We're absolutely loving Super Gay Poems, edited by celebrated US poet and critic Stephanie Burt which published this week from Harvard University Press. This ground-breaking anthology features 51 poems in a variety of forms, written by LGBTQIA+ poets since the Stonewall Riots, from Frank O’Hara, to Audre Lorde, Judy Grahn, James Merrill, Thom Gunn, Jackie Kay, Adrienne Rich and Chen Chen.
Arranged in chronological order, the selections trace queer culture’s recent evolutions and the great variety of queer and trans life itself. Each poem is paired with an eye-opening essay in Harvard Professor and poet Stephanie Burt’s trademark style, with verve and an inimitable literary ear.
Super Gay Poems promises protestors, poetry lovers, LGBTQIA+ readers and allies many beautiful tomorrows. In the current climate in the UK and US right now, reading these poems feels more important than ever...
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