lgbtq+ books read in 2017: know not why by hannah johnson
“You’re funny and quick and interesting and aggravating and attractive. It’s such a wonderful relief to be with you.” He says it fast, like he’s not used to saying stuff he really means. It sounds like reading off a grocery list, more than anything, but I can’t help liking it.
“Yeah,” I say, “why’s that?”
A little wonderingly, he says, “You’re exactly who I never would have picked out for myself.”
favorite book pairings; howie jenkins & arthur kraft (know not why)
I remember, in the dim corner of my brain that hasn’t been switched off yet by Arthur’s touch, this poem I had to read for a class ages ago, one I liked the concept of, something about liking your body with someone else’s body because suddenly it’s so new a thing. I can’t believe I’m thinking about poems right now. Then again, maybe these are the moments that poems are for. And, well. I like my body when it’s with his body.