Going Santa Fe

by Eaton Hamilton

LGBT studies. Poetry. Lesbian. Queer. Gay.

Going Santa Fe is the winner of the 1997 Canadian Poetry Chapbook Competition from the League of Canadian Poets, bill bissett, judge. It was printed in an edition of 250 and was available from the League of Canadian Poets.

"Going Santa Fe is extradorinarilee accomplished n sew honest evree word adds n multiples nevr misses a beet unbelievable tendr strong n totalee reel sew liberating a book yu embrace with yr mind n yr heart." -bill bissett

23 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Eaton Hamilton is the queer disabled Canadian author of ten books (incl 2 chapbooks) of short fiction, poetry and memoir. They are non-binary, go by "Hamlton" and are legally " Eaton Hamilton." Their novel ,‘Weekend,' called a "tour de force" by the Vancouver Sun, appeared in 2016. Their memoir ‘Mondays are Yellow, Sundays are Grey,’ retitled ‘No More Hurt,’ was a Sunday Times bestseller (UK) and included on the Guardian's Best Books of the Year list. Their books have been shortlisted for the MIND Book Award, the BC Book Prize, the VanCity Award, the Pat Lowther Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award. They are the two-time winner of Canada's CBC Canada Writes Award for fiction (2003/2014). Their work is included in The Journey Prize Anthology, Best Canadian Short Stories, Best Canadian Poetry and was a Notable in BASS and6 times a Notable in BAE. Words in Salon, NYT, Gay Mag, Seventeen, The Rumpus, The Sun, Guernica, LARB, Medium, and many others. They edit for Many Gendered Mothers. They live near Vancouver.

Jessica's Elevator, children's
Body Rain, poetry
July Nights and Other Stories, short fiction
Steam-Cleaning Love, poetry
Mondays are Yellow/No More Hurt, memoir
Going Santa Fe, poetry chapbook
Hunger, short fiction
Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes, poetry
Weekend, novel
Would You Like Some Gramma On That?, fiction chapbook

Reviews

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can I tell you about my lesbian world, it is beautiful to me. This little book gives you a look into our life, the subtle, the stark, the humorous, and the heartbreaking. A little piece to cherish.