Bend, Don't Shatter

Name: Bend, Don't Shatter
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ISBN: 9781932360172

Poets on the Beginning of Desire

Cole T Rachel, Rita D Costello

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English

Soft Skull Press
14 May 2004

Educational: English literature

An anthology of poetry for young adults that realistically and beautifully deals with what it means to come of age as gay, lesbian, transgender, or, as is perhaps more often the case in adolescence, totally confused

The anthology approaches the seemingly unnavigable territory of teenage sexuality and confusion with poems written by adults who keenly remember the turmoil, pain and excitement of adolescence and sexual coming of age. The poems are written with the insight and clarity of perspective and understanding that comes with years.

The book shows that teenage sexuality is more nuanced and complicated than it is often given credit for. It is valuable in that it not only provides a service of sorts-giving young adults a thing with which they can identify, a thing that might comfort, console, explain, entertain, and illuminate-but also just as importantly, it brings the pleasures of poetry to an audience for whom poetry itself might seem as unfathomable as adulthood itself.

Edited by: Cole T Rachel, Rita D Costello
Imprint: Soft Skull Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 142g
ISBN: 9781932360172
ISBN 10: 1932360174
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 14 May 2004
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , General/trade , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , English as a second language , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

T. Cole Rachel is a writer, editor, and teacher who lives in Brooklyn. His books include Surviving the Moment of Impact and Bend Don't Shatter.

Reviews for Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire

""This is powerful writing by a witness wise beyond his years. The gripping poems are so good that you find yourself wanting the writer to try his hand at everything: films, novels, songs, plays -- they all seem within his reach.""