{"product_id":"fourteen-poems-queer-poetry-anthology-issue-11","title":"Fourteen Poems: Queer Poetry Anthology - Issue 11","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFourteen queer contemporary poets, from Europe, Asia, North and South America and, hilariously, round the corner from our HQ in east London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAs always, we want each issue to reflect a diversity of ideas and experiences within the LGBTQ+ community and we hope these fourteen do that for you all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e There’s poems about queer childhood (“mango drawing” by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan) and urging to push against the boundaries in that childhood (“Red Jumper” by AnnieBrechin). There’s also Gustav Parker Hibbett’s “High Jump as Icarus Story”,which packs so many ideas in but at its core is perhaps a look at why queer kids push themselves so hard (spoiler: we all want to be loved).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAnd speaking of love, there’s heartbreak (“Broken” by Nathan Evans) and how poetry can be used to vocalise that ache (“Stacks” by Sarah Donley) – but also a celebration of everyday relationships, whether that be home-haircuts in “A Latin American Sonnet CXXVII” by Leo Boix or the safety of co-habiting with your love in A. Shaikh’s “Domesticity”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \/ 40 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44054369370327,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781739169756.jpg?v=1692957167","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/fourteen-poems-queer-poetry-anthology-issue-11","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}