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'''''Fat Girl in a Strange Land''''' is a 2012 anthology featuring all-female protagonists who are fat. | [[File:Ibrahim-FatGirl-cover.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] '''''Fat Girl in a Strange Land''''' is a 2012 anthology featuring all-female protagonists who are fat, edited by [[Kay T. Holt]] and [[Bart R. Leib]]. | ||
Publisher's blurb: "For every supermodel, there are thousands of women who have heard “Why don’t you just eat less?” far too often. Except as comic relief or the unattractive single BFF, those women’s stories are never told. Crossed Genres Publications presents Fat Girl in a Strange Land, an anthology of fourteen stories of fat women protagonists traveling distant and undiscovered realms. From Guatemala, where a woman dreams of becoming La Gorda, the first female luchador, before discovering a greater calling in “La Gorda and the City of Silver”; to the big city in the US, where superhero Flux refuses to don spandex in order to join her new team in “Nemesis”; to the remote planet Sidquiel in “Survivor”, where student Wen survives a crash landing, only to face death from the rising sun. Fat Girl in a Strange Land takes its characters – and its readers – places they’ve never been." | Publisher's blurb: "For every supermodel, there are thousands of women who have heard “Why don’t you just eat less?” far too often. Except as comic relief or the unattractive single BFF, those women’s stories are never told. Crossed Genres Publications presents Fat Girl in a Strange Land, an anthology of fourteen stories of fat women protagonists traveling distant and undiscovered realms. From Guatemala, where a woman dreams of becoming La Gorda, the first female luchador, before discovering a greater calling in “La Gorda and the City of Silver”; to the big city in the US, where superhero Flux refuses to don spandex in order to join her new team in “Nemesis”; to the remote planet Sidquiel in “Survivor”, where student Wen survives a crash landing, only to face death from the rising sun. Fat Girl in a Strange Land takes its characters – and its readers – places they’ve never been." | ||
== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
* Sabrina Vourvoulias – “La Gorda and the City of Silver” | * [[Sabrina Vourvoulias]] – “La Gorda and the City of Silver” | ||
* Lauren C. Teffeau – “The Tradeoff” | * [[Lauren C. Teffeau]] – “The Tradeoff” | ||
* AJ Fitzwater – “Cartography, and the Death of Shoes” | * [[AJ Fitzwater]] – “Cartography, and the Death of Shoes” | ||
* Josh Roseman – “Survivor” | * [[Josh Roseman]] – “Survivor” | ||
* Brian Jungwiwattanaporn – “The Right Stuffed” | * [[Brian Jungwiwattanaporn]] – “The Right Stuffed” | ||
* Katharine Elmer – “Tangwystl the Unwanted” | * [[Katharine Elmer]] – “Tangwystl the Unwanted” | ||
* Bonnie Ferrante – “Flesh of My Flesh” | * [[Bonnie Ferrante]] – “Flesh of My Flesh” | ||
* Rick Silva – “How Do You Want To Die?” | * [[Rick Silva]] – “How Do You Want To Die?” | ||
* Nicole Prestin – “Nemesis” | * [[Nicole Prestin]] – “Nemesis” | ||
* Anna Dickinson – “Davy” | * [[Anna Dickinson]] – “Davy” | ||
* Jennifer Brozek – “Sharks & Seals” | * [[Jennifer Brozek]] – “Sharks & Seals” | ||
* Barbara Krasnoff – “Marilee and the SOB” | * [[Barbara Krasnoff]] – “Marilee and the SOB” | ||
* Anna Caro – “Blueprints” | * [[Anna Caro]] – “Blueprints” | ||
* Pete “Patch” Alberti – “Lift” | * [[Pete “Patch” Alberti]] – “Lift” | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 27 July 2012
Fat Girl in a Strange Land is a 2012 anthology featuring all-female protagonists who are fat, edited by Kay T. Holt and Bart R. Leib.
Publisher's blurb: "For every supermodel, there are thousands of women who have heard “Why don’t you just eat less?” far too often. Except as comic relief or the unattractive single BFF, those women’s stories are never told. Crossed Genres Publications presents Fat Girl in a Strange Land, an anthology of fourteen stories of fat women protagonists traveling distant and undiscovered realms. From Guatemala, where a woman dreams of becoming La Gorda, the first female luchador, before discovering a greater calling in “La Gorda and the City of Silver”; to the big city in the US, where superhero Flux refuses to don spandex in order to join her new team in “Nemesis”; to the remote planet Sidquiel in “Survivor”, where student Wen survives a crash landing, only to face death from the rising sun. Fat Girl in a Strange Land takes its characters – and its readers – places they’ve never been."
Contents
- Sabrina Vourvoulias – “La Gorda and the City of Silver”
- Lauren C. Teffeau – “The Tradeoff”
- AJ Fitzwater – “Cartography, and the Death of Shoes”
- Josh Roseman – “Survivor”
- Brian Jungwiwattanaporn – “The Right Stuffed”
- Katharine Elmer – “Tangwystl the Unwanted”
- Bonnie Ferrante – “Flesh of My Flesh”
- Rick Silva – “How Do You Want To Die?”
- Nicole Prestin – “Nemesis”
- Anna Dickinson – “Davy”
- Jennifer Brozek – “Sharks & Seals”
- Barbara Krasnoff – “Marilee and the SOB”
- Anna Caro – “Blueprints”
- Pete “Patch” Alberti – “Lift”
Cover art by Lili Ibrahim
Editions
- 2012: Crossed Genre Publications