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Literary Criticism Gay & Lesbian

Poetry is Queer

by (author) J. Kirby

Publisher
Palimpsest Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2021
Category
Gay & Lesbian, Essays, Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781989287866
    Publish Date
    Oct 2021
    List Price
    $19.95

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Poetry is Queer is a kaleidoscope of sexual outlaws, gay icons, Sapphic poets, and great lovers?real and imagined?conjured like gateway drugs to a queer world. Claiming the word “queer? for those “ who self-proclaim the authority of their own bodies in defiance of church and state,” Kirby pays tribute to gay touchstones while embodying both their work and joy. From gazing upon street boys with constant companion C.P. Cavafy, to end of day observances with Frank O’Hara, to mowing Walt Whitman’s grass, Poetry Is Queer is a hybrid-genre memoir like no other.

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Contributor Notes

Kirby’s work includes What Do You Want To Be Called? (Anstruther Press, 2020), This Is Where I Get Off (Permanent Sleep Press, 2019) and She’s Having a Doris Day (Knife Fork Book, 2017). They are the publisher / book fairy at knife | fork | book [Toronto]. jeffkirby.ca