100 Queer Poems: an anthology

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This was a really wonderful anthology, later out in multiple several sections that explore different aspects of queer history and the trials and tribulations of the LGBTQIA+ community. Thanks to the publisher via NetGalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. Normally I would prefer an anthology that gives a small selection, 3 or 4 at least, from each poet but given the underlying theme of this particular volume I was prepared to consider 1 poem from each of 100 poets and see where it would lead me. The collection is cleverly themed so that we can see thoughts on gay life from a youthful point of view into older age, from the domestic to the international. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation.

There are many, many fine pieces here, and as I was reading I was making notes of new poets whose work I will be seeking out. Having studied Wilfred Owen "a war poet" at school, I hadnt realised for many years that he was also a "queer poet" and so I found this collection fascinating. She currently lives in London, and is Lecturer in Creative Writing (Poetry) at Oxford Brookes University. One Sunday morning, his father took him and his brothers to jog and play soccer on a badminton court nearby.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

If you can’t credit me with simply being a person who loves books and likes talking about them, at least credit me with enough common sense to be a better villain.By mixing in modern poets with some more traditional poets the collection manages to create a conversation with our conception of the Canon and widen it, enhance it, and subtly change it.