CRASHING AMERICAa novel
Listen to a Live Reading at Michelle Tea's Radar Series "A road trip in reverse: a San Francisco gutter punk travels east to the
heartland, the Great Plains. Girl, the gender queer narrator, would give Kerouac a run for his money.
Noyes’ story and characters are fresh, tough, and, well, very sweet, somehow..."
Melissa McDonough, Cody’s Books, Berkeley, CA
"I’m madly in love with this book. Noyes takes us on a fearless queer adventure, using a dashing slangy language all her own."
One of Ten Best Gay/Lesbian Books of 2005
National Independent Booksellers
~Publishing Triangle Award Finalist~
"In times of rigid red or blue identities, Noyes' mashup of bohemian and rural offers refreshingly complex shades."
"Katia Noyes does an impeccable job of delineating an age in
which gender, family and country have failed us and we must invent mythologies and heroes for a new era -- perhaps at a dire cost, but with an incredible testament to strength
and desire."
"A rare, daring, and poignant novel."
"Crashing America might be the Great American Novel."
"Crashing America is about trying to die without
growing old, or trying to grow up without dying."
"Katia Noyes is a fresh writer with an
old soul."
"A post-gay coming-of-age story as contemporary as it is timeless." Here's some audio from a reading I did at Radar, a series hosted by Michelle Tea at the San Francisco Public Library. You'll hear the section about Girl going to a Christian punk concert in Dizzy Creek, Idaho. Each audio file is about three to five minutes. Part One Part Two Part Three (audio: M. T. Karthik)
Alyson Books, the nation's oldest and largest gay and lesbian publisher, launched CRASHING AMERICA in September 2005. Your local bookseller may have it. Or go to Powells or Amazon. Order Book Here |
