{"product_id":"joy-us-poems-of-queer-joy","title":"Joy\/\/Us: poems of Queer Joy","description":"\u003cp\u003eArachne Press has long been a champion of LGBTQ+ writers, but we’ve never before published an anthology of LGBTQ+ poetry. These are joyful poems that celebrate all that is best about our community\/ies and lives. This is not an ‘explain it to the straights’ book, this is for us. LGBTQ+ readers can open this book at random and find a moment of poetic queer joy for themselves, however big or small.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in the book find joy in the simplest (or most complex) things. Love, sex, a quiet night in, dancing with friends, nurturing of and from our community, recognition from allies, a welcome from strangers, celebrating our cultural icons… the identity-affirming haircut, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eright\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejeans, books, walking, food, flint-knapping… and political action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An eclectic collection of poetry that illuminates and celebrates, who,\u003cbr\u003ehow, why and where we are now.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrudy Howson, LGBT Poet Laureate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A gorgeous celebratory kaleidoscope of poems on the many joys of\u003cbr\u003equeerness.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJames McDermott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55945346384256,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/joy_us.jpg?v=1751459625","url":"https:\/\/poetrypharmacy.live\/products\/joy-us-poems-of-queer-joy","provider":"The Poetry Pharmacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}