Description
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If you reloop trauma enough, does it make a danceable rhythm? If you get lost in physical sensation enough, does that make you free?
DADDY is a powerful look at patriarchy, intergenerational trauma, and queer desire that seeks an unravelling of systems of control to reclaim vulnerability. At once confessional, playful, and sonically meticulous, Byrne's poems seek conversation with a voice in the mind that won't quiet. Cruel father figures dissolve into leather-clad muscle daddies on popper-scented dancefloors; the pain of the past sows the seeds of a joyful exploration of queer desire.
Author: Jake Byrne
Publisher: Brick Books
Published: 10/15/2024
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.81w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9781771316408
ISBN10: 1771316403
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | LGBTQ+
- Poetry | Canadian
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Family
About the Author
Jake Byrne is the author of Celebrate Pride with Lockheed Martin (Wolsak & Wynn, 2023) and DADDY (Brick Books, 2024). In 2019, they won CV2's Foster Prize for poetry. They live in Toronto/tka: ronto.