Real Boys by Thomas Stewart F Starik Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

the hills and city streets of Jamaica (where he grew up)

the Oprah Magazine

In this personal and characteristically brilliant new collection from John Fuller

meditations on the world and our place in it

Real Boys by Thomas Stewart F Starik Safiya Kamaria KinshasaIn his debut collection, Real Boys, Thomas Stewart examines the death of his father and explores questions of grief, guilt, mental health, identity, sexuality and masculinity. As these poems unfold, a hallway of mirrors is created. Through the lens of father son relationships, cinema, art and Welsh mythology are expanded and rethought. This collection grapples with what it means to be a father, a son and a self. Subverting the notions of gender,