Ivan E. Coyote: Ivan E. Coyote is the author of five previous story collections, the most recent of which is Missed Her. Ivan is also the co-editor (with Zena Sharman) of the anthology Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme. One of her stories appears in the anthology It Gets Better, edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller. Originally from the Yukon, she now lives in Vancouver.
Sophisticated, earnest, plainspoken and intimate, this collection
will speak to LGBTQ youth as well as straight youth, teens and
adults. --Kirkus Reviews A funny and empathetic collection of more
than forty stories ... Teenagers confronting their sexuality, or
who have otehrwise felt like outsiders, will feel as though they've
gained an ally in Coyote ... These tales of compassionate
relatives, finding love, and even the insecurities that stretch
into adulthood should provide reassurance that there is indeed life
after high school. --Publishers Weekly There are so many vital
stories in here; stories about how scary high schools still are
even when you're an adult; stories about the different ways in
which we find love; stories about boys who likes to wear dresses;
stories about the deep conundrum of what bathroom to walk into.
Every story is full of honesty, joy, warmth, pain, anger, and hope.
Every story is markedly real. I felt like I knew every character in
every story, or at least wanted to; I longed to jump into Coyote's
world and take trips to the Yukon and have long talks and hearty
laughs over coffee or alcohol. To tell stories. Scratch that; this
wasn't something I longed for, but something that I felt would be
completely natural, something that was pretty much as good as real.
And any book, any story, that makes you feel that level of comfort,
that is something special. Those are the books you never throw
away. And I'll never throw One In Every Crowd away -- except if I
find a youth who needs it. Then I'll gladly hand it over, and buy a
few additional copies for their friends. --AfterEllen.com Ivan E.
Coyote knows the hearts of teenagers. One in Every Crowd is an
homage to the outsider: to the young boy who steals his mother's
lipstick, to the girl who slip-slides in and out of gender
identifications, to the ones who can't put themselves in boxes. To
the ones who cannot abide by the binary. It is a love-touched and
memory-soaked ballad to queer youth ... One in Every Crowd is a
book that belongs in the hands of queer youth and in the hands of
their oppressors. It's a heartfelt and rich look at what it's like
to be else, to be outside, to toe the lines and then step over
them. It can teach, it can support. It's a book that will change
readers, and leave them knowing that being changed by it is a
privilege. --Lambda Literary Queer storyteller Ivan E. Coyote has
created a diverse and charming array of vignettes for anyone who
has ever fought to find who they really are. --The Advocate The
stories in this collection are stunning in every way: unaffected,
compassionate, inspirational, and, as if that wasn't enough,
achingly funny ... Great writing has the power to enrich lives; not
all writing has the power to save them. --Quill and Quire (STARRED
REVIEW)
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