Spanning across centuries and genres, this comprehensive collection of poetry and quotes celebrates the LGBT experience in all its varied, complex forms. This moving and evocative selection features writings from a wide range of voices, including Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf and many more. The words within this elegant anthology meditate on a variety of themes and subjects, including identity, love, and strength. Full of passion, wit, candour and vulnerability, Pride Parade is sure to inspire and resonate with readers everywhere.
This is a collection of poetry, quotes, and excerpts from novels all centred on queerness and queer feelings. I enjoyed the poetry quite a bit, and it was a nice surprise to see an excerpt from a favourite classic of mine, The Picture of Dorian Gray. I think the sections themselves were in sound order in comparison to each other, and covered a range of different topics. And I felt different areas of history and different experiences were present.
That being said, these sets of poetry I find aren't well ordered as a whole, and I am sad to say that this is no exception (and by this I am referring to the order of the poetry, and not the order of the sections. I can see people seeing a contradiction to the earlier paragraph which is why I am specifying what I mean). Either that, or I am picky how I like my poetry being ordered, which is a weird thing to be picky about.
Favorites: - To Some One! by Radclyffe Hall - Sonnet by Willa Cather - It Was Deep April by Michael Field (my #1 favorite) - House Hunting by Radclyffe Hall - Speculation by Radclyffe Hall - L'Envoi by Willa Cather - I Know My Soul by Claude McKay