Shelf Life: Isaac Fellman

Skye talks with trans archivist and author Isaac Fellman about his newest book, Notes from a Regicide, as well as framing devices, gender-as-genre, feeling bad about a document, aesthetic maximalism, Enjolras and Grantaire, and models of goodness.To Be Read list:The Princess Bride, William Goldman: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-princess-bride-william-goldmanBorges on Writing, Jorge Luis Borges, N.T. di Giovanni, & Frank McShane: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/borges-on-writing-9780880013680Aqueduct Press: https://www.aqueductpress.com/Portraits, John Berger: https://www.versobooks.com/products/151-portraits?srsltid=AfmBOopRe4O0_uB_i9uu6zfEMeCsqjrg0t6Fz2hG5JbkVhNHtiuvdDZcA Face to the World, Laura Cumming: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-face-to-the-world-on-self-portraits-laura-cumming?variant=32245024489506Les Misérables, Victor Hugo: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537593/les-miserables-by-victor-hugo-translated-with-notes-by-christine-donougher-introduction-by-robert-tombs-cover-illustrated-by-jillian-tamaki/The Stranger's Child, Alan Hollinghurst: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/81879/the-strangers-child-by-alan-hollinghurst/The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/line-of-beauty-9781582346106/"My Father's Fashion Tips," Tom Junod: https://www.gq.com/story/fashion-generation-tips-national-magazine-awardThe Blazing World, Siri Hustvedt: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Blazing-World/Siri-Hustvedt/9781476747248The Gormenghast series, Mervyn Peake: https://www.mervynpeake.org/gormenghast/The Book of the New Sun series, Gene Wolfe: https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-complete-book-of-the-new-sun/?isbn=9781250179111&format=ebookItalo Calvino: https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/italo-calvinoChina Miéville: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/20568/china-mieville/The Starving Saints, Caitlin Starling: https://www.caitlinstarling.com/books#StarvingSaintsFawn's Blood, Hal Schrieve: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783176/fawns-blood-by-hal-schrieve/The Ephemera Collector, Stacy Nathaniel Jackson: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093404Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/222980/tess-of-the-durbervilles-by-thomas-hardy/The Raymond Chandler Papers, Raymond Chandler, Tom Hiney, & Frank MacShane: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-raymond-chandler-papers-selected-letters-and-nonfiction-1909-1959-tom-hiney/12488660The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-yiddish-policemens-union-michael-chabonThe Aspern Papers, Henry James: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317451/the-aspern-papers-and-other-tales-by-henry-james/Ulysses, James Joyce: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/797588/ulysses-by-james-joyce/Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/621886/detransition-baby-by-torrey-peters/Stag Dance, Torrey Peters: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708446/stag-dance-by-torrey-peters/Moby Dick, Herman Melville: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/moby-dick-collins-classics-herman-melvillePale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pale-fire-vladimir-nabokov/581281?ean=9780679723424&next=tWar and Peace, Leo Tolstoy (Maude translation): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/war-and-peace-9780199232765RuPaul's Drag Race: https://www.youtube.com/@rupaulsdragraceDaniel Lavery: https://www.danielmlavery.com/Several People Are Typing, Calvin Kasulke: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671445/several-people-are-typing-a-gma-book-club-pick-by-calvin-kasulke/Zoë Selengut: https://bsky.app/profile/queenofbithynia.bsky.socialIsaac's Law: https://isaacs-law.ghost.io/