Fairy

By Kirby

In Fairy, Kirby continues to mine their riches and fan the flames lit in their instant classic, Poetry is Queer. Their essays are an act of liberation they call "tending to each other's freedom," and are written with signature Kirby directness and panache, from early AIDS-activist monologues, to launching a counter city-wide "safe-sex" campaign that includes the public depiction of an affectionate gay couple, to leaving the States in a love that made them "the most beautiful boy in the world," to becoming a Canadian queer poetry icon. Like countless fairies before them, Kirby scouts desire paths beyond mere survival for new queer voices to continue to amaze, flourish, and thrive. Or as Fairy says, "This way >>>"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1997508230
• ISBN13: 9781997508236
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Palimpsest Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 4.5" x 7.0"