Crawl Stories
Crawl Stories by Max Delsohn is a darkly comic and introspective debut collection published by Graywolf Press on October 21, 2025. This edition, written in English and spanning 224 pages, explores the complexities of trans life in 2010s Seattle, revealing the nuanced experiences of its characters as they navigate the challenges of identity and community.
Readers will find a range of stories that delve into the lives of young transmasculine individuals, addressing themes such as desire, mental health, and the intricacies of gender expression. Set against the backdrop of dive bars, parks, and music venues, the narratives present a vivid portrayal of both the joys and struggles within a city often perceived as a radical queer utopia. Delsohn’s work captures the exuberance and heartache of sex and romance, offering a multifaceted view of life during a transformative era.
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A darkly comic, introspective debut collection that looks beneath the surface of trans life in 2010s Seattle
People called it paradise, but baby, it wasn’t.
What to do when starting testosterone unlocks a newfound desire for men? How to respond when your boss’s boss asks if you’ve had “the surgery” and then requests you talk her niece out of transitioning? What obligation do you have to intervene in the faltering mental health of the baby trans drug dealer you’ve met only once while tripping on the acid he sold you?
The young transmasculine characters in Crawl navigate these and other questions in the dive bars, bathhouses, parks, workplaces, music venues, beaches, and college campuses of 2010s Seattle. Max Delsohn’s stories—by turns exuberant, heartfelt, tragic, and wry—portray the pleasures and pains of sex and romance, the possibilities and ambivalences of gender expression, and the joys and failures of community in a city and a time that has branded itself a radical queer utopia but proves much more complicated in reality.
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