pstrongFor more information, visit McSweeneys.netstrong pbNamed a best book by The AV Club, PAPER Magazine, LitHub, Ms. Magazine, Chicago Review of Books, Refinery29, the Observer, and the Seattle Timesbp pbrEmerson Whitney writes, Really, I can't explain myself without making a mess. What follows is that mess-electrifying, gorgeous, defiant.brp pAt iiHeavenii's center, Whitney seeks to understand their relationship to their mother and grandmother, those first windows into womanhood and all its consequences. Whitney retraces a roving youth in deeply observant, psychedelic prose-all the while folding in the work of thinkers like Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, and C. Riley Snorton-to engage transness and the breathing, morphing nature of selfhood.brp pAn expansive examination of what makes us up, iiHeavenii wonders what role our childhood plays in who we are. Can we escape the discussion of causality Is the story of our body just ours With extraordinary emotional force, Whitney sways betw