Ms. Aligned 4

The rippling of past actions and present repercussions, the interconnectedness among genders, the history of trauma and the search for healing permeates and suffuses the poems, creative nonfiction, and fiction of Ms. Aligned 4. . . . Together we continue to discuss, question, and encourage one another in bringing together the Ms. Aligned series, expanding our understanding of gender, its influence, its fluidity, and the visions that support and free us.

-Lillian Howan, author of The Charm BuyersThe fulfillment of our identities may depend in part on the significant people in our lives saying, "I know him," "I know her," "I know them." . . . This edition of Ms. Aligned is about coming of age, in an expansive sense of the phrase. Through the stories, essays, and poems assembled here, readers have the opportunity to witness boys and men contemplating, expressing, rebelling against, and choosing who they are.

-Pat Matsueda, author of Bitter Angels