The Many Queer Worlds of Kestral Gaian

Kestral Gaian brings a queer sensibility to their new book, The Boy From Elsewhere, putting a queer spin on that universal trope: the hero’s quest to conquer evil and save the world. It’s a genre-bending story featuring a young-adult cast of characters on a trek through the multiverse. The landscape is familiar at first, but beware. Nothing is quite what it seems.

Gaian’s creative energy is nearly as boundless as their stories. They’re a poet, playwright, essayist, composer and author whose previous books include Tubelines: The Poetry of Motion, Hidden Lives, and Counterweights.

Gaian discusses their new book and the importance of queer visibility in young adult fiction in a conversation with journalist David Hunt.

Learn more about Kestral Gaian at https://kestr.al/

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David Hunt is an Emmy-winning journalist and documentary producer who has reported on America's culture wars since the 1970s. Explore his blog, Tell Me, David.