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Bold in the Life: Poems Screeved in yer Actual Polari
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781916938908
Publisher: Broken Sleep Books
Published: Apr 30 2025
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.11 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Jeremy Dixon's Bold in the Life is an electrifying reclamation of Polari, the coded language once whispered through queer spaces, now reanimated in poetry that is unapologetic, irreverent, and deeply celebratory. Moving between historical echoes and contemporary queer existence, Dixon's work pulses with wit, defiance, and linguistic play, queering the act of translation itself. These poems are both homage and reinvention, rejecting nostalgia while amplifying resilience, speaking to the past while remaining resolutely present. A linguistic and cultural act of resistance, Bold in the Life asserts itself with joyous subversion and unflinching originality.
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