Render

The poems in Render are snapshots of a family in crisis, infidelity, sexual discovery, and 40 years of pop culture from a gay poet growing up in the American South. Vanessa Daou says, "In Kelley's elegiac, soaring series of poems, we are seduced by his language, invited to join him on his raw and ribald traipsing across the wilderness of his memory. What is rendered is as intimate yet as exposed as your neighbor's lingerie strung up on a clothesline."

Collin Kelley is the author of the novels Conquering Venus and Remain in Light, which was a 2012 finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction. His poetry collections include Better to Travel, Slow to Burn and After the Poison. Kelley is also the author of the short story collection Kiss Shot. A recipient of the Georgia Author of the Year Award, Deep South Festival of Writers Award and Goodreads Poetry Award, Kelley's poetry, essays and interviews have appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies around the world. He lives in Atlanta, GA.