Still My Father's Son by Nora Hikari weaves a complex & delicate tale of love, religious trauma, queerness, and self/selves. As we are systematically walked...

Still My Father's Son by Nora Hikari weaves a complex & delicate tale of love, religious trauma, queerness, and self/selves. As we are systematically walked upstream through a shimmering river in which shrewd emotion and aching observations cascade, we bear witness to God & the lessons of his son, Uriel; to the speaker declaring that "Every person you have been deserves a burial and a headstone;" to the Vicious Self pleading to the Small Self, repeatedly through burning tears, that she is loved. A devastating intimacy surrounds this collection, omnipresent in moments where language is sharp enough to cut. Hikari's work is an exploration into self-love at its most fractured and literal, and a beautiful homage to what it means to heal from/with/by deep-rooted pain. For, despite all the hurt in the world, "you can live. You can. You can live for all of the people we could be tomorrow, if you try."

Author: Nora Hikari
Publisher: Sundress Publications
Published: 03/04/2025
Pages: 88
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.21d
ISBN: 9781951979706