CRUEL/CRUEL Style:Paperback a boy cursed to die

a boy cursed to die young

a twelve-year-old nonbinary hopeful knight fights for the heart of their kingdom in a magical medieval world filled with dragons

Rapidly shifting between the Plague years of the late 1980s and the dawn of the Trump era

Zeineddine explores themes of identity

CRUEL/CRUEL Style:Paperback a boy cursed to dieBy Dior J. Stephens A response to the unimaginable cruelties that became our new quotidian in 2020, that moves musically and discursively through innovative permutations of lyric form. CRUEL CRUEL is the manifestation of a Black, queer voice grappling with the intricacies of (un)belonging and identity. These poems use genres of queerness and race to reckon with the pervasive power of oppressive institutions, shaped by art and a soundtrack of Black