{"id":811,"count":14,"description":"<a href=\"https:\/\/zenasharman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/zenasharman.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752159730021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ObqcDKTjXaxtoN33Scnn1\">Zena Sharman<\/a> is an essayist and non-fiction writer whose work explores themes of community, identity, and care. She is the editor of several anthologies, including <a href=\"https:\/\/arsenalpulp.com\/Books\/T\/The-Care-We-Dream-Of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/arsenalpulp.com\/Books\/T\/The-Care-We-Dream-Of&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752159730021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1CmOKvDlSd-6gUggdXkbft\">The Care We Dream Of<\/a> and the Lambda Literary award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/arsenalpulp.com\/Books\/T\/The-Remedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/arsenalpulp.com\/Books\/T\/The-Remedy&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752159730021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw39DuhSN5E-C38SWT-wK_2d\">The Remedy<\/a>. Her debut memoir, <i><a href=\"https:\/\/arsenalpulp.com\/Books\/S\/Staying-Power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/arsenalpulp.com\/Books\/S\/Staying-Power&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752159730021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3fS-MjX7JPIMAwHMbc5XNR\">Staying Power: On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose<\/a><\/i>, will be published by Arsenal Pulp Press in March 2026.\r\n\r\nPhoto: Jamie-Leigh Gonazales","link":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/contributor\/zena-sharman","name":"Zena Sharman","slug":"zena-sharman","taxonomy":"contributors","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributors\/811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/contributors"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?contributors=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}