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    Unwieldy Creatures
    Unwieldy Creatures
    Unwieldy Creatures
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    Unwieldy Creatures

    By Addie Tsai

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    Shortlisted for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award


    Unwieldy Creatures, a biracial, queer, nonbinary retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein, follows the story of three beings who all navigate life from the margins: Plum, a queer biracial Chinese intern at one of the world's top embr

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJaded Ibis Press, LLC
    Release dateAug 2, 2022
    ISBN9781938841354
    Unwieldy Creatures
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    Addie Tsai

    Addie Tsai (any/all) is a queer nonbinary artist and writer of colour who teaches creative writing at the College of William & Mary. They also teach in Goddard College's MFA Program in Interdisciplinary Arts and Regis University’s Mile High MFA Program in Creative Writing. Addie collaborated with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater on Victor Frankenstein and Camille Claudel, among others. They earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College and a PhD in Dance from Texas Woman’s University. Addie is the author of Dear Twin and Unwieldy Creatures. She is the Fiction co-Editor and Editor of Features & Reviews at Anomaly, contributing writer at Spectrum South, and Founding Editor & Editor in Chief at just femme & dandy.

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      A story that creates beautiful parallels between characters. Prose that is truly reminiscent of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. A joy to read.

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