Greekling by Kostya Tsolakis
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION WINTER 2023 pamphlet Parliament is battling the King

Parliament is battling the King

furze and over wild tracks

“Whether he is looking back fondly on the seemingly mundane details of a working-class childhood or exploring the vastness of interstellar space

shadow and light

and shows us how we can learn to live

Greekling by Kostya Tsolakis<br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION WINTER 2023</b> pamphlet Parliament is battling the KingGreekling, the much anticipated debut poetry collection by Kostya Tsolakis, celebrates and commemorates damaged and rejected Greek bodies, be they of flesh and blood, made of marble, or natural bodies. In intertwining Greek culture, history and poetic influences with the contemporary queer experience, this collection is perceptive, lyrical, and deeply evocative of time and place. From an Athenian childhood to a closeted adolescence in the shadow of