Description
Description
Shortlisted for Story Circle Network's 2024 Women's Book Awards
Fresh off the boat from Roaring Twenties Paris, Henrietta "Henri" Adams lands in New York in the midst of the Queer Craze that is taking the city by storm. An art critic by day and lady lover by night, she ventures into the clandestine worlds of speakeasies and drag balls, which free her from the tyranny of the gender binary. Fun-loving slummers crash the party, flocking to see queer performers at the Astor Hotel and the Cotton Club. Broadway stars rub elbows with Harlem Renaissance luminaries at the Hamilton Lodge Masquerade Ball. But the revelry can't last forever. Faced with Depression-era crackdowns, Henri calculates the risk of fighting back, prompting a decision with far-reaching consequences.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A fun read ... the fantasy queer city we all long for and in which some actually dwell." -Sarah Schulman, award-winning author of Let the Record Show
"Drawn closely from deeply researched queer history that far too few people know, Margaret Vandenburg's Craze is a pansy romp!" -Hugh Ryan, Stonewall Award-Winning author of The Women's House of Detention
"Craze is a fun, serious, debaucherous romp through the Roaring Twenties. Vandenburg's well-researched story evokes the sensuality and revelry of that important bygone era." - Joe Okonkwo, author of Jazz Moon and Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck
"Craze is a history lesson, a love story, and a great read! A playful bildungsroman of lesbian identity, Margaret Vandenburg's novel is a joyful, silly, and serious romp through the Roaring Twenties and its queer underground." - Monica Miller, professor and author of Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity
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