51 pages • 1 hour read
Jackie KayTrumpet
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Further Reading & Resources
Further Reading: Literature
Stone Bitch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (2004)
Stone Bitch Blues is a novelized account of Feinberg’s life, who assumed a trans male identity to survive in the last decades of the 20th Century.
Other Lovers by Jackie Kay (1994)
Other Lovers is one of Kay’s best known poetry collections, dealing with issues such as domestic violence, gender identity, and interpersonal intimacy.
Further Reading: Beyond Literature (Nonfiction)
Bessie Smith: A Poet’s Biography of a Blues Legend by Jackie Kay (2021)
Bessie Smith is a nonfiction treatment of an early 20th Century blues pioneer and icon whose death was marred by racial prejudice.
Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton by Diane Wood Middlebrook (1999)
Suits Me is a biography of Billy Tipton, the transgender jazz pianist who inspired the creation of Joss Moody.
Video & Podcast Resources
“Writing...Trumpet with Jackie Kay” (2022)
This interview with Jackie Kay covers her reasons for loving jazz and blues, and how she developed the idea of Trumpet as a novel.
- “Writing...Trumpet with Jackie Kay” on the Scottish Book Trust Channel (YouTube)
