Local Woman

By jzl jmz

WINNER of the 2026 Publishing Triangle Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature
FINALIST for the 2026 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry

A pulpy, mytho-poetic dispatch from an "anarchist jurisdiction" that explores the liberatory possibilities of community and womanhood.

Enter: Local Woman, an archetypal figure, fresh from the forest into the streets of Portland, Oregon. She is a Black trans woman, seeking survival and satisfaction, giving seduction, disenfranchisement, and the contradictions of femme womanhood a face, body, and soul. In sensual, evocative lyrics, Jzl Jmz documents Local Woman's movement through natural disaster, anti-fascist protest, romantic engagements, and an expanding sense of personal autonomy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643622730
• ISBN13: 9781643622736
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Nightboat Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 8.7"