Han Smith, author of the “extraordinary” (Adam Zmith) Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, has been featured in the latest issue of Asymptote Journal for a translation of the trans memoir Are Penises Real by Hugo Tepest.

The excerpt, which you can read in full here, has been translated from German.

Fancy more of Han’s writing? Han’s debut novel,  Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking, is out in paperback.

Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

Follow Han on Twitter @Han_Smiff.