A bold and tender portrait of family, identity, and truth in the North Bronx. Through narrative poems and innovative forms inspired by color theory and...

A bold and tender portrait of family, identity, and truth in the North Bronx.

Through narrative poems and innovative forms inspired by color theory and elementary school, Orange explores the ripple effects of queerness, lies, and finding yourself in a family. In this visceral new collection, however, the scope of "family" expands well beyond the nuclear unit; Noel Quiñones's poems center relationships between friends, cousins, partners, and many other family members. Painting a vivid and fraught portrait of the North Bronx, Quiñones unflinchingly confronts the contradictions at the heart of love, divorce, gender, religion, and community, unpacking the complexities of coming out, divorced parents, and generational trauma. Orange ultimately argues that truth resembles color: something real, yet elusive, and impossible to prove.


Author: Noel Quiñones
Publisher: CavanKerry Press
Published: 05/05/2026
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.46h x 7.34w x 0.26d
ISBN: 9781960327208

About the Author
Noel Quiñones is an Emmy award-winning Nuyorican writer, educator, and speaker from the Bronx. Their work has been published in POETRY, the Boston Review, Poem-a-Day, and Michigan Quarterly Review. They have also received fellowships from Tin House, CantoMundo, Vermont Studio Center, and the Poetry Foundation. They currently live in Chicago and teach with the Chicago Poetry Center.