From the stunning opening poem, Recent developments in Gay America, [this book] is a cathartic journey for poet and reader, leavened with touches of sly humor. Ken Pobo is unsparing, including his indictment of the church for its cruelty towards and crusade against homosexuals.–Karla Linn Merrifield, author of My Body the Guitar.

Light runs through this powerful, exciting, gorgeous collection of poems [winner of the 2021 Stonewall Chapbook competition]: sunlight, candlelight, the light of fire and morning and moon… . Janine Urell, author of the comics of alison bechdel