{"product_id":"villainy","title":"Villainy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS FINALIST!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarnessing street protest as a poetic formation, \u003ci\u003eVillainy\u003c\/i\u003e exhibits the desires that bring queers into public space.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea Abi-Karam answers the call to action for poetry itself to become the radical accomplice it was destined to be in their second book, \u003ci\u003eVillainy.\u003c\/i\u003e In order to live through the grief of the Ghostship Fire \u0026amp; the Muslim Ban, \u003ci\u003eVillainy\u003c\/i\u003e foments political action in public spaces, and indexes the various emotional states, such as rage, revelry, fear, grief, and desire to which queers must tend during protest. In scenes loaded with glitter, broken glass, and cum, Abi-Karam insists that in order to shatter the rising influence of new fascism we must embrace the collective work of antifascists, street medics, and queer exhibitionists and that the safety that we risk is reckless and necessary. Disruptive and demanding, these punk poems embody direct action and invite the audience into the desire-filled slippage between public sex and demonstration. At heart, \u003ci\u003eVillainy\u003c\/i\u003e aims to destroy all levels of hierarchy to establish a participatory, temporary autonomous zone in which the targeted other can thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39682814607443,"sku":"9781643621104","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781643621104_ffe0f721-34ed-4e60-90fc-875b7522a22f.jpg?v=1778539527","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/villainy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}