Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Stephen Watts the compnion book Poetry Unbound

the compnion book Poetry Unbound is available from Canongate/WW Norton

inspired by field work done for the Arctic at the Thought Foundation

heartbreak and male-female relationships with a darker sequence about our “foremothers” who were persecuted as witches

Crossing by Olivia Elias translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid (World Poetry Books)

down-to-earth utterance may be the norm

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Stephen Watts the compnion book Poetry UnboundPublished 26th March 2026 A luminous and romantic debut verse novel navigating first love as a non binary teenager. I feel invincible. Like I could run and run and never stop for breath. I feel a power in me I didn't know I had. The power to speak, to say what I need. Surya knows exactly who they are. Coming out as non binary to their queer parents and best friend? A total non event. Catching feelings for Blessing the boy in drama club whose smile