Holy Boys

Andrés N Ordorica author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Birlinn General

Published:3rd Apr '25

Should be back in stock very soon

Holy Boys cover

Holy Boys seeks to address the lingering echoes of adolescence and the pains of living a life in the shadows of unspeakable desires and all-consuming longing. These poems are a means of finding language in youth, gathering experience in pubescence, and serving as testament to survival in a world that demands silences throughout queer life.

These poems are an archive which maps physical desire and emotional needs while pushing past dogma and self-hating. They are a means of naming the many lovers and loved ones who have helped move the speaker from boyhood into manhood. This is a collection that is informed by faith, sexuality, loss and love, a celebration of the growing pains that eventually allow us to unfurl into whole beings.

'Linguistically rich and stylistically innovative, it is a lush and sensual offering that charts a queer coming of age'

-- Sally McDonald * Sunday Post *

'Linguistically rich and stylistically innovative, it is a lush and sensual offering that charts a queer coming of age'

-- Sally McDonald * Sunday Post *

'Linguistically rich and stylistically innovative, it is a lush and sensual offering that charts a queer coming of age'

-- Sally McDonald * Sunday Post *

'Written with a mastery of language and imagery, and displaying a sensuality which is palpable, Holy Boys is an exquisite and often heady collection of poetry from a writer who continues to explore and dig deep into what it means to be alive'

-- Alistair Braidwood * The Skinny *

'Holy Boys is a formally innovative and beautifully meditative collection that is both dynamic and full of heart'

-- Alycia Pirmohamed

'Spectral, melodic, quietly forceful like the sea . . . This is a tender and vivid collection'

-- Nina Mingya Powles

'Holy Boys is an exquisite and exceptional collection, and I highly recommend you read it, treasure it and share it'

-- Salena Godden

'Ordorica's poems look past mere survival and fold the whole of his story into a determined and optimistic present'

-- Marjorie Lotfi

'Linguistically rich and stylistically innovative, it is a lush and sensual offering that charts a queer coming of age'

-- Sally McDonald * Sunday Po

ISBN: 9781846976889

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 7mm

Weight: 107g

112 pages