Acrobatic and winking poems of queer life

"Patterflash by Adam Lowe is a poetry collection that glories in the language of the queer underground"

"His verse is acrobatic and winking – describing deliciously amorous encounters and the raptures of queer nightlife in Manchester. He delves into the beautiful mundanities of truly loving other people for what they are."

"Lowe slinks between the discomfort and joy of various guises."

"Lowe celebrates acts of protest, whilst attending to the insidious pressures of living as a queer, mixed-race person within an authoritarian climate."

"In the face of it all, these poems rollick across the page, offering elation in their very being."

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