A Boy in the City by S. Yarberry Paperback Book 9781646051786

In this debut collection of poetry the obscure and mundane collide a fricassee of movement the cosmopolitan and intimacy A Boy in the City uses poems as pillars to interrupt and excavate an interiority that unfolds and interrogates grim thoughts and intimacy Yarberry weaves a sexy glitzy journey through their city where the speaker can ampldquoposeamprdquo and ampldquocomposeamprdquo in a ampldquotrans way of courseamprdquo Clever in its playful allusions to Greek myths William Blake and other literary figures A Boy in the City is a distinct work of joy and liberation that reckons with the language of gender and desire