Say It Hurts

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Say It Hurts</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> grapples with queerness love grief masculinity coming of age and coming out in the context of cultural violence rooted in misogyny and familial violence rooted in catholicism. In these poems joy and loss hold hands-at sleepovers and haircuts at symphonies and haunted mazes among fathers on dating apps during car sex in matching tattoos on Pinterest boards at funerals. Lisa Summe's stunning debut collection queers the love poem by demanding that the whole story be told-what it means to love to grieve and to heal by saying it out loud.</span></p>