Andrew Ramer’s book, Queer­ing the Text: Bib­li­cal, Medieval, and Mod­ern Jew­ish Sto­ries, grap­ples with tra­di­tion­al midrashim, plays with homo­erot­ic love poems from medieval Spain , and envi­sions alter­nate ver­sions of the present. Inspired by the pio­neer­ing work of Jew­ish fem­i­nists, using the same nar­ra­tive tools as the rab­bis of old, Ramer has craft­ed sto­ries that anchor LGBT lives in the three thou­sand year old his­to­ry of the Jew­ish peo­ple. ​”The uni­verse is made up of sto­ries, not atoms,” wrote poet Muriel Ruck­eyser. The sto­ries in this book will trans­port you to a new uni­verse the one we are striv­ing to cre­ate, right here and now.