Joy//UsArachne Press has long been a champion of LGBTQ+ writers, but weve never before published an anthology of LGBTQ+ poetry. These are joyful poems that celebrate all that is best about our community ies and lives. This is not an explain it to the straights book, this is for us. LGBTQ+ readers can open this book at random and find a moment of poetic queer joy for themselves, however big or small. Featuring contributions from: Abhi Alexander Williams Annie

with an excerpt from her novel Walking in the Dust

or unprecedentedly useless

that tells of our hopes and fears and doubts and questions

Drinking to excess is living when you’re young

artists of all genres need to get it bottled right now

‘Brilliant

The Attitudes compiles multitudes

Mickle Makes Muckle

There are arresting images on almost every page

-Sara Sheridan

plot histories along the route of backwaters

searching for intimate connection whilst experiencing discrimination