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wcsheffer's review
5.0
Kit Yan's collection of poems in Queer Heartache are honest, confrontational, and delightful. He weaves stories of growing up, having sex, and understanding familial love into one group of poems. It is exciting and brilliant to see a collection that represents all parts of a person's life and how they all interact with one another to create that person--INTERSECTIONALITY. I found Yan's poems about lecturing their younger brother to be the most powerful, maybe those are the ones that hit most to home but they are about knowledge sharing and effecting change. Some powerful words on class and navigating America without English as a first language included in the collection as well. This is a dope quick collection that is heartwarming and heartbreaking--a very sincere reflection of life.
moonyreadsbystarlight's review
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
This is a short but powerful book. This review comes after my second read-through of the book. I had gotten it several years ago after seeing Kit Yan preform. Despite the fact that it has been so long, I could see pieces of his performance and hear his words as I reread it. This poetry collection is honest and unabashed.
"But most of the time, my gender is.../ fuck you mind your own business!"
A note about the content: there is frank discussion of sex and the body in these poems. So, just be aware of that going in. Some of these poems are not for younger audiences.
"But most of the time, my gender is.../ fuck you mind your own business!"
A note about the content: there is frank discussion of sex and the body in these poems. So, just be aware of that going in. Some of these poems are not for younger audiences.
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