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A review by rosebeccs
Please Come Off-Book by Kevin Kantor
4.0
This is a stunning collection, probably one of my favourite modern poetry collections that I've read over the last couple of years. I'm always eager for more work by queer, nonbinary artists and this felt like exactly what I was looking to read right now. So much so that I read it in one sitting.
Despite it being in a similar wheelhouse to other collections I've read recently, it surprised me at every turn. It was a thrill to read how they used their passion for theatre as a thread throughout the collection, how they turned classic works like Shakespeare into potential queer works. I think anyone who's going to be into poetry like this will enjoy that thread.
The frankness around loss and addiction and suicidal thoughts took me aback and yet had a deep familiarity to it. Loss on all levels - whether it's death or someone no longer in your life or the rejection of family that many lgbtq people will recognise.
Overall I really enjoyed this one and there are stanzas from it that are sure to echo in my head for a while to come.
Thanks to Button Poetry for the ARC via Netgalley, it was a joy to read.
Despite it being in a similar wheelhouse to other collections I've read recently, it surprised me at every turn. It was a thrill to read how they used their passion for theatre as a thread throughout the collection, how they turned classic works like Shakespeare into potential queer works. I think anyone who's going to be into poetry like this will enjoy that thread.
The frankness around loss and addiction and suicidal thoughts took me aback and yet had a deep familiarity to it. Loss on all levels - whether it's death or someone no longer in your life or the rejection of family that many lgbtq people will recognise.
Overall I really enjoyed this one and there are stanzas from it that are sure to echo in my head for a while to come.
Thanks to Button Poetry for the ARC via Netgalley, it was a joy to read.