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Maxfield Sparrow: Spectrums (Jessica Kingsley) 5 stars

Solely written by trans people on the spectrum, this collection of personal stories foregrounds their …

Really good own voices anthology

5 stars

"Spectrums" opens with a chapter examining the intersection of autism and gender, and this is followed by almost forty short chapters, either essays or poems, one per writer. These vary widely in form and style and my experience of them ran the gamut from a few that I found a bit hard going, though lots that were interesting and thought-provoking, to a couple that were so raw and moving that I found it hard to finish them. One of the things that I really appreciated about "Spectrums" is that it truly is an 'own voices' book, and that all the writers are 'just' regular people. I felt that the absence of 'big names' made it easier to really learn from what each contribution had to offer.