Eve Rickert is a Gen X, queer, solo polyamorous, relationship anarchist, neurodivergent cis woman living on unceded W̱SÁNEĆ and Lekwungen territory on the west coast of the place currently known as Canada (Victoria, BC). She is the author of The New More Than Two and Nonmonogamy and Betrayal, curator of the More Than Two Essentials series and the nonmonogamy resource site morethantwo.ca, the founder and publisher of Thornapple Press, and the founder and mastermind of the science communications firm Talk Science to Me.Andrea Zanin, MA, is a white, nonbinary, middle-aged queer writer who lives in Tkaronto (Toronto, ON), on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. Andrea’s writing focuses on nonmonogamy and BDSM/Leather. Andrea has written for the Globe and Mail, The Tyee, Bitch, Ms., Xtra, IN Magazine, Outlooks Magazine and the Montreal Mirror. Their scholarly work, fiction and essays appear in a variety of collections. Andrea blogs at sexgeek.wordpress.com, where they created the 10 Rules for Happy Nonmonogamy and coined the term “polynormativity.” Their first book, Post-Nonmonogamy and Beyond, is also available from Thornapple Press.Dr. Kim TallBear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) (she/her) is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Society, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta. She is the author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science. In addition to studying genome science disruptions to Indigenous self-definitions, Dr. TallBear studies the roles of the overlapping ideas of "sexuality" and "nature" in the colonization of Indigenous peoples and lands.Tatiana Gill (she/her) is a cartoonist drawing about mental health, addiction & recovery, abortion, and fat positivity. She has been drawing comics since early childhood and self-publishing her own comic books since the 1990s. Nalo Hopkinson has published seven novels and three collections of her short fiction, including her novel Blackheart Man and her short story collection Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions. She has received the John W. Campbell Award and the Nebula Award, and has thrice won the Sunburst Award for Canadian Fiction of the Fantastic. Nalo is a professor of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

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• Author's NoteForewordEve’s Preface and AcknowledgementsAndrea’s Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Laying Your Foundation1: Choosing Nonmonogamy2: Finding Your Compass (or, Don’t Be Mean)3: AbusePart 2: A Nonmonogamy Toolkit4: Tending Your Self5: Nurturing Your Relationships6: Communication Pitfalls7: Communication Strategies8: Befriending the Green-Eyed MonsterPart 3: Nonmonogamous Frameworks9: Boundaries10: Rules and Agreements11: Hierarchy and Primary/Secondary Polyamory12: Veto Arrangements13: Empowered Relationships14: Practical Nonmonogamy AgreementsPart 4: The Nonmonogamous Reality15: How Nonmonogamous Relationships Are Different16: Opening from a Couple17: Mono/Poly Relationships18: Finding Partners19: Life in the Polycule20: Sex, Pleasure, Risk and Health21: Relationship TransitionsThe Future of NonmonogamyAfterwordGlossaryNotesResourcesIndex

Eve Rickert is a Gen X, queer, solo polyamorous, relationship anarchist, neurodivergent cis woman living on unceded W̱SÁNEĆ and Lekwungen territory on the west coast of the place currently known as Canada (Victoria, BC). She is the author of The New More Than Two and Nonmonogamy and Betrayal, curator of the More Than Two Essentials series and the nonmonogamy resource site morethantwo.ca, the founder and publisher of Thornapple Press, and the founder and mastermind of the science communications firm Talk Science to Me.Andrea Zanin, MA, is a white, nonbinary, middle-aged queer writer who lives in Tkaronto (Toronto, ON), on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. Andrea’s writing focuses on nonmonogamy and BDSM/Leather. Andrea has written for the Globe and Mail, The Tyee, Bitch, Ms., Xtra, IN Magazine, Outlooks Magazine and the Montreal Mirror. Their scholarly work, fiction and essays appear in a variety of collections. Andrea blogs at sexgeek.wordpress.com, where they created the 10 Rules for Happy Nonmonogamy and coined the term “polynormativity.” Their first book, Post-Nonmonogamy and Beyond, is also available from Thornapple Press.Dr. Kim TallBear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) (she/her) is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Society, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta. She is the author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science. In addition to studying genome science disruptions to Indigenous self-definitions, Dr. TallBear studies the roles of the overlapping ideas of "sexuality" and "nature" in the colonization of Indigenous peoples and lands.Tatiana Gill (she/her) is a cartoonist drawing about mental health, addiction & recovery, abortion, and fat positivity. She has been drawing comics since early childhood and self-publishing her own comic books since the 1990s. Nalo Hopkinson has published seven novels and three collections of her short fiction, including her novel Blackheart Man and her short story collection Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions. She has received the John W. Campbell Award and the Nebula Award, and has thrice won the Sunburst Award for Canadian Fiction of the Fantastic. Nalo is a professor of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

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• Author's NoteForewordEve’s Preface and AcknowledgementsAndrea’s Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Laying Your Foundation1: Choosing Nonmonogamy2: Finding Your Compass (or, Don’t Be Mean)3: AbusePart 2: A Nonmonogamy Toolkit4: Tending Your Self5: Nurturing Your Relationships6: Communication Pitfalls7: Communication Strategies8: Befriending the Green-Eyed MonsterPart 3: Nonmonogamous Frameworks9: Boundaries10: Rules and Agreements11: Hierarchy and Primary/Secondary Polyamory12: Veto Arrangements13: Empowered Relationships14: Practical Nonmonogamy AgreementsPart 4: The Nonmonogamous Reality15: How Nonmonogamous Relationships Are Different16: Opening from a Couple17: Mono/Poly Relationships18: Finding Partners19: Life in the Polycule20: Sex, Pleasure, Risk and Health21: Relationship TransitionsThe Future of NonmonogamyAfterwordGlossaryNotesResourcesIndex

Eve Rickert is a Gen X, queer, solo polyamorous, relationship anarchist, neurodivergent cis woman living on unceded W̱SÁNEĆ and Lekwungen territory on the west coast of the place currently known as Canada (Victoria, BC). She is the author of The New More Than Two and Nonmonogamy and Betrayal, curator of the More Than Two Essentials series and the nonmonogamy resource site morethantwo.ca, the founder and publisher of Thornapple Press, and the founder and mastermind of the science communications firm Talk Science to Me.Andrea Zanin, MA, is a white, nonbinary, middle-aged queer writer who lives in Tkaronto (Toronto, ON), on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. Andrea’s writing focuses on nonmonogamy and BDSM/Leather. Andrea has written for the Globe and Mail, The Tyee, Bitch, Ms., Xtra, IN Magazine, Outlooks Magazine and the Montreal Mirror. Their scholarly work, fiction and essays appear in a variety of collections. Andrea blogs at sexgeek.wordpress.com, where they created the 10 Rules for Happy Nonmonogamy and coined the term “polynormativity.” Their first book, Post-Nonmonogamy and Beyond, is also available from Thornapple Press.Dr. Kim TallBear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) (she/her) is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Society, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta. She is the author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science. In addition to studying genome science disruptions to Indigenous self-definitions, Dr. TallBear studies the roles of the overlapping ideas of "sexuality" and "nature" in the colonization of Indigenous peoples and lands.Tatiana Gill (she/her) is a cartoonist drawing about mental health, addiction & recovery, abortion, and fat positivity. She has been drawing comics since early childhood and self-publishing her own comic books since the 1990s. Nalo Hopkinson has published seven novels and three collections of her short fiction, including her novel Blackheart Man and her short story collection Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions. She has received the John W. Campbell Award and the Nebula Award, and has thrice won the Sunburst Award for Canadian Fiction of the Fantastic. Nalo is a professor of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

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• Author's NoteForewordEve’s Preface and AcknowledgementsAndrea’s Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Laying Your Foundation1: Choosing Nonmonogamy2: Finding Your Compass (or, Don’t Be Mean)3: AbusePart 2: A Nonmonogamy Toolkit4: Tending Your Self5: Nurturing Your Relationships6: Communication Pitfalls7: Communication Strategies8: Befriending the Green-Eyed MonsterPart 3: Nonmonogamous Frameworks9: Boundaries10: Rules and Agreements11: Hierarchy and Primary/Secondary Polyamory12: Veto Arrangements13: Empowered Relationships14: Practical Nonmonogamy AgreementsPart 4: The Nonmonogamous Reality15: How Nonmonogamous Relationships Are Different16: Opening from a Couple17: Mono/Poly Relationships18: Finding Partners19: Life in the Polycule20: Sex, Pleasure, Risk and Health21: Relationship TransitionsThe Future of NonmonogamyAfterwordGlossaryNotesResourcesIndex