He’s So MASC
Author | : Chris Tse |
Publisher | : Auckland University Press |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2018-03-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781775589747 |
ISBN-13 | : 1775589749 |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes, Chris Tse took readers back to a shocking 1905 murder. Now he brings the reader much closer to home. He’s So MASC confronts a contemporary world of self-loathing poets and compulsive liars, of youth and sexual identity, and of the author as character — pop star, actor, hitman, and much more. These are poems that delve into worlds of hyper-masculine romanticism and dancing alone in night clubs. With its many modes and influences, He’s So MASC is an acerbic, acid-bright, yet unapologetically sentimental and personal reflection on what it means to perform and dissect identity, as a poet and a person.