Published by Suspect Thoughts Press. Cover and Author Photograph: Luna Maia. Cover Design: Shane Luitjens/Torquere Creative. Pub Date: June 2007 5x8, 168 Pages $16.95 ISBN-10: 0-9771582-0-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-9771582-0-1 Gay and Lesbian/Gender Studies

What they're saying about For Lack of a Better Word:

"This is my new favorite book." —Zoe Trope, author of Please Don't Kill the Freshman

"Thea Hillman elegantly distills her successful careers in performance and activism in this important and wonderfully disarming book. Poetic, political, and deeply personal." —Beth Lisick, author of Everybody into the Pool

"There's nothing else in print like this amazing and courageous book." —Patrick Califia, author of Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism

Depending on the Light by Thea Hillman Smart and sophisticated sudden fiction erupts from a core of urban observations. Whether she's writing about a tongue-in-cheek analysis of celebrity attraction ("Starfucking Closer to Home") or a travel tale of being stranded in Laramie, Wyoming ("Dear Matthew"), these 33 short stories and poems brim with radiance and gritty compassion, love and lust, anger and empathy. Published by Manic D Press. Cover by Rex Ray. Pub Date: March 2001 $13.95, Trade paper, ISBN 0-916397-70-X 160 pp, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 trade paperback Fiction/Gay & Lesbian Studies

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What they're saying about Depending on the Light:

"Thea Hillman looks way past the surface and into the intricate insides of love and sex, safety and identity, the pleasures and dangers of urban life. I'm so glad to be finally able to welcome her work on my bookshelf, taking its rightful place with other writers I love." —Carol Queen, author of Real Live Nude Girl, PoMoSexuals, The Leather Daddy and the Femme

"Fabulous pieces... wonderfully observed and very potent." —Ginu Kamani, author of Junglee Girl

Articles & Reviews:
— Fabula Magazine Book Review
— OUT Magazine Book Review
— San Francisco Art Magazine
— BUST Magazine Review

Interviews:
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— Bay Windows Online Interview (Boston)
— Southern Voice Interview
— Motor Oil Queen Interview

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