God's Boy

Andrew Hahn

ISBN 10: 1943977690 / ISBN 13: 9781943977697

Published by Sibling Rivalry Press, LLC, 2019

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Andrew Hahn's God's Boy grapples with the fallibility of the body and desire in the ex-Christian tradition. A commentary on the church's toxic masculinity, the speaker reconciles his worship between dad/dy and God, seeking a loving mirror for the queer body. These poems deftly negotiate the cartography of absence; they're at once a primer on both solitude and abundance. Hahn queers the church-indoctrinated masculine, stating, "boys are not born w a bud in one hand and a dick in the other / boys are born crying." He shows us there's a space for these boys and finding it feels like Heaven.Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW"God's Boy is more than confession; it's a linguist exercise in reclamation, of the word faggot, the burn in its etymology; of the cruel abstraction home. Hahn knows that any ritual is a form of role play, and all love a fetish. 'What is more masc than fucking men, ' he writes; it's not a question. Hahn's unrepentant poems dare the reader to sit with him 'in the murk of uncertainty' God's Boy is a raw, fearless debut." - Randall MannABOUT THE AUTHORAndrew Hahn is a queer poet and writer living in Fort Lauderdale. He has his MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and was invited to be the writer-in-residence at Randolph College. His poetry and essays can be found online at Screen Door Review, Butter Press, Crab Fat Magazine, Crab Creek Review, and Pithead Chapel among others. Read more Continue reading Read less.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: God's Boy
• Publisher: Sibling Rivalry Press, LLC
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1943977690
• ISBN 13: 9781943977697
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 12.7W x 0.25H x 17.78D centimeters 12.7 centimeters width by 0.25 centimeters height by 17.78 centimeters depth
• Weight: 45 grams

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Synopsis

Andrew Hahn's God's Boy grapples with the fallibility of the body and desire in the ex-Christian tradition. A commentary on the church's toxic masculinity, the speaker reconciles his worship between dad/dy and God, seeking a loving mirror for the queer body. These poems deftly negotiate the cartography of absence; they're at once a primer on both solitude and abundance. Hahn queers the church-indoctrinated masculine, stating, "boys are not born w a bud in one hand & a dick in the other / boys are born crying." He shows us there's a space for these boys and finding it feels like Heaven.

About the Author

Andrew Hahn is a queer poet and writer living in Fort Lauderdale. He has his MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and was invited to be the writer-in-residence at Randolph College. His poetry and essays can be found online at Screen Door Review, Butter Press, Crab Fat Magazine, Crab Creek Review, and Pithead Chapel among others.