![]() Its author, Imogen Binnie, never intended to write a novel that would cause more than that. Nevada, one of the first releases from the now-defunct trans-run and trans-lit-focused Topside Press, barely caused a blip on the broader literary world’s radar when it was released in 2013. ![]() “We’ll talk, and she’ll cry, and I’ll set her up a Livejournal so she can sort through all her feelings and then I’ll leave and totally learn something about myself, too.” Maria is not wrong to assume this about James, exactly - the duck is quacking and walking - but you can’t just tell someone she’s trans before she comes to that conclusion herself, or she’ll steal your drugs and ditch you in a casino. “I’m gonna go talk to that girl and tell her that she’s a girl,” Maria decides shortly after they cross paths. He’s intrigued by Maria’s rock-star vibe she becomes convinced that he’s actually a trans woman in desperate need of saving from his dissociative male façade. ![]() After her girlfriend dumps her and she loses her job and apartment, Maria does what any of us would do: She steals her ex’s car, snags a bunch of heroin, and road-trips out West - where she meets a small-town Nevada Walmart clerk named James H. It follows Maria Griffiths, a conflict-averse, often inebriated trans woman who sucks at communicating in every aspect of her life except when she’s blogging. ![]() Nevada opens in New York sometime immediately post–Great Recession. ![]()
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