Like others before it, Sovereign Erotics attempts to blend new and established writers, something I think it does quite successfully.

But of course, Sovereign Erotics has some things in common with other anthologies. To say this book is unlike anything I’ve read before would be quite the understatement. The introduction as well as the author bios at the back were great resources to discover old books you haven’t read and upcoming ones to add to your to-read list! Not only did I get to read some really great stuff from authors I had never heard of before, but I got a lot of ideas for what to read next. It is also often used as an umbrella term … meant to be inclusive of … GLBTQ Native people more broadly.”įrom the very beginning it’s clear this a thoroughly researched book, and that in addition to being a diverse collection of fiction and poetry, Sovereign Erotics represents a wealth of knowledge. If you’re not clear on the terminology two-spirit, let me quote a short bit from the introduction: “two-spirit is an umbrella term in English that 1) refers to gender constructions and roles that occur historically in many Native gender systems that are outside of colonial gender binaries and 2) refers to contemporary Native people who are continuing and/or reclaiming these roles in their communities. So it’s pretty amazing and awesome that this book is around.

As the editors Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti point out in the introduction, it’s only the second anthology of LGBTQ2 Native literature ever created. Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature is certainly a unique anthology.

Sovereign Erotics by Qwo-Li Driskill