Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire

Author:   Cole T Rachel ,  Rita D Costello
Publisher:   Soft Skull Press
ISBN:  

9781932360172


Pages:   120
Publication Date:   14 May 2004
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Format:   Paperback
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Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire


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An anthology of poetry for young adults that realistically and beautifully deals with what it means to come of age as gay, lesbian, transgender, or, as is perhaps more often the case in adolescence, totally confused The anthology approaches the seemingly unnavigable territory of teenage sexuality and confusion with poems written by adults who keenly remember the turmoil, pain and excitement of adolescence and sexual coming of age. The poems are written with the insight and clarity of perspective and understanding that comes with years. The book shows that teenage sexuality is more nuanced and complicated than it is often given credit for. It is valuable in that it not only provides a service of sorts-giving young adults a thing with which they can identify, a thing that might comfort, console, explain, entertain, and illuminate-but also just as importantly, it brings the pleasures of poetry to an audience for whom poetry itself might seem as unfathomable as adulthood itself.

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Author:   Cole T Rachel ,  Rita D Costello
Publisher:   Soft Skull Press
Imprint:   Soft Skull Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.142kg
ISBN:  

9781932360172


ISBN 10:   1932360174
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   14 May 2004
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  General/trade ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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This is powerful writing by a witness wise beyond his years. The gripping poems are so good that you find yourself wanting the writer to try his hand at everything: films, novels, songs, plays -- they all seem within his reach.


"""This is powerful writing by a witness wise beyond his years. The gripping poems are so good that you find yourself wanting the writer to try his hand at everything: films, novels, songs, plays -- they all seem within his reach."""


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T. Cole Rachel is a writer, editor, and teacher who lives in Brooklyn. His books include Surviving the Moment of Impact and Bend Don't Shatter.

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