Erased - A Pamphlet of Found and Erasure Poems
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RELEASE DATE - 16 AUGUST 2021
ERASED is a limited edition hand-bound poetry pamphlet in which writer James McDermott takes found homophobic newspaper articles, speeches, legislations and biblical passages and makes erasure poems out of them to reveal queer subtext or to turn them into gay-friendly pieces in the hope of reclaiming those texts which tried to erase gay lives.
"Brilliant and very beautiful. We love it."
Gilbert & George
"Erased deploys erasure poetry to answer back to decades of censorship and homophobia. In their re-making, we enjoy Tinky Winky as gay icon, and the ‘coming in’ of John Inman. Through selection and arrangement, the not-so-latent queerness of ‘American manhood’ magazines is illuminated. Removing ‘not’ from Section 28 legislation makes it a riot of celebration; the pluralised UK national anthem, an invocation to ‘save the queens’. The selective repeated blackout of a public notice becomes a litany of repression, where ‘police are toilets’; the un-mention-ability of Oscar Wilde’s Acts, transformed into an invitation ‘to be / out / hard’. Even God says he’s, “set my rainbow / in the clouds”’. Through selecting and reversioning these texts, we see that ultimately, in the witty words of Pride placards, ‘love is/power/love wins’"
Caleb Parkin
| Author | James McDermott |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 24 |
| ISBN |
9781914237027 |
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