DADDY

By (author): Jake Byrne

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If you reloop trauma enough, does it make a danceable rhythm? If you get lost in physical sensation enough, does that make you free?

DADDY is a powerful look at patriarchy, intergenerational trauma, and queer desire that seeks an unravelling of systems of control to reclaim vulnerability. At once confessional, playful, and sonically meticulous, Byrne’s poems seek conversation with a voice in the mind that won’t quiet. Cruel father figures dissolve into leather-clad muscle daddies on popper-scented dancefloors; the pain of the past sows the seeds of a joyful exploration of queer desire.

AUTHOR

Jake Byrne

Jake Byrne is a poet and writer based in Toronto, Canada. Their work has been published in journals and anthologies in North America. Their poem “Parallel Volumes” won CV2’s Foster Poetry Prize for 2019, and their first two books of poetry are forthcoming in 2023 with Wolsak & Wynn and in 2024 with Brick Books, respectively. Find them @jakebyrnewrites.


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“ltpgtI thought I knew desire I thought I knew raging at the world around but Jake Byrne shows me the limits of my imagination and fantasy ltigtDADDYltigt is no abstraction It is instead the material cost of living a radical lifeltbrgt Khashayar Kess Mohammadi author of ltigtDaffodlsltigt and ltigtG FricativesltigtltpgtltpgtltigtDADDYltigt makes me feel shock and bliss both at once It also makes me laugh a lot but the funny bits actually feel like a mere byproduct of Byrnes incredible understanding of how the world really truly isltbrgt Ben Ladouceur author of ltigtI Remember Lightsltigt and ltigtMad Long Emotionltigtltpgt”

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Dimensions:

144 Pages
8.50in * 5.75in * .40in
216.00gr

Published:

October 15, 2024

Publisher:

Brick Books

ISBN:

9781771316408

Book Subjects:

POETRY / LGBTQ+

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Language:

eng

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