
A Creature of Transformation
James Hodgson(Author)
Dog Horn Publishing
Published on 28. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-907133-83-1 (ISBN)
Description
From needle-sprouting cactus skin to a middle-aged body that begins to turn into a university, Manchester author James Hodgson's first pamphlet offers four short stories about mutation and evolution that take being itself to be a supple and slippery thing.
These stories engage with metamorphosis both as a metaphysical consequence of being but also as a literary act of defiance and self-determination. Queer men of different stripes undergo transformations in their search for wholeness and meaning, with results that are surreal, visceral and political.
Sexiness is monstrous and monstrosity is sexy here - for queer desire is also at the heart of each of these stories, and is often the catalyst for change. James Hodgson is a bold new voice, and a worthy winner of the inaugural Superbia Chapbook Competition. In these stories he bristles, contorts and swerves, proving that his is a voice to listen out for in future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dewsbury
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
67 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-907133-83-1 (9781907133831)
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