raw and zero

imogen smith

ISBN 10: 1643623079 / ISBN 13: 9781643623078

Published by Nightboat Books, US, 2026

About this Item

A book of transition-poetic, political, religious-and its always radical implications.Occupied with trans spirituality, the genocide in Palestine, and the manifold intricacies of queer love and struggle, the poems in imogen smith's second collection, raw and zero, open up an unabashedly musical incitement to take a stand on honest ground. At the heart of this collection lies the tensions between the philosophical and the erotic. Language unspools throughout long form pieces influenced by concrete poetry, as the poet plays with a sense of shape, space, and symbols. With raw and zero, smith charts medical transition, a budding Islamic practice, and civic resistance, felt in the book's themes of meaning-making, hope, love, lust, identity, and community alongside personal, regional, and global grief.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: raw and zero
• Publisher: Nightboat Books, US
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1643623079
• ISBN 13: 9781643623078
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

A book of transition—poetic, political, religious—and its always radical implications.

Occupied with trans spirituality, the genocide in Palestine, and the manifold intricacies of queer love and struggle, the poems in imogen smith’s second collection, raw & zero, open up an unabashedly musical incitement to take a stand on honest ground. At the heart of this collection lies the tensions between the philosophical and the erotic. Language unspools throughout long form pieces influenced by concrete poetry, as the poet plays with a sense of shape, space, and symbols. With raw & zero, smith charts medical transition, a budding Islamic practice, and civic resistance, felt in the book’s themes of meaning-making, hope, love, lust, identity, and community alongside personal, regional, and global grief.

About the Author

imogen smith is a poet & transsexual. She is the author of raw & zero & stemmy things, both published by Nightboat Books. They believe in a free Palestine, a borderless world, & trans power.