Gay Girl Prayers by Emily Austin
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN AWARD FOR POETRY
A collection of poetry reclaiming Catholic prayers and biblical passages to empower girls, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The extreme level of sass in Emily Austin's Gay Girl Prayers does not mean that this collection is irreverent. On the contrary, in rewriting Bible verses to affirm and uplift queer, feminist, and trans realities, Austin invites readers into a giddy celebration of difference and a tender appreciation for the lives and perspectives of "strange women."
Packed with zingy one liners, sexual innuendo, self-respect, U-Hauling, and painfully earnest declarations of love, this is gayness at its best, harnessed to a higher purpose and ready to fight the powers that be.
Emily Austin was born in Ontario, Canada, and received a writing grant from the Canadian Council for the Arts in 2020. She studied English literature and library science at Western University. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is her first novel.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781771316224 |
| ISBN 10 | 1771316225 |
| Title | Gay Girl Prayers |
| Author | Emily Austin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Brick Books |
| Year published | 2024-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 72 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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