{"product_id":"in-gorgeous-display-paperback","title":"In Gorgeous Display - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUgochukwu Damian Okpara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Book Riot's Must-Have New Poetry for Fall 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable debut collection by a young Nigerian queer poet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"here \/ i am not his image \/ \u0026amp; i envy it \/ i shut my eyes against what is left \/ the crackling softness of life \/ like communion \/ desire is a marathon \/ a baton waiting for your grip \/ here \/ i am not running \/ neither is he \/ i sit with a man for the first time \/ \u0026amp; we talk about war . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e--FROM \"BEAUTIFUL BOY WITH GARLANDS AROUND HIS WAIST\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Gorgeous Display\u003c\/i\u003e, by Nigerian poet Ugochukwu Damian Okpara, is a volume dedicated to the memory of those lost to anti-queer violence in Nigeria and elsewhere. In this first full-length collec-tion of his work, Okpara examines queer male identity, effeminacy, and exile, offering meditations on desire and sanctuary, freedom and estrangement. Forty-three poems pierce familial relation-ships, safety, fear, and anxiety portrayed through the outward sign of hand tremors, queer lynching, survival, hope, the emptiness of exile, and reclamation of the self. Embracing the ephemeral and spiritual nature of physical beauty, Okpara also reveals the scars of queer displacement, illuminat-ing the ways that leaving home is never quite the utopia one hopes for and how often the ache of abandonment can haunt a life lived in the present.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUgochukwu Damian Okpara \u003c\/b\u003eis a Nigerian writer and poet. He is an alumnus of the SprinNG Fellowship and Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop. His works appear or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Masters Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLolwe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e 14 Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRuminate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Penn Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalamander\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is the author of the poetry chapbook, \u003ci\u003e I Know the Origin of My Tremor\u003c\/i\u003e (Sundress Publications, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776987824416,"sku":"9781531504601","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/541f97f7c7950f1eca6f43eb55ed24ca.webp?v=1780489788","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-gorgeous-display-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}