- Emanuel
- Xavier
- is
- the
- author
- of
- three
- poetry
- collections
- and
- a
- novel.
- His
- poems
- and
- essays
- have
- appeared
- in
- numerous
- literary
- publications.
- In
- 2010,
- The
- Equality
- Forum
- named
- him
- an
- LGBT
- History
- Month
- Icon."Emanuel
- Xavier's
- Nefarious
- is
- raw,
- brutal.
- And
- necessary.
- The
- harrowing
- and
- mesmerizing
- language
- in
- this
- book
- will
- cut
- you
- open,
- but
- it
- will
- also
- blow
- like
- a
- 'breeze
- against
- your
- skin.'"
- —Eduardo
- C.
- Corral,
- author
- of
- Slow
- Lightning"Towards
- the
- middle
- of
- Emanuel
- Xavier's
- stunning
- new
- collection
- he
- writes,
- 'My
- work
- is
- not
- so
- universal.'
- The
- specifics
- might
- not
- be
- universal,
- but
- the
- journey
- Xavier
- examines
- is
- very
- human:
- how
- do
- we
- accept
- our
- past
- and
- move
- forward?
- How
- do
- we
- find
- true
- connection
- in
- this
- frightening
- world?
- The
- poems
- are
- raw,
- honest,
- and
- electric,
- and
- I
- wouldn't
- want
- to
- live
- in
- a
- world
- without
- poems
- like
- these."
- —Stephen
- S.
- Mills,
- author
- of
- He
- Do
- The
- Gay
- Man
- In
- Different
- Voices"Emanuel
- Xavier
- is
- a
- brave,
- generous
- writer.
- He
- bares
- his
- bones
- to
- his
- readers,
- inviting
- us
- into
- his
- world
- which
- often
- isn't
- pretty,
- yet
- is
- so
- startling
- beautiful
- it
- broke
- my
- heart
- —
- and
- then
- healed
- it.
- Though
- there
- is
- a
- lot
- of
- tough
- stuff
- here,
- the
- reader
- emerges
- full
- of
- hope,
- believing
- in
- life
- and
- love.
- This
- is
- no
- small
- feat.
- Time
- spent
- reading
- these
- poems
- is
- time
- well
- spent."
- —Lesléa
- Newman,
- author
- of
- October
- Mourning:
- A
- Song
- For
- Matthew
- Shepard"These
- poems
- are
- eloquent
- snapshots
- from
- a
- real
- life,
- full
- of
- emotion,
- fact,
- and
- surprise.
- Emanuel
- Xavier
- can
- take
- you
- from
- the
- brutal
- to
- the
- tender
- to
- the
- sexual
- to
- the
- religious
- in
- the
- blink
- of
- an
- eye--or
- from
- the
- prosy
- to
- the
- lyrical
- to
- the
- laugh-out-loud
- funny.
- His
- poems
- put
- you
- in
- touch
- with
- the
- whole
- man,
- his
- bone
- and
- gristle,
- heart
- and
- soul."
- —Christopher
- Bram,
- author
- of
- Eminent
- Outlaws:
- The
- Gay
- Writers
- Who
- Changed
- America"Brash,
- dark,
- funny-Emanuel
- Xavier
- is
- all
- these
- things,
- but
- more
- important,
- he
- is
- ruthlessly
- true,
- brutally
- kind,
- painfully
- relevant
- and
- terribly
- gifted."
- —Trebor
- Healey,
- author
- of
- A
- Horse
- Named Sorrow
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