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he's so MASC / Chris Tse.

Van Pelt Library PR9708.T882 H47 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tse, Chris, 1982- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Masculinity--Poetry.
Masculinity.
New Zealand poetry--21st century.
New Zealand poetry.
Genre:
Poetry.
New Zealand poetry -- 21st century.
Physical Description:
84 pages ; 21 cm
Other Title:
He's so masculine
Place of Publication:
Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2018.
Summary:
"In How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes, Chris Tse took readers back to a shocking 1905 murder. Now he brings the reader much closer to home. He's So MASC confronts a contemporary world of self-loathing poets and compulsive liars, of youth and sexual identity, and of the author as character--pop star, actor, hitman, and much more. These are poems that delve into worlds of hyper-masculine romanticism and dancing alone in night clubs. With it's many modes and influences, He's So MASC is an acerbic, acid-bright, yet unapologetically sentimental and personal reflection on what it means to perform and dissect identity, as a poet and a person"--Back cover.
Contents:
Intro
Belated backstory
Heavy lifting
Punctum
Tonight, Matthew
Chris Tse and His Imaginary Band
Artist's impression of the poet is not drawn to scale
Like a queen
I was a self-loathing poet
Selfie with landscape
MASC
This house
Summer nights with knife fights
Performance, part 2
The compulsive liar's autobiography
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
Thunder's soul clap
I.R.L.
The saddest song in the world
Present tension
New mythology
I want things that won't make me happy
Lupine
I made it through the wilderness
Fast track
Desire
Boy meets wolf
Choose your own adventure
A star like no other
Distance getting close
Release
Astronaut
The opposite of music
MacGuffin
Still, the boys
Notes for Taylor Swift, should she ever write a song about me
Sweetheartbreaker
Next year's colours
Spot the difference, answers
Crying at the disco
Ends, actually
Spanner, a toast
Wolf spirit, fade out.
Notes:
Poems.
ISBN:
9781869408879
186940887X
OCLC:
1018253707

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