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"INVASIONS BLEW MY MIND"
—Michelle Tea.

A body-swapping personal trainer and her trans girlfriend turn to a life of crime. A man mourning his dead lover becomes trapped in the mind of the leader of a bathhouse raid. A trans man, recovering from top surgery paid for with a stolen credit card, finds strange connection and condemnation among his fellow patients. The fifteen stories in this debut fiction collection from author Calvin Gimpelevich move in the borderlands between realism and surrealism, investigating gender, class, relationships, and the powers we still hold within spaces of powerlessness. They articulate the invasions we commit, the invitations we receive to cross over into another person’s world.

2019 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST.

176 PAGES.
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-68219-910-7
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-68219-911-4


PRESS:

Brookshelley.com: "A Review of Invasions by Calvin Gimpelevich"

CityArts: "Calvin Gimpelevich’s ‘Invasions’ Considers the Body"

The Seattle Review of Books: "Invaded Life Forms: Talking with Calvin Gimpelevich"

Gertrude Press: "A Concern for Bodies"

Lovely Bookshelf: "Invasions
by Calvin Gimpelevich"

Neon Books: REVIEW: “INVASIONS” BY CALVIN GIMPELEVICH

The Austin Chronicle: "Calvin Gimpelevich’s Invasions Hurts So Good"

"Gimpelevich writes fearlessly about trans and queer bodies, sex, and the possibilities of gender. In these edgy, strange stories, characters transform, transition, and transgress to discover themselves, and, sometimes, each other" —Carter Sickels, author of The Evening Hour.

"This is one of the most gripping, crisp, and moving collections of short fiction I have read in a long time" —Casey Plett, author of Little Fish.