Troubling the Line

{{Short description|Transsexual and Genderqueer poetry collection}}

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{{Infobox book

| name = Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics

| image = File:Troubling_the_Line_Trans_and_Genderqueer_Poetry_and_Poetics_Book_Cover.jpg

| language = English

| published = 2013

| publisher = Nightboat Books

| pages = 544

| isbn = 9781937658106

| oclc = 1121447673

| genre = Poetry

}}

Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics a collection of poetry by transgender and genderqueer writers, edited by TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson. The collection itself contains some of the works by 55 different poets along with a "poetics statement", a reflection by each poet that provides context for their work. The book was published in 2013 by Nightboat Books.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nightboat.org/title/troubling-line-trans-and-genderqueer-poetry-and-poetics|title=Nightboat Books|website=www.nightboat.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}} The collection was reviewed by Stephanie Burt on Poetry Foundation's website.{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2013/11/yes-stephen-burt-reviews-troubling-the-line-for-la-review-of-books|title=Yes! Stephen Burt Reviews Troubling the Line for LA Review of Books by Harriet Staff|date=2018-04-27|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en-us|others=Poetry Foundation|access-date=2018-04-27}} It has been called "the first-ever collection of poetry by trans and genderqueer poets."{{Cite web|url=http://www.upne.com/1937658106.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704143857/http://www.upne.com/1937658106.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 4, 2013|title=UPNEBookPartners - Troubling the Line: TC Tolbert|website=www.upne.com|access-date=2018-04-28}} An earlier anthology, “Of Souls and Roles, Of Sex and Gender," was compiled by trans activist Rupert Raj between 1982 and 1991, but remains available only in manuscript form at The ArQuives: Canada's LGBQT2+ Archives and at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria.https://arquives.ca/latest-news/collected-verse-poetry-in-the-archives. For a PDF of the anthology, see https://www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/assets/docs/of-souls-0-rolesj-of-sex-0-gender-revised-july-1j-2018---numbered.pdf