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An innovative poetic interrogation of wrestling, queerness, and staying true to oneself Quinn Carver Johnson’s debut collection, The Perfect Bastard, follows its titular protagonist, a nonbinary and queer professional wrestler, as they travel across Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, working for a booker known as the Puppeteer. Inspired by their idol Adrian Street, the Perfect Bastard strives to positively represent queerness and resist the Puppeteer’s stereotypical and demeaning kayfabe. In the ring, they face off against the likes of champion Jack Holiday and the First Crusher, but their most important battles, against the Puppeteer, take place behind the scenes. They must choose between person and persona, authenticity and humiliating hype, if they want to succeed in the industry. When offered success on the grandest scale—the championship belt—in exchange for mocking their own queerness, the Perfect Bastard questions their path: Will they betray their identity to achieve their dream, or will they walk away from the world of professional wrestling—a world that refuses to make a genuine, healthy space for them?

Table of Contents:
A Prediction // A Spoiler The Territory The Roster [ACT I] The Birth of the Perfect Bastard Before it Sets In The Beauty of the Backyard Wrestling League Ode to the Hometown Crowd Cheap Heat // Action City The Perfect Bastard Finds a Photograph of Adrian Street & His Father We Want Tables Puppet Show Tanner Hart Burns Intimacy Suplex The Perfect Bastard vs. The First Crusher In the Alley Between Matches, The Sunset Kid Explains the History of Cigarettes Ode to the Pink Cowboy Hat [ACT II] Nightfall // Daybreak or The Last Ride of the Sunset Kid [ACT III] The Perfect Bastard Dreams of Gold During A Radio Interview on the Night of the Ceremony, Someone Calls In & Asks the Perfect Bastard “How Do I Explain to My Children All of This Queer Love You’re Flaunting on TV?” They Say 50% Of Marriages End in Divorce, but 100% Of Pro Wrestling Marriages End in Disaster Tonight, the Perfect Bastard is the Sacrificial Poet The Lemon Crusher Breaks Kayfabe on the Radio The Perfect Bastard vs. The First Crusher II The Rebirth of the Perfect Bastard Rose Gold Jack Holiday Cuts a Promo Adrian Street Wins the Mid-South Television Championship In the Fly Trap Adrian Street Explains the Joke The Perfect Bastard Calls Their Mom The Ghost of Gorgeous George Visits the Perfect Bastard Pipebomb // Pipedream The Perfect Bastard Speaks to Adrian Street Supercut Action City Screwjob Acknowledgements

About the Author :
Quinn Carver Johnson (they/them) was the editor-in-chief of the Aonian, Hendrix College's literary magazine. Their work has appeared in Rappahannock Review, Right Hand Pointing, Cimmaron Review, Red Earth Review, and elsewhere. Carver Johnson currently lives in Tulsa and hosts the People’s Poetry reading series.

Review :
The Perfect Bastard is an ambitious, revelatory, and exciting debut. These poems are for readers searching for portrayals not only of queerness and the Midwest but also of queer joy, queer sports, and, ultimately, a celebration of camp." - Taneum Bambrick, author of Intimacies, Received


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780810146501
  • Publisher: Northwestern University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Northwestern University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 120
  • Sub Title: Poems
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0810146509
  • Publisher Date: 30 Sep 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 272 gr


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