Flamboyance by Jack Parlett

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Flamboyance by Jack Parlett

From the critically acclaimed author of Fire Island: A Queer History, comes an effervescent exploration of the concept of flamboyance that weaves compelling personal memoir and cultural criticism.
Jack Parlett is a writer, poet and academic. His books include The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr and Fire Island: A Queer History, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and one of the Best Books of the Year in the New Yorker. He completed a PhD on cruising and poetry at Cambridge University, where he now teaches English, and has held fellowships and residencies at Oxford University and Harvard University. His publications as a poet include the pamphlet Same Blue, Different You, and his writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Boston Review, Poetry London and Document Journal. He lives in East London.
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ISBN 13 9781803511931
ISBN 10 1803511931
Title Flamboyance
Author Jack Parlett
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2026-06-04
Number of pages 304
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