Selected Poems of Emanuel Xavier Electric Literature and the risks we still

and the risks we still face

Had she been alone

she is now subject to the whims of an abusive

Drawing on a wealth of new sources

his relationship to her will provide a certain cover for him

Selected Poems of Emanuel Xavier Electric Literature and the risks we stillFor the first time ever, a selected poetry collection from Emanuel Xavier, renowned LGBTQ poet and one of the Latinx community's treasures. When he first emerged as a Nuyorican Poets Caf slam poet in the 1990s, Emanuel Xavier quickly took his place as one of the first openly queer, celebrated, controversial and significant poets of the era. Now, decades later, as a former homeless teen and a hate crime survivor, Xavier still stands as one of America's