Borderland

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Borderland: Poetry and Words from the Intersection of Race Masculinity Bisexuality and Grief</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a poetry collection by award-winning author music artist Ross Victory. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Borderland</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> explores themes of masculinity race bisexuality and grief. Through narrative prose and free verse Victory portrays himself as a son student teacher and lover showcasing joy agony identity enhanced with sprinkles of visceral desire. He challenges societal conformity reimagining divine love and resilience at the crossroads of hetero- and homonormativity.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In this collection borders are not just lines on a map but a metaphor for the liminal spaces where identity and experience converge. Victory's creative expression serves as both protest and elevation giving voice to those who traverse the rigid terrains of masculinity and race and the fluid nature of grief and bisexuality. Readers are invited on a one-of-a-kind adventure through the in-between where the future feels both inevitable and uncertain where the definitions of self and another blur creating space for more personal freedom.</span></p><p><br></p><p><sup>E denotes poems with suggestive/adult content. Approx. 5 pieces contain suggestive content.</sup></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The struggles are endless and yet at the 'Borderland' I find solace respite and the encouragement of those who are not me but they feel like me. The 'Borderland' is where every 'misfit' welcomes their bonafide place in the world without guilt or shame. -zàri olàwàlé Artist & Poet</em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> The confusion the anger the self-doubt and the love the joy attraction and reflection takes you on a journey. As a bi man I felt seen and validated by the collection... </em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Nicholas Cairns Bi+ Poet Author of 100 Small Poems</em></p><p><br></p>