One of the most powerful books I’ve read this year has been Scott Esposito‘s The Surrender. Broken into three parts, it covers questions of gender, identity, and language. Esposito describes it as a “‘collection of facts’ concerning his lifelong desire to be a woman.” What emerges from it is a complex and intellectually rigorous examination of questions that don’t lend themselves to easy answers. Along the way, Esposito also touches on a host of other creative works, making unexpected and […]