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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-open-voices-wit
 h-liverpool-poetry-space-a-celebration-of-a-cupboard-full-of-tomboys-the-d
 ebut-collection-of-jay-farley/
SUMMARY:Open Eye Gallery: Open Eye Gallery: Open Voices with Liverpool Poet
 ry Space: A celebration of A [Cupboard] Full of Tomboys\, the debut collec
 tion of Jay Farley
DESCRIPTION:Sunday 22 June / 1 – 3 pm / Open Eye Gallery / free\n\nThroug
 h the poetic and raw lens of a neurodiverse filmmaker\, A [Cupboard] Full
  of Tomboys by Jay Farley navigates the intricate intersections of identi
 ty\, gender\, and class. This collection explores what it means to be olde
 r\, working-class and non-binary. With a cinematic and surreal texture\, t
 he poet unlocks the transformative power of language in an exploration of 
 identity and unique life experience. From the confines of the metaphorical
  cupboard to the expansive\, defiant explorations of a new\, queer world\,
  Farley’s poetry challenges binaries\, embraces fluidity\, and crafts an
  unflinching celebration of lived authenticity.\n\nPraise for A [Cupboard
 ] Full of Tomboys:\n\nThis book is a bursting open of closet doors\, a sup
 erb non-binary encyclopaedia\, more vital ammunition for the queer canon
 .\n\n— Joelle Taylor\n\nDazzling\, sprawling\, gasping — these changel
 ing poems fly at us\, each a carnival rooted in poetry’s sense of creati
 on and revolution. At their heart is an astonishing polyvocal experiment\;
  a swirling crown that dares us to listen to “the sea inside” and the 
 hidden geometries of worlds that land as softly as dandelion seeds\, as po
 werfully as hurricanes.\n\n— Andre Bagoo\n\nA fast-moving stream of bril
 liance singing with the rhythms of Liverpool’s streets and the heartstri
 ngs of explosively lived experience.\n\n— Chris McCabe\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nAbo
 ut Jay Farley:\n\nJay Farley is a non-binary\, neurodivergent award-winni
 ng filmmaker and digital artist.\n\nIn 2022 at the age of 48 they discover
 ed their non-binary identity\, and it was a profound experience.\n\nFarley
 ’s ‘I Wish I’d Won the Miners’ Strike’\, was published in How i
 t Started\, Creative Futures Writers’ Award anthology\, 2022 and other w
 ork is published in the Queer Icons anthology\, Sparks\, Hot Poets anth
 ology and illustrated in Woop Woop magazine. Their debut book of poetry
  A [Cupboard] Full of Tomboys is published by Broken Sleep Books and was
  created under the mentorship of Joelle Taylor\, winner of the T.S.Eliot P
 rize.\n\nTo book a place for this event contact Pauline Rowe: pauline@ope
 neye.org.uk.\n\nThis event is part of Open Voices programme with Liverpool
  Poetry Space.\n\nImage by Luke Bryant
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CATEGORIES:Events,Literature & Poetry,Live,Performance,Talks
LOCATION:Open Eye Gallery\, Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\
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