Episode 83: Darcey Steinke
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Rachel Zucker speaks with Darcey Steinke about her recent genre-fluid memoir, Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of the Natural Life. Steinke describes her first hot flash, how she came to be fascinated by female killer whales and how important it is to see the changes associated with menopause not as symptoms of disease but as signs of transitioning into a new phase of leadership and power. Steinke talks about how memoirs by trans writers were especially helpful for her when searching for a book to help her through this life transition. Steinke talks about how she began to think of herself as a creature/animal, back surgery, stuttering, faith, going toward brokenness rather than perfection, her mother, her spiritual practices, singing, the authentic self, and why she doesn’t think trying to stay the same is a very good strategy.
Books by Darcey Steinke
Flash Point Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life (Sarah Crichton Books, 2019)
Jesus Saves (Grove Press, 2019)
Easter Everywhere (Bloomsbury, 2007)
Milk (Bloomsbury, 2005)
Up Through the Water (Grove Press, 2000)
Suicide Blond (Grove Press, 2000)
John-KJV (Grove Press, 1999)
Other Writers and Texts Mentioned in the Episode
The Testosterone Files by Max Wolf Valerio (Seal Press, 2006)
Trans: A Memoir by Juliet Jacques (Verso, 2016)
Speedboat by Renata Adler (NYRB Books, 2013)
Branwell by Douglas A. Martin
Sarah Manguso (ep. 37)
Maggie Nelson (ep. 82)
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