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An Ode to My Black, Queer Body
An intimate meditation on bodies, age and self-acceptance from the author of The Black Flamingo.
You’ve fought and you’ve run away. You’ve danced with other Black, queer bodies until sunrise.
Sometimes you wanted to be caught and sometimes you wanted to be held. With all that you’ve endured, you are nothing less than miraculous. From choirboy to drag act, grandson to mentor, poet to lover, Dean Atta has played many roles in his life. In this formally inventive, candid and courageous book, he explores what he has carried in his body: wins and losses, shame and pride, pain and joy. Dean also investigates how radical self acceptance and a willingness to abide with discomfort open up the possibility of a life lived beyond definition: a person unlimited.
Dean Atta will be here at bookhaus, in conversation with Edson Burton. Dr Edson Burton is a writer, historian curator based in Bristol. His work explores the intersection of race, class, and sexuality through a Black lens. He was a founder member of Queer People of Colour Group Kiki Bristol, co-author of Under One Sky. Tickets cost £6 and include a glass of wine or a soft drink and £2 off the book.
