Gentle Chaos

Name: Gentle Chaos
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780762482047
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Poems, Tales, and Magic

By Tyler Gaca

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Summary

Gentle Chaos is a captivating collection blending poems, essays, photographs, and artworks by Tyler Gaca, also known as TikTok's Ghosthoney. This enchanting compendium explores themes of magic, queerness, self-discovery, and love through dreamlike and vulnerable storytelling. Drawing on personal stories and whimsical imagery—from salvaged antiques to imagined creatures—Gaca invites readers into a world where the weird, dark, and different offer beauty and comfort.
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This book will resonate with readers interested in contemporary poetry and art that explore queer identity, magic, and personal journey in a poetic, imaginative style. Fans of lyrical, introspective works and those seeking a unique, heartfelt experience in arts and culture will find it especially appealing.

The first book from one of the most influential voices on TikTok, social media superstar Tyler Gaca (AKA @ghosthoney). This beautifully produced collection perfectly taps into the trends of Instagram-friendly poetry like that of Rupi Kaur and amanda lovelace and the modern mystical aesthetic.

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From the wild imagination of Tyler Gaca, also known as TikTok's Ghosthoney, comes a beautiful compendium of poems, images, personal stories, and vignettes that explore magic, queerness, Tyler's unique story, and the enchantment and comfort to be found in the weird, the dark, and the different.

In this raw yet enchanting collection of poems, essays, photographs, and artworks, Tyler Gaca dreamily navigates themes of magic and queerness, offering readers an intimate look inside his mind and his worlds, real and imagined.

The writings in Gentle Chaos reflect on growing up queer and in love with magic, discovering yourself and your place in the world, and daring to seek out love and hope. The artworks are dedicated to salvaged antique photographs, haircuts, dead moths, the creatures we dream up, and much more. The result is a whimsical, vulnerable, and transporting journey into the gentle chaos within us all.

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Shelf Awareness praises Gentle Chaos as "an ethereal collection of revelatory essays, expressive poems, and stunning artwork that carry a paranormal whimsy." They highlight the "patient joy and willingness to dream" threading the pieces together, noting the book inspires reflection and nurtures an adventurous spirit.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780762482047

Publisher: Running Press,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 October 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Running Press Adult

Illustration: 100 full-colour photographs and illustrations

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 142.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 520g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Education & Reference LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction Poetry Religion & Spirituality Tyler Gaca

About the Author

Tyler Gaca is an artist currently living in Los Angeles with his husband, a menagerie of animals, and many plants. In 2019, he began posting comedic videos on TikTok under the name Ghosthoney, and he has since built a career out of his surreal and offbeat sense of humour and his love and fascination for all things magical and morbid.

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