Intimacies in Borrowed Light Poems
Intimacies in Borrowed Light Poems by Darius Stewart is a collection published by EastOver Press on June 21, 2022. This edition comprises 150 pages and is presented in English. The book brings together poems from Stewart’s previous chapbooks along with new works, exploring themes such as love, addiction, violence, sexual identity, and the corporeal body, particularly reflecting on the intimate experiences of Black gay males.
Readers will find a range of poetic styles within this collection, from private reflections to confessional narratives, and from lyrical expressions to elegiac and celebratory tones. Stewart’s writing is characterized by its gritty honesty and beauty, as he navigates the complexities of self-discovery amidst the challenges posed by HIV and AIDS. The poems delve into the grief of lost love and youth while maintaining a thread of hope throughout the exploration of these profound themes.
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Intimacies in Borrowed Light: Poems is Darius Stewart’s first book-length collection of poems drawn from his three previous chapbooks in addition to new poems not collected in those volumes. The result is a book that is more than the sum of its parts, but one that coalesces around themes of love, addiction, violence, sexual identity, and the corporeal body to betray the intimate moments that illuminate, especially, Black gay male experiences.
Discovering the self is fraught enough, let alone under the ever-present threat of HIV and AIDS. Ranging from the private to the confessional, the lyrical to the narrative, the elegiac to the celebratory, Stewart’s writing is gritty, often blunt, but always beautiful as he strives to understand the grief of lost love and lost youth without losing hope.
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