FromPEN/AmericaAwardwinner,2021Guggenheimfellow,andbelovedliteraryandtaroticonMichelleTea,thehilarious,powerfullywritten,taboo-breakingstoryofherjourneytopregnancyandmotherhoodasa40year-old,queer,uninsuredwomanWritteninintimate,gleefullyTMIprose,KnockingMyselfUpistheirreverentaccountofTea’sroutetoparenthood--withagroupofride-or-diefriends,agenerousdragqueen,andawholelotofcan-dopluck.Alongthewayshefallsinlovewithawholesomegenderqueeradecadeherjunior,attemptsbiohackingherselfababywithblackmarketfertilitymeds(andmagickingherselfanoffspringwithwitch-enchantedhoney),learnshereggsarebusted,andenterstheFertilityIndustrialComplexinordertocarryheryoungerlover’sbaby.Withthesignaturesharpwitandwildheartthathavemadeherafavoritetosomanyreaders,Teaguidesusthroughthemazeofmedicalprocedures,frustrationsandastonishmentsonthepathtogettingpregnant,wrylycritiquingsomeofthesystemsthatfacilitatethatchoice(“agreat,punk,daredevilthingtodo“).InKnockingMyselfUp,Teahascraftedadeeplyentertainingandprofoundmemoir,atestamenttothepowerofloveandfamily-making,howevercomplexourlivesmaybe,totransformandenrichus.
