Make it Gay! - Poetry

National Poetry Month is here! C.T. Salazar joins Lauren to celebrate some of their favorite queer poets and poetry collections!Make It Gay! is a series that celebrates queer stories and authors in different genres. Don't forget to check out our previous episodes on YA, Fantasy, and Romance!-This episode's cohost, C.T. Salazar is a Latinx poet and librarian from Mississippi. His debut collection, Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking is now available from Acre Books.-For the entire month of April 2024, Friendly City Books is celebrating National Poetry Moth with 15% off our entire poetry section! Stop in and stock up on your favorite poets and check out some new future-favorites too!-PoetryHeadless John the Baptist Hitchhiking: Poems by C.T. Salazar (bookshop.org) Postcolonial Love Poem: Poems by Natalie Diaz (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)Sweetbitter by Stacey Balkun (bookshop.org)Year of the Unicorn Kidz by Jason B. Crawford (bookshop.org)Taking to Water by Jennifer Conlon (bookshop.org)Wound from the Mouth of a Wound by Torrin A. Greathouse (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)Slow Lightning: Volume 106 by Eduardo C. Corral (bookshop.org)Guillotine: Poems by Eduardo C. Corral (bookshop.org)Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong (bookshop.org)Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)Plenitude by Daniel Sarah Karasik (bookshop.org)Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco by K. Iver (bookshop.org)Scapegoat by T.K. Lee (available at Friendly City Books!)To Circle a Square by T.K. Lee (bookshop.org)-Thank you for supporting Friendly City Books by listening to our podcast. Shop with us in store and online at friendlycitybooks.com/shop or through bookshop.org and libro.fm-Find us on social media -Facebook: facebook.com/friendlycitybooksInstagram: @friendlycitybooksTiktok: @friendlycitybooks-Host: Lauren O'ConnellCohost: C.T. SalazarMusic: Rear Projection by Hartle RoadProduction assistance by Neon Newt Media LLC-© 2024 Friendly City Books Inc.friendlycitybooks.com