with gasoline defiantly carves out space for trans anger in an increasingly hostile world that demands trans people conform to gendered, cis het patriarchal expectations. raum pushes back against the sanitized polite, pliable, and otherwise "perfect" trans ideal deemed acceptable by society—if, and when, they are accepted at all—with poems that highlight the righteous, the cruel, and the ugly; these are the real truths we’re dying to say.
advance praise for with gasoline:
A vibrant trans celebration, with gasoline is a Molotov thrown at heteropatriachy that ignites a vicious fire. Defiantly calling to attention ordinary and extraordinary transphobia, this collection bares its teeth at the world and refuses to take “no” for an answer. The author's succinct and biting language gives their anger a beautiful clarity that resonates beside their unending resolve for embodying trans joy. If apathy and despair are getting the better of you in these times, with gasoline is the fuel you need to rebirth your phoenix.
Sarah Klein,
author of Mast Cell Mathematics: A Chronic Illness Calculuswith gasoline offers an explosive bouquet of occasional poems for uncommon times, whether after cruel executive orders, during frustrating focus group conversations, or perilous moments that demand one's survival instincts. Their poems’ propulsive engine is fueled by righteous anger, moral clarity, and political courage. raum takes aim at transphobes, billionaires, bootlickers, boomers, and milquetoast liberals alike—in other words becoming “your worst fucking nightmare”—to help us envision instead a future of trans liberation.
Evelyn Berry,
author of Grief Slut and T4T
Release Date: August 19th, 2025
ISBN: 978-1-964932-21-7
32 pages
with gasoline defiantly carves out space for trans anger in an increasingly hostile world that demands trans people conform to gendered, cis het patriarchal expectations. raum pushes back against the sanitized polite, pliable, and otherwise "perfect" trans ideal deemed acceptable by society—if, and when, they are accepted at all—with poems that highlight the righteous, the cruel, and the ugly; these are the real truths we’re dying to say.
advance praise for with gasoline:
A vibrant trans celebration, with gasoline is a Molotov thrown at heteropatriachy that ignites a vicious fire. Defiantly calling to attention ordinary and extraordinary transphobia, this collection bares its teeth at the world and refuses to take “no” for an answer. The author's succinct and biting language gives their anger a beautiful clarity that resonates beside their unending resolve for embodying trans joy. If apathy and despair are getting the better of you in these times, with gasoline is the fuel you need to rebirth your phoenix.
Sarah Klein,
author of Mast Cell Mathematics: A Chronic Illness Calculuswith gasoline offers an explosive bouquet of occasional poems for uncommon times, whether after cruel executive orders, during frustrating focus group conversations, or perilous moments that demand one's survival instincts. Their poems’ propulsive engine is fueled by righteous anger, moral clarity, and political courage. raum takes aim at transphobes, billionaires, bootlickers, boomers, and milquetoast liberals alike—in other words becoming “your worst fucking nightmare”—to help us envision instead a future of trans liberation.
Evelyn Berry,
author of Grief Slut and T4T
Release Date: August 19th, 2025
ISBN: 978-1-964932-21-7
32 pages
