Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Burning Butch | 2022 | Buy |
R/B Mertz is an American author whose debut book, Burning Butch (2022), is a memoir about navigating identity, faith, and sexuality. The book recounts Mertz’s experience growing up queer and gender-nonconforming within a conservative Catholic environment.
Burning Butch received attention for its honest treatment of the tension between religious community and LGBTQ+ identity. Mertz writes with candor about the difficult process of self-acceptance when your identity conflicts with the beliefs of the world you were raised in.