Dhalgren

In a city half ruined and slipping out of time, a wandering poet called the Kid moves through streets in search of language, company, and reason. The prose feels like a fever dream, shifting between gritty social detail and luminous, bewildering passages that probe desire, memory, and the fragile work of making meaning when order collapses. Along the way fragile alliances form among misfits, lovers, and rival storytellers, and identity and intimacy reveal themselves in surprising ways. This immersive and challenging book asks readers to lean into uncertainty while finding sparks of connection and queer feeling amid the ruins.

~ Included for its fearless interrogation of race, gender, and desire and for expanding the possibilities of queer speculative fiction through lyrical, disorienting storytelling ~