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    Guttural Silk Make New Gong
    Guttural Silk Make New Gong
    Guttural Silk Make New Gong
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    Guttural Silk Make New Gong

    By j hastain

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    guttural silk make new gong is a new chapbook of poems and photographic "poem-cells" by acclaimed Trans author j/j hastain. It includes seventeen intricate textual poems and four visual pieces on the subject of sex and love, approached transcendentally and transformationally. It includes an Afterword by Jonathan Penton. The e-book is free.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnlikely Books
    Release dateJul 11, 2012
    ISBN9781476470740
    Guttural Silk Make New Gong
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    j hastain

    j/j hastain is the author of several cross-genre books including the trans-genre book libertine monk (Scrambler Press), anti-memoir a vigorous (Black Coffee Press/ Eight Ball Press) and the xyr trilogy (a metaphysical romance). j/j’s writing has most recently appeared in Caketrain, Trickhouse, Housefire, Bombay Gin and Aufgabe.

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