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A Queen in Bucks County
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This book will resonate with readers interested in experimental literature, queer narratives, and poetic explorations of sexuality and social space.
"In A Queen in Bucks County, our protagonist Turner, who both is and is not the writer, makes his pleasurable way through miserable space. Men "buy him things," lovers drive across state lines, users down volatile cocktails to see what happens, landlords turn tenants out, and Turner writes poetic tracts to friends about it. Part pornography, part novel, all love letter om publisher's description.
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An epistolary sequence about sex, exchange and social space set along the Northeast Corridor.
In A Queen in Bucks County, our protagonist Turner, who both is and is not the writer, makes his pleasurable way through miserable space. Men "buy him things," lovers drive across state lines, users down volatile cocktails to see what happens, landlords turn tenants out, and Turner writes poetic tracts to friends about it.
Part pornography, part novel, all love letter, A Queen in Bucks County is an experiment in turning language upside down to see what falls out.
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ISBN: 9781643621494
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 December 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Nightboat Books
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 80
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About the Author
Kay Gabriel is a poet and essayist. With Andrea Abi-Karam, she co-editedWe Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics(Nightboat, 2020). She's the author ofKissing Other People or the House of Fame(Rosa Press, 2021) andA Queen in Bucks County(Nightboat Books, 2022). She grew up in Toronto and lives in Queens.
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