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Composed in two halves, Erica Gillingham’s The Human Body is a Hive is a playful and observant reconception of queer love and queer family-making. Opening with a shameless celebration of sex and desire, the collection expands the boundaries of love to include friendship, romance, and lifelong partnership. The latter catalogues the cyclical heartbreaks and wonders of fertility treatment through the microscopic lenses of nature, medicine, and art. Both quietly moving and profoundly celebratory, this exciting debut evokes tenderness and resilience.
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The Human Body Is A Hive, Erica Gillingham
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- 2022
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- Title
- The Human Body Is A Hive
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Erica Gillingham
- Publisher
- Verve Poetry Press
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 32
- ISBN10
- 191391707X
- ISBN13
- 9781913917074
- Series
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Composed in two halves, Erica Gillingham’s The Human Body is a Hive is a playful and observant reconception of queer love and queer family-making. Opening with a shameless celebration of sex and desire, the collection expands the boundaries of love to include friendship, romance, and lifelong partnership. The latter catalogues the cyclical heartbreaks and wonders of fertility treatment through the microscopic lenses of nature, medicine, and art. Both quietly moving and profoundly celebratory, this exciting debut evokes tenderness and resilience.