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- Title
charles theonia's Gay Heaven Is a Dance Floor but I Can't Relax.
- Authors
Ascherman, Josh
- Abstract
"Gay Heaven Is a Dance Floor but I Can't Relax" is a debut poetry collection by charles theonia that explores themes of identity and fluidity. The poems use metaphors of phase changes and liquefaction to convey the mutability of identity. Theonia incorporates various source texts and references, creating a blend of texts that collide and explode. The collection also delves into the permeability of the gay identity and the desire to separate art from the artists. The dance floor is presented as a site where bodies and texts melt and fuse, offering a utopian and liquid possibility.
- Subjects
DANCE floors; HEAVEN; BODY odor; GAY identity; POETRY collections
- Publication
Brooklyn Rail, 2024, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2157-2151
- Publication type
Article