Mega Milk by Megan Milks

About the book:

A sparkling, funny, and often wrenching portrait-in-essays on the dairy industry, queer intimacy, family, fluidity, whiteness, and cows.

For decades, Megan Milks has wondered what it means to share a last name with the classic white American beverage. Now, Milks takes on their namesake subject in all its dimensions, venturing into the worlds of small dairies, bovine genetics, and manure while also turning their eye on their family and themself. The resulting essays connect the dots between human lactation, Big Dairy, being queer and lonely, climate change, transmasculinity, the bull semen industry, the milky roots of white supremacy, and the best practices for giving and receiving a hug. With Mega Milk, Megan Milks confirms their place as one of our most exciting queer thinkers and writers.

About the author:

Megan Milks (they/them) is the author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body, Slug and Other Stories, and Mega Milk: Essays, all published by Feminist Press. Their personal history of early online music fandom, Tori Amos Bootleg Webring, was published as part of Instar Press's Remember the Internet series. They are also the co-editor, with Marisa Crawford, of We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers. They have written book reviews for , The New York Times, and Bookforum, among other publications. Follow them on Substack here.

The event will be moderated by LS Low.

LS Low writes fiction that explores gender as an act of transformation through time, obsession, and embodiment. Their work has been supported by the Tin House Summer Workshop and The Kenyon Review Summer Workshop, among others. LS is also involved with a micropress, Lilac Peril, publishing trans art and anthologies, as well as hosting community workshops for trans writers. Outside of writing, LS traverses Washington, DC almost entirely by bike and collects an alarming number of stickers. They hold a degree in mathematics from Smith College.

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Dato de accesibilidad: Este evento toma lugar en el segundo piso y Lost City Books no tiene ascensor. Favor de contactar [email protected] con cualquiera duda.

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