Marsha

The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

Hardcover, 320 pages

English language

Published 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-00-876242-1
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Queer history at its best

ARC copy. I am not going to spend this review talking about how much this book made me adore and cherish Marsha as a person. I had seen mentions of her before in articles about her (underplayed) role in Stonewall, but never really seen her described with this much rich detail and this much empathy. She truly was a unique and special and splendid person. What I would like to highlight more, because I think it is worth talking about, is how great this book is within its genre as a nonfiction biography. It is well researched and well put together - and at the same time it retain a sense of sharing collective stories about someone who was loved and who is missed. It is written by a Black trans woman about a Black trans elder, and as such it is equal parts biography, history, tradition-bearing and holding witness. …

Subjects

  • LGBTQ+
  • Trans
  • Transgender
  • Stonewall
  • Biography
  • U.S. History