The Valleys Are So Lush And Steep

The second book of poems by Trace Peterson, The Valleys Are So Lush And Steep, attempts to answer the question: what do you do after you’ ve introduced yourself? Modeling aspects of trans interiority, embodied experiences, struggles, and desires from the era before the “ trans tipping point” to our present state of emergency, this book also speaks to universal issues of how self, imagination, language, and the environment are intertwined; how gender can structure anyone’ s experience as bot...