At the Altar of Touch

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title At the Altar of Touch
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gavin Yuan Gao
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenrePoetry
Poetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780702263347
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Queensland Press
Imprint University of Queensland Press
Publication Date 1 February 2022
Publication Country Australia

Description

From the 2020 winner of the Thomas Shapcott Award comes a sophisticated, impressive and rich collection of poetry that unpacks the complexity of family, grief, and cross-cultural and queer identity. These richly allusive poems weigh violence and tenderness, wound and cure, history and future. Boldly and tenderly, they balance loss and gain, adventure and quiet, as they hum to one another of love and loss. This is a scintillating and exhilarating collection from an accomplished and distinctive new voice.

Author Biography

Born in Beijing, Gavin Yuan Gao is a genderqueer, bilingual immigrant poet who grew up in Beijing and Brisbane. They hold a BA (magna cum laude) in English Literature and Creative Writing from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. They live in Brisbane and read poetry for The Adroit Journal. At the Altar of Touch is their first book.