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Gaze Back

by Marylyn Tan
Gaze Back
Gaze Back

Femininity, queerness, occult: a poetic insurrection.

If you're drawn to the raw edges of language and the liberation of the feminine and queer from societal constraints, "Gaze Back" could resonate with you. Marylyn Tan dives deep into the undercurrents of femininity and spirituality, crafting a poetic work that's both a challenge to the status quo and an invocation for personal empowerment. This isn't just a book; it's a literary uprising meant to unsettle and inspire.

  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Lesbian Poetry (2018)
  • Singapore Literature Prize for English Poetry (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Gaze Back

by Marylyn Tan
ISBN: 9789811190803
Authors: Marylyn Tan
Publisher: Ethos Books
Date of Publication: 2018-10-31
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction, Religion
Related Topics: Nonfiction Poetry, Essays
Goodreads rating: 4.07
(rated by 81 readers)

Description

What do we expect of an author who is unapologetically female? What do we expect of consuming art in general? Should a work be easy, should a work be safe? Marylyn Tan’s debut volume, Gaze Back, complicates ideas of femininity, queerness, and the occult. The feminine grotesque subverts the restrictions placed upon the feminine body to be attractive and its subjection to notions of the ideal. The occultic counterpoint to organised religion, then, becomes a way toward techniques of empowering the marginalised. Gaze Back, ultimately, is an instruction book, a grimoire, a call to insurrection—to wrest power back from the social structures that serve to restrict, control and distribute it amongst those few privileged above the disenfranchised.
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Femininity, queerness, occult: a poetic insurrection.

If you're drawn to the raw edges of language and the liberation of the feminine and queer from societal constraints, "Gaze Back" could resonate with you. Marylyn Tan dives deep into the undercurrents of femininity and spirituality, crafting a poetic work that's both a challenge to the status quo and an invocation for personal empowerment. This isn't just a book; it's a literary uprising meant to unsettle and inspire.

  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Lesbian Poetry (2018)
  • Singapore Literature Prize for English Poetry (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.