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This is the most various of poetry books I’ve ever read.Jodi Lin has done it all and this book of theirs, The Tenderness of Glass, is such a gift.”

~ Eileen Myles

Jodi identifies as a gender-expansive poet, filmmaker and a person who hears voices. Taiwanese of the Seediq Tribe, they are currently based in Manhattan.

“Rapturous, ornate, straight-shooting, dirty and fun, contemporary AND ancient.

Birch trusts his readers, pushing them to settle into places of honest discomfort and transgression despite ancient source material. The poems range from deeply funny, like with a complicated “God bless [...] picket fence queers joining PTA

"Wiley’s erotic lyricism wields the metaphor of myth to ground queer and trans lives among gods and folklore, offering readers a satisfying journey through a wide scope of Greco-Roman allusions.

Greco-roman mythology like you’ve never experienced it. Spoiler. It’s queer af!

Get your copy now. Support a brilliant trans poet who will, no doubt, have an impact on the poetry landscape.

Birch trusts his readers, pushing them to settle into places of honest discomfort and transgression…” - Mya / Ma

“Wiley’s erotic lyricism wields the metaphor of myth to ground queer and trans lives among gods and folklore, offering readers a satisfying journey through a wide scope of Greco-Roman allusions.

Reconsidering the stories of Greco-Roman mythological figures, these poems don’t just retell these stories in a contemporary queer context, but consider how, reimagined and renewed over millennia, they resonate with our lives now.

How do we make sense of the way violence, transformation, and passion impact queer selves and lives?