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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41226.The_Best_American_Nonrequired_Reading_2004?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 (The Best American Series (TM))" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1169585797m/41226.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41226.The_Best_American_Nonrequired_Reading_2004?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3371.Dave_Eggers">Dave Eggers</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15009028?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> The last story in this collection - "transmissions from camp trans", by Michelle Tea, is one of the most well written, insightful, and interesting pieces I have ever read on the topic it discusses. It talks about a camp for lesbian-identified women and the issue of them not allowing transgendered (male to female) people to participate. I like the way it "sheds light" on the issue, without being preachy or rude in any way. And it's really sad, because I know a lot of trans people have to face issues like this (that is- feeling as if they are being discriminated against in their "own" community, for lack of a better way of putting it). Tea tells of her experience as a journalist visiting with this camp, and a camp opened up to include trans people (kind of in protest to the original camp), in a way that is just... damn good. So good I marked as to-read everything she has written. Just so I remember to read more of her in the future. Cuz I'm impressed. So... I highly recommend that story, at least. I have only thus far read some of the other 'uns, but they were good too. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/65207?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>