![]() ![]() The sense of isolation that developed during her time on the west coast became the catalyst for writing the book.Īlthough Nevada has been out of print for a number of years, it has accrued an impassioned fanbase and is considered to be part of the queer literary canon. She had just left New York City, and lacking any fellow trans women to confide in, she describes herself as “feeling out of place” back then. While writing Nevada, Binnie was living in a queer communal house in Oakland, California. ![]() Upon arriving in the outskirts of Reno, Maria meets James, a Walmart worker whom she is convinced is actually transgender and in need of saving. Originally printed in 2013 with Topside Press, a now-defunct publisher of trans and feminist literature, Nevada tells the story of a punk transgender woman verging on 30 named Maria Griffiths, who embarks on a journey to the western United States after losing her bookstore job and breaking up with her girlfriend in Brooklyn. “I hope that more people read it and go, Holy shit, this has made my life feel possible.” “A lot of people have read Nevada and said, ‘That book made me figure out I was trans,’ ‘That book saved my life,’ or ‘That book made me realize that I don't have to be as alone as I have made myself be,’” Imogen Binnie tells me just a few weeks before her cult classic novel, Nevada, would be re-released. ![]()
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