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A dense, very referential collection of poetry that I suspect would be fruitful to reread many times; you'd get more and more from each reading. Poems about gender, the self, love, mythology, sex, trans ancestors. "I didn't mean to become an I. / I didn't mean to be. But I got caught up predictably, in a subject, History, yours." Full review on my blog!
I enjoyed this and appreciated all the plays on words and concepts that can happen with poetry. Focused primarily on sexuality and gender concepts and there is some real beautiful gems in this collection.
Referentially dense but lyrically deft -- at times falls into itself in ways that are difficult to follow but which would probably reward multiple readings.
guy who has only read walter benjamin's theses on the philosophy of history, reading trish salah: getting a lot of theses on the philosophy of history vibes from this
erudite & deeply-felt, raunchy & transcendent
A re-read. One of my favourite books. Its account of the stakes of trans 'identity' in/against euro-modernity remains as refreshing, although if I'm honest the class politics seems less sharp than it did on my first reading. I'm sure I'll return to it again with different impressions in the future.
"Trans women poets: raise your hands if you have written poems about or in the voice of Tiresias? Although I’m not sure if there are enough trans poets AND trans poets who have written Tiresias poems to call them a commonplace, I will cop to having written a few. The figure of Tiresias looms over the search for precedent. Trish Salah recognizes that sometimes the only way around these commonplaces is by honoring the spirit of the search for origins in myth while also critiquing its pitfalls..."R...
Lyric Sexology Vol. 1 by Trish Salah belongs on my list of revolutionary books and cherished poetry. I am struck by Salah’s versatility of style, sense of play, intelligence and engagement with feminism, gender and decolonialism. These are poems of resistance. There are essay poems and ghazals, lush accumulations, spare lines, a variety of language levels, and images that give me poem shiver. My copy of the book is covered in dog-ears and stars.I’m hoping that trans people find camaraderie, comf...
811.6 S1595L 2014
