Valencia is the fast-paced account of one girl's search for love and high times in the drama-filled dyke world of San Francisco's Mission District. Through a string of narrative moments, Tea records a year lived in a world of girls: there's knife-wielding Marta, who introduces Michelle to a new w...
Overall, I felt a little let down by Michelle Tea's Rose of No Man's Land. I probably ought to preface that statement by saying that I have unreasonably high expectations of young adult literature, at least when judged against the common standard these types of books are held to, but that notwith...
The talisman she wore around her neck softly illuminated the rippling area closest to her. Even the watery fist of her grandmother—as big, it seemed, as the ocean itself—had not been enough to rip the sea glass from her neck. It was strong, just like Angel, who had given it to her. Unable to move...
Through the haze of grease that formed a scum on the water, iridescent where the sun skimmed the surface, Sophie saw its body—unreal, but unmistakable. Breasts naked under the muck, hair swirling wet and weighty around her—and, yes, a tail, scaled like a fish. The mermaid had pale, stringy bits d...
It felt like she’d deleted her stomach, something vanished in her body—well, that was rash. Too bad. The computer glared at her with its vacant cyclops eye, daring her to try again, to tell a universal story. Michelle wracked her brain for successful books with prominent crack smokers. The A. M. ...
How to Break Up Okay, I’ve broken down the details of the trifling fools I’ve dated, and maybe you’re like, Ohmigod I am so dating someone just like that right now! How do I break up with them? And what do I do when I’m all broken up? Well, you go to Paris. But first let’s dump these chumps! &nbs...