{"product_id":"villainy-paperback","title":"Villainy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Abi-Karam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS FINALIST!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarnessing street protest as a poetic formation, \u003ci\u003eVillainy\u003c\/i\u003e exhibits the desires that bring queers into public space.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Abi-Karam answers the call to action for poetry itself to become the radical accomplice it was destined to be in their second book, \u003ci\u003eVillainy.\u003c\/i\u003e In order to live through the grief of the Ghostship Fire \u0026amp; the Muslim Ban, \u003ci\u003eVillainy\u003c\/i\u003e foments political action in public spaces, and indexes the various emotional states, such as rage, revelry, fear, grief, and desire to which queers must tend during protest. In scenes loaded with glitter, broken glass, and cum, Abi-Karam insists that in order to shatter the rising influence of new fascism we must embrace the collective work of antifascists, street medics, and queer exhibitionists and that the safety that we risk is reckless and necessary. Disruptive and demanding, these punk poems embody direct action and invite the audience into the desire-filled slippage between public sex and demonstration. At heart, \u003ci\u003eVillainy\u003c\/i\u003e aims to destroy all levels of hierarchy to establish a participatory, temporary autonomous zone in which the targeted other can thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Abi-Karam is an arab-american genderqueer punk poet-performer cyborg, writing on the art of killing bros, the intricacies of cyborg bodies, trauma and delayed healing. Selected by Bhanu Khapil, Andrea's debut EXTRATRANSMISSION (Kelsey Street Press, 2019), is a poetic critique of the U.S. military's role in the War on Terror. Simone White selected their second assemblage, Villainy for publication in Fall 2021 at Nightboat Books. With Kay Gabriel, they co-edited We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics released by Nightboat Books in November 2020. They are a Leo currently obsessed with queer terror and convertibles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.35 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725681299519,"sku":"9781643621104","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b886bfa2f47c4ed606453f650de91b6f.webp?v=1765107533","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/villainy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}