{"product_id":"deciduous-qween-9781597092586","title":"Deciduous Qween","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough the creaking of bedazzled branches and the soft rustle of jeweled leaves, \u003cem\u003edeciduous qween \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the queer world all around us--how we, like our environment, wear and shed different identities in our performance as human, as drag queen, as ancient tree. This collection reveals in the natural world those ephemeral moments which reflect our own truths and confront our fear of death, of loneliness, and of failure. With an air of Southern Gothic mysticism, the poet reflects on a childhood spent in Houston's bayous, an adolescence rife with curiosity and shame, and a young adulthood marred by the loss of his mother. How do our bodies and minds find equilibrium as we learn to let go, yet long to remember? The title poem, \"deciduous qween, I-V,\" binds the collection in a five-part sequence, pondering those things that are lost in the seasons of our lives: teeth, antlers, body, shape, and leaf. And it's those sharp edges of loss and the scars they leave behind that linger here, like bark stripped from a swaying willow, or a family bereft of its matriarch. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlasgow, Matty Layne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatty Layne Glasgow\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the poetry collection, \u003cem\u003edeciduous qween\u003c\/em\u003e, selected by Richard Blanco as the winner of the Benjamin Saltman Award and forthcoming from Red Hen Press in 2019. He is runner-up for \u003cem\u003eMissouri Review\u003c\/em\u003e's 2017 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize and finalist for \u003cem\u003eNimrod\u003c\/em\u003e's 2018 Pablo Neruda Prize. His poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net anthologies and appear in the \u003cem\u003eMissouri Review, Crazyhorse, Collagist, BOAAT, Muzzle, \u003c\/em\u003eand elsewhere. He lives in Houston, Texas where he teaches with Writers in the Schools and adjuncts his life away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52101663654162,"sku":"9781597092586","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a662dd3a-ac80-4d09-93c6-4d22d4bbe1a7.jpg?v=1773135914","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/deciduous-qween-9781597092586","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}