{"product_id":"9781846976889-holy-boys","title":"Holy Boys","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new poetry collection from Andrés N. Ordorica (picked as an \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e Best Debut Novelists for 2024), \u003cem\u003eHoly Boys\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to address the echoes of adolescence and the pains of living a life in the shadows of unspeakable desires and all-consuming longing. This collection is for readers who appreciate language and the multilingual power of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Jhalak Poetry Prize.\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHoly Boys\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to address the lingering echoes of adolescence and the pains of living a life in the shadows of unspeakable desires and all-consuming longing. These poems are a means of finding language in youth, gathering experience in pubescence, and serving as testament to survival in a world that demands silences throughout queer life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems are an archive which maps physical desire and emotional needs while pushing past dogma and self-hating. They are a means of naming the many lovers and loved ones who have helped move the speaker from boyhood into manhood. This is a collection that is informed by faith, sexuality, loss and love, a celebration of the growing pains that eventually allow us to unfurl into whole beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55403358093686,"sku":"9781846976889","price":9.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33882226_72550ce0-a794-4f1c-8496-e8e823589510.jpg?v=1745414032","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781846976889-holy-boys","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}