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Mythweaver
by Birch Wiley
These poems are an act of mythweaving, meant to blend stories ancient and new. How do we make sense of the way violence, transformation, and passion impact queer selves and lives?
Reconsidering the stories of Greco-Roman mythological figures, these poems don’t just retell these stories in a contemporary queer context, but consider how, reimagined and renewed over millennia, they resonate with our lives now.
“Wiley’s erotic lyricism wields the metaphor of myth to ground queer and trans lives among gods and folklore, offering readers a satisfying journey through a wide scope of Greco-Roman allusions. Birch trusts his readers, pushing them to settle into places of honest discomfort and transgression despite ancient source material. The poems range from deeply funny, like with a complicated “God bless […] picket fence queers joining PTAs” to deeply serious, like when a vignette of lovers after state brutality ends with “Intimate machinery / of bodies trying / to keep themselves alive.” All in all, Wiley has gifted us a thematically taut, well-researched debut with radiant language on full display.” — Mya / Matteo Alexice
The Tenderness of Glass by Jodi Lin
Debut collection from Jodi Lin. Part memoir and part manifesto, Jodi Lin’s debut collection, The Tenderness of Glass, is a non-traditional book of narrative verse and prose poetry. Each of the book’s six parts are named after a Tibetan Buddhist Bardo.
Eileen Myles says The Tenderness of Glass is “Rapturous, ornate, straight-shooting, dirty and fun, contemporary AND ancient. This is the most various of poetry books I’ve ever read. Jodi Lin has done it all and this book of theirs, The Tenderness of Glass, is such a gift.”
Jodi identifies as a gender-expansive poet, filmmaker and a person who hears voices. Taiwanese of the Seediq Tribe, they are currently based in Manhattan. Their writing practice is enriched by the certified peer recovery coaching and support they provide. The Tenderness of Glass is their debut collection from new words {press}.The book was written as an offering of a new world to their ancestors.
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