PopSmart

Photo by Jim Stawniak; image courtesy of Scott Turner Schofield

At 7:30 tonight, March 13, at Charis Books, Atlanta transgendered writer, performer and Creative Loafing cover guy Scott Turner Schofield will sign copies of his new book, Two Truths and a Lie. The volume collects his three autobiographical solo shows about his gender-journey from Katie Kilborn to Scott Turner Schofield: Underground TRANSit, Debutante Balls and Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps. (For more information on the event, click here).

To present the flavor of the volume and Schofield, the “Choose Your Own Adventure” portion of the book, as performed in Becoming a Man, features audience participation and the “Wheel of Gender” visual aid seen below: “Of course, when you label all of these parts of yourself, they never add up to the whole sum of you. But if they did, we wouldn’t have any drama, and no drama means no Myspace! Noooo! So I want you to call out a number for what you see in me. Every number has a story. What you see and what you get almost never match up, but we’ll have a great time getting there.”

Bookmark It

(Photo by Jim Stawniak)

Atlanta-based actor/writer/performance artist Scott Turner Schofield brings his new one-man show, Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps, to Little Five Points’ 7 Stages from Jan. 31-Feb. 3. It’s entirely possible that the title is both playful and literal, since Schofield, formerly Kt Kilborn, is a woman-to-man transgender artist and his energetic, accessible work explores his personal transition. Reportedly he lowers himself from the ceiling to begin a show that he calls, “a roller coaster ride through your heart, your soul, and your genitals!”

I wrote the Creative Loafing cover story “I Changed My Sex. Now What?” on Schofield in 2006, and found him to be not only extremely likable, but a candid, illuminating guide through transgender issues, which can have mazelike complexities. Following his previous one-man shows Underground TRANSit and Debutante Balls, Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps promises to be another funny, revealing portrayal of one of Atlanta’s most interesting personalities. The performance also comes in advance of Schofield’s new book, Two Truths and a Lie, due to be published this winter.

Bookmark It

(Photo © 2007 James Bowdoin)

We are officially in the mad rush of visiting authors, as you will probably notice from upcoming issues loaded with book reviews, author interviews and more. But here’s one that unfortunately slipped through our fingers: Jennifer Finney Boylan, one of the leading transgender writers around who made a big splash with her 2003 memoir, She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders.

Boylan recently released her second memoir, I’m Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted, which uses the word haunted in unexpected ways. Boylan will appear tonight at the Margaret Mitchell House for a reading and signing. The reception starts at 6 p.m.; the reading kicks in at 7:30. Admission is free for members, $10 for the general public.

Here’s a little reading she did at her home, accompanied by her pet Lab, apparently.

Bookmark It