pAt once brilliant and brave, tender and gut-raw, Lee Schwartz's emGender Artistem explores and documents a mother's response to her child's gender transformation. These are poems that shatter and satisfy, convincing us that the deeply-examined life is the only kind worth living. emGender Artistem is a must-read. pp- Robin Greene, author of emThe Shelf Life of Fireem and emReal Birth, Women Share Their StoriesemppbrppSchwartz uncovers the hard-fought fullness of herself as the mother of someone not he or she, but all of it. Each poem unlocks a new door, leading us down an unexpected passageway of struggle and understanding.pp- Susie Kaufman, retired hospice chaplain and author of emTwilight Time Aging in Amazementem Wipf and Stock.ppbrppWe all fear for our children. What if our beloved daughter began to wear men's underwear and declared, I feel more like a man than a woman emGender Artistem by Lee Schwartz traces the intimate journey of mother and child in moving, beautifully-rendered