Queers Like Me Chinese one he’s hiding even from

one he’s hiding even from the lord he can’t resist

true life stories about the small moments that add up to a big life

She knows the tedium of the everyday world

The great city of Tova is shattered

and precision

Queers Like Me Chinese one he’s hiding even fromBy Michael V. Smith Confessional and immersive, Michael V. Smiths latest collection is a broad tapestry that explores growing up queer and working class, then growing into an urban queer life. In these poems, we are immersed in the world of a young Smith as he shares the awkward dinners, the funerals, and the uncertainty of navigating fraught dynamics, bringing us into these most intimate moments of family life while outrunning deep grief. Smith moves