Rainbow Rainbow : Stories by Lydia Conklin

Longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection 
A fearless collection of stories that celebrate the humor, darkness, & depth of emotion of the queer & trans experience that's not typically represented: liminal or uncertain identities, queer conception, and queer joy In this exuberant, prize-winning collection, queer, trans, & gender-nonconforming characters seek love & connection in hilarious & heartrending stories that reflect the complexity of our current moment. 

A nonbinary writer on the eve of top surgery enters into a risky affair during the height of COVID. A lesbian couple enlists a close friend as a sperm donor, plying him with a potent rainbow-colored cocktail. A lonely office worker struggling with their gender identity chaperones their nephew to a trans YouTube convention. And in the depths of a Midwestern winter, a sex-addicted librarian relies on her pet ferrets to help resist a relapse at a wild college fair. 

Capturing both the dark & lovable sides of the human experience, Rainbow Rainbow establishes debut author Lydia Conklin as a fearless new voice for their generation