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    *"agender person"/"quasi-womanthing/womanbeast/ gendermalcontent/[[queer]]"<ref>{{cite tweet|user=cyborgyndroid|last=Solomon|first=Rivers|number=1270827714983923714|title=i don't usually talk about my gender on here because i believe as a transmisogyny-exempt agender person* who (at present) is not pursuing medical transition...that the violence i face for being non-cis is comparatively minimal. *quasi-womanthing/womanbeast/gendermalcontent/queer|date=10 June 2020}}</ref>
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    '''Rivers Solomon''' is an author originally from the United States; they currently live in Cambridge, England.<ref name="Coleman">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Rivers Solomon |last=Coleman |first=Christian A. |work=Lightspeed Magazine |date=November 2019 |access-date=26 May 2020 |url= https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-rivers-solomon/}}</ref>
    '''Rivers Solomon''' is an author originally from the United States; fae currently lives in Cambridge, England.<ref name="Coleman">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Rivers Solomon |last=Coleman |first=Christian A. |work=Lightspeed Magazine |date=November 2019 |access-date=26 May 2020 |url= https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-rivers-solomon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326003324/https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-rivers-solomon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
     
    Soloman's identities include fat, Black, [[intersex]], [[boi]], [[dyke]], [[genderqueer]], [[agender]] person, and "quasi-womanthing/womanbeast/gendermalcontent".<ref>[https://twitter.com/cyborgyndroid/status/1270827714983923714 Twitter thread], 10 June 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20211207095953/https://twitter.com/cyborgyndroid/status/1270827714983923714 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>


    ==Works==
    ==Works==
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    ==Quotes==
    ==Quotes==
    {{quote|When I'm writing anything my main concern is: is this good? Is this really fucking good? Will it surprise, refresh, delight, intimidate? Is it gorgeous? Is it horrifying? Importantly, I don't want to bore anyone. I don't want to waste anyone’s time. I am a hungry, questioning creature who likes to work out my philosophical queries on the page, but I want it to be a fun ride for anyone who’s bought a ticket. I want everything I write to be striking, regardless of genre.<ref name="Davenport">{{Cite web |title=2019 Contest: Interview with Fiction Judge Rivers Solomon |last=Davenport |first=Lily |work=Black Warrior Review |date=17 April 2019 |access-date=26 May 2020 |url= https://bwr.ua.edu/2019-contest-interview-with-fiction-judge-rivers-solomon/}}</ref>}}
    {{quote|When I'm writing anything my main concern is: is this good? Is this really fucking good? Will it surprise, refresh, delight, intimidate? Is it gorgeous? Is it horrifying? Importantly, I don't want to bore anyone. I don't want to waste anyone’s time. I am a hungry, questioning creature who likes to work out my philosophical queries on the page, but I want it to be a fun ride for anyone who’s bought a ticket. I want everything I write to be striking, regardless of genre.<ref name="Davenport">{{Cite web |title=2019 Contest: Interview with Fiction Judge Rivers Solomon |last=Davenport |first=Lily |work=Black Warrior Review |date=17 April 2019 |access-date=26 May 2020 |url= https://bwr.ua.edu/2019-contest-interview-with-fiction-judge-rivers-solomon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322225852/https://bwr.ua.edu/2019-contest-interview-with-fiction-judge-rivers-solomon/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}
     
    {{quote|i am a gender liberationist. i want to live in a world that does not coercively [[Assigned at birth|assign children into one of two categories]] & [[transphobia|punish]] the ones who [[Gender nonconformity|do not conform]] to it. thanks for listening, pals.<ref>https://twitter.com/cyborgyndroid/status/1270839060400136194, 10 June 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20211207100655/https://twitter.com/cyborgyndroid/status/1270839060400136194 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>}}


    ==References==
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    Rivers Solomon
    Date of birth November 17[1]
    Place of birth California, USA
    Pronouns fae/faer preferred, they/them ok[2][3]
    Gender identity

    Rivers Solomon is an author originally from the United States; fae currently lives in Cambridge, England.[6]

    Soloman's identities include fat, Black, intersex, boi, dyke, genderqueer, agender person, and "quasi-womanthing/womanbeast/gendermalcontent".[7]

    Works[edit | edit source]

    • An Unkindness of Ghosts (2017)
    • The Deep (2019)
    • Sorrowland (2021)

    Quotes[edit | edit source]

    « When I'm writing anything my main concern is: is this good? Is this really fucking good? Will it surprise, refresh, delight, intimidate? Is it gorgeous? Is it horrifying? Importantly, I don't want to bore anyone. I don't want to waste anyone’s time. I am a hungry, questioning creature who likes to work out my philosophical queries on the page, but I want it to be a fun ride for anyone who’s bought a ticket. I want everything I write to be striking, regardless of genre.[8] »
    « i am a gender liberationist. i want to live in a world that does not coercively assign children into one of two categories & punish the ones who do not conform to it. thanks for listening, pals.[9] »

    References[edit | edit source]

    1. @cyborgyndroid (17 November 2017). "It's my birthday. Feeling happy and blessed. Had a great event last night w/ @wellreadblkgirl at @greenlightbklyn and now omw to Miami for book festival!" – via Twitter.
    2. Bio, accessed 20 March 2021 Archived on 17 July 2023
    3. Solomon, Rivers [@cyborgyndroid] (24 December 2020). https://twitter.com/cyborgyndroid/status/1342115571740110853 – via Twitter. Missing or empty |title= (help)
    4. Solomon, Rivers. "SENSITIVITY READING". Archived from the original on 12 July 2020.
    5. Solomon, Rivers [@cyborgyndroid] (10 June 2020). "i don't usually talk about my gender on here because i believe as a transmisogyny-exempt agender person* who (at present) is not pursuing medical transition...that the violence i face for being non-cis is comparatively minimal. *quasi-womanthing/womanbeast/gendermalcontent/queer" – via Twitter.
    6. Coleman, Christian A. (November 2019). "Interview: Rivers Solomon". Lightspeed Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
    7. Twitter thread, 10 June 2020 Archived on 17 July 2023
    8. Davenport, Lily (17 April 2019). "2019 Contest: Interview with Fiction Judge Rivers Solomon". Black Warrior Review. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
    9. https://twitter.com/cyborgyndroid/status/1270839060400136194, 10 June 2020 Archived on 17 July 2023