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By Subhaga Crystal Bacon. This lyrical, sensual autobiography in poems combines a mature voice and a youthful openness to self-transformation at any age. Bacon embraces queer elderhood as a strong and spacious container to hold what is difficult, from late-in-life recovered abuse memories, to the oppression of those who exceed the gender binary. Notwithstanding these wounds, this collection celebrates the body as our first resource for playfulness and pleasure.
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