Ann Rower’s first collection of stories, originally published in 1991, follows artists, lovers, and misfits through downtown New York and beyond. The likes of Cookie Mueller and Timothy Leary wink among Rower’s unabashed, autofictive explorations of friendship, queer desire, class, and the endless task of becoming oneself. Sharp and intimate at once, If You’re A Girl is long overdue for rediscovery: this updated edition includes excerpts from Rower’s two novels, published around the turn of the millennium, writings composed after a twenty-year hiatus, and a new introduction from Sheila Heti.