Simon Maddrell is a queer born Manx man, thriving with HIV. Brought up in Bolton, Lancashire, he recently moved to Brighton and Hove after 20 years in London. His debut pamphlet Throatbone<\/em> was published by UnCollected Press (2020). He describes Queerfella<\/em> as a \u2018journey from shame to unashamed\u2019.<\/p>\n \u00a36 inc P&P (UK)<\/strong><\/p>\n ISBN 978-1-909632-12-7 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s a real consistency of voice throughout and an indomitable sense of the poet facing up to their chosen subject matter; \u2018no wonder we escape bodies that sink \/ Will Harris.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9399,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[222],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9398","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-pamphlets","7":"product_shipping_class-pamphlets","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9398"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9398"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWire bound pamphlet, 36pp including cover.<\/p>\n
\nor encage ourselves in sewered shame\u2019. \u2018There was a hole\u2019 and \u2018Alright really\u2019 are deceptively simple poems \u2013 and all the more powerful for it \u2013 which make use of a fine storytelling gift. \u2018I am not straight\u2019 is a particularly good example of a very tender form of directness. \u2018Life imitates porn\u2019 has an extraordinary final couplet: \u2018the cum face is fake \/ & the dicks are on drugs\u2019. Great variety and play, e.g. the \u2018demi-ekphrastic poem\u2019 \u2018Cock & Balls\u2019. The last two poems, \u2018Three Crows\u2019 and \u2018Half-rotten, Half-new\u2019 \u2013 both in part about fathers and forgiveness \u2013 are stunning: open, redemptive, beautiful.<\/p>\n