"...the Best LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2019" — O Magazine

"Shine of the Ever is a compassionate ode to a Pixies-infused era. With its mix of fear and fearlessness, it deftly portrays love on the fringes." — Foreword Reviews

Summary

A literary mixtape of life, love, and queer community.

About the Author

Claire Rudy Foster is a queer, nonbinary trans person in long term recovery. Foster's short story collection Shine of the Ever (Interlude Press, 2019) was named by O Magazine as one of the best LGBTQ books of the year and was also included on the ALA Over the Rainbow long list. They also co-wrote Unsettled: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis and American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis - and How to End It (All Points, 2018) with Ryan Hampton. Their other writing can also be found on NPR and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Allure, among others. They live in Portland, Oregon.