Bent on Writing: Contemporary Queer Tales
Elizabeth Ruth has gathered the work of 55 of the talented writers who have performed at the reading series "Clit Lit," now entering its fifth successful year. Clit Lit is the only monthly queer literary series in Canada. With conviction, Ruth says, "Good writing breeds good writing." Working from this premise, she founded and developed a community-based artistic space where established and emerging writers could meet and learn from each other. Each contributor in this collection is...
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Elizabeth Ruth has gathered the work of fifty-five of the talented writers who have performed at the reading series Clit Lit, entering its fifth successful year in 2002. At Clit Lit, writers find inspiration and motivation from each other and are able to showcase their talent in various forms -- prose, poetry, spoken work, playwriting, creative non-fiction, storytelling and drag. Bent on Writing offers readers a permanent and lasting record of that work and a "how to" guide for establishing their own community-based literary events. This book is more than an anthology: it is a gathering of three-dimensional talent for the two-dimensional page.
AcknowledgementsIntroduction"Barring" of the Bathhouse1Champagne Socialism7Standing By My Man9Teenage Trans Vamp14Ghazals, from The Book of Suicides17From Griffonne21Monologue of the Mandible31Black Men and Me38In the night, suddenly43Eat & Disorder49Bake Me58In Others' Skin60My Dad in Pink61Queen for a Day67What can happen in 78 hours73A Mastectomy79Night duty81Uncomforted85From Ten Good Seconds of Silence89Rhyme Schemes and Similac96I Wanna Flow Elemental99A Lifetime101At the West End YMCA106Harbord St108The Cold Pressed Baptism115The Revolution Song121Profit in the Margins124Storks of Kampala127Nine New Undershirts130Sugar Money132Nyabingi135Wannabe137Another Day Pounding My Own Head On The Pavement142Mestiza rapechile love story148Seeing Angel Fly156Three Dates161The Ballad of Little Billy164Untitled166Deconstructing Daddy169From Code White172Go183Requies184Moving Day185My Dirty Side189Photography191The Lady Vanishes198Hawkeye204Dick207Girls, boys214Cold Steel Utensil222Gay Divorcee229Until Death233Leash241Paths244Lighthearted246Untitled252Rainy Season253Treeline255Small Hands258The Visit264Words Can Not Contain This Body266Ghostly Affairs269Presents275Coal280Alberta282Empty Pies and Stones285Johnny & Cher, I Cut My Hair291Girls Run Circles294Vanessa300The Money Shot305Graffiti pages308
